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Dreamweaver CS3 mishandling dashes and quotes?

Well, that's my problem. After years of doing sites in
GoLive, I'm forcing myself to learn to do them the proper way, with
Dreamweaver in CSS. I've apend days learning about the cascade and
specificity. I've had three books open at a time. I finally get a
few pages together . . . upload them . . . and my dashes and
apostrophes have turned to trios of question marks! Am I going to
have to learn to write without them? How do I write without
apostrophes? I can't see using double hyphens on a web site -- I do
that in emails and on forums, but there is a limit.
Here's what I mean:
http://www.marybaum.com/FRC/about.html
I'm on a MacBook Pro running Tiger. This never happened in
GoLive.

I've never seen anything like that in DW and I've been using
it since
version 3. What did you put in your markup that caused that?
Some of the
places they appear aren't appropriate for an apostrophe,
which, btw .. you
can use. It almost reminds me of the sort of thing you see
when a font is
missing. ..
Nancy Gill
Adobe Community Expert
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2003)
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"Mary Baum" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Well, that's my problem. After years of doing sites in
GoLive, I'm forcing
> myself to learn to do them the proper way, with
Dreamweaver in CSS. I've
> apend
> days learning about the cascade and specificity. I've
had three books open
> at a
> time. I finally get a few pages together . . . upload
them . . . and my
> dashes
> and apostrophes have turned to trios of question marks!
Am I going to have
> to
> learn to write without them? How do I write without
apostrophes? I can't
> see
> using double hyphens on a web site -- I do that in
emails and on forums,
> but
> there is a limit.
>
> Here's what I mean:
http://www.marybaum.com/FRC/about.html
>
> I'm on a MacBook Pro running Tiger. This never happened
in GoLive.
>

Missing CSS and other layouts in Dreamweaver CS3

I just recently upgraded to CS3 Mac -- I know, a little late
-- and when I hit New > New Document window pops up with the
type of new document selectable on the left and an empty field on
the right when certain options on the left are selected, such as
CSS. No options appear, like they do for HTML. I bought the
download products (CS3 Design Premium ) and even reinstalled
Dreamweaver. Still no bonus layouts. Suggestions?? I do not have
the disc with this download product. It is genuine Adobe. I
upgraded from Dw 8, but I have deleted 8.
Thanks.

This is as designed. When you select CSS as the document
type, you will get
a blank CSS declaration and you can type CSS rules to make a
CSS page. That
is what it is supposed to do. If you want the CSS layouts
that come with
the product, then select HTML (or ASP, PHP, etc) and the CSS
layouts are in
the second pane over. Select the document type like HTML and
then select
the layout you want to use in the second column and then
click the Create
button.
Nancy Gill
Adobe Community Expert
Author: Dreamweaver 8 e-book for the DMX Zone
Co-Author: Dreamweaver MX: Instant Troubleshooter (August,
2003)
Technical Editor: Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual,
DMX 2004: The Complete Reference, DMX 2004: A Beginner's
Guide
Mastering Macromedia Contribute
Technical Reviewer: Dynamic Dreamweaver MX/DMX: Advanced PHP
Web Development
"mcjack" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I just recently upgraded to CS3 Mac -- I know, a little
late -- and when I
>hit
> New > New Document window pops up with the type of
new document selectable
> on
> the left and an empty field on the right when certain
options on the left
> are
> selected, such as CSS. No options appear, like they do
for HTML. I bought
> the
> download products (CS3 Design Premium ) and even
reinstalled Dreamweaver.
> Still
> no bonus layouts. Suggestions?? I do not have the disc
with this download
> product. It is genuine Adobe. I upgraded from Dw 8, but
I have deleted 8.
> Thanks.
>

Can't run updater 8.0.2 on Dreamweaver CS3 install

I have that FTP user name and password problem where it's
lost every time you re-start the program. Reading this forum I
found that I needed to use the updater 8.0.2. That downloaded fine
and when I tried to run it I got the following message:
The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the windows
installer service because the program to be upgraded may be
missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the
program. Verify that the program to be upgraded exists on your
computer and that you have the correct upgrade patch.
I double checked I downloaded the English version of 8.0.2
and I have the English version
My disk is an upgrade disk which I've also had in the drive
during the update.
I tried totally uninstalling dreamweaver and then installing
and doing the update again.
Regardless I get this error, I also get the error with 8.0.1
updater
Any suggestions?

Your subject line says you're trying to run this on DW CS3.
It's already
built in to CS3. The 8.02 updater was for DW 8.
Nancy Gill
Adobe Community Expert
Author: Dreamweaver 8 e-book for the DMX Zone
Co-Author: Dreamweaver MX: Instant Troubleshooter (August,
2003)
Technical Editor: Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual,
DMX 2004: The Complete Reference, DMX 2004: A Beginner's
Guide
Mastering Macromedia Contribute
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Web Development
"derkdiggler" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I have that FTP user name and password problem where it's
lost every time
>you
> re-start the program. Reading this forum I found that I
needed to use the
> updater 8.0.2. That downloaded fine and when I tried to
run it I got the
> following message:
>
> The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the windows
installer service
> because
> the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the
upgrade patch may update
> a
> different version of the program. Verify that the
program to be upgraded
> exists
> on your computer and that you have the correct upgrade
patch.
>
> I double checked I downloaded the English version of
8.0.2 and I have the
> English version
> My disk is an upgrade disk which I've also had in the
drive during the
> update.
> I tried totally uninstalling dreamweaver and then
installing and doing the
> update again.
>
> Regardless I get this error, I also get the error with
8.0.1 updater
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>

Getting Started with Dreamweaver CS3

I just purchased Dreamweaver CS3 online but have not yet
received it. I need to get a website up quickly but have never used
Dreamweaver. Can anyone point me to tutorials or other information
that I can review in advance? I tried to download a free trial of
dreamweaver 8 (CS3 not yet a available), assuming the
interface/functionality is similar, but can't find anything.
Any help that can get me quickly started is much
appreciated.

I really want to emphasize this excellent suggestion from
Geoff. I know you
are anxious to get started, but make sure you do that with an
extreme bias
towards learning the underlying HTML and CSS. The more you
know about this,
the shallower your learning curve with DW will be.
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"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
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> I'm assuming you have HTML coding skills, however? If
you don't understand
> the
> underlying coding behind building a site, how to do
basic site
> architecture,
> optimizing graphics and the like, you may have just
wasted some money. If
> you
> do know how to code, etc., then using DW will be pretty
intuitive for you.
> Just
> follow the introductory tutorials to get oriented then
start playing with
> it so
> its features become easy to use, almost second nature.
There are excellent
> books at Amazon for this, especially visual quick start
guides.
>
> Again, if you don't have the skills, I really recommend
finding a
> pre-built
> template through a site hosting provider that suits your
needs and your
> taste,
> then modifying only what's necessary such as the link
names, the content,
> and
> images.
>
> Not knowing what position you're coming from, but
assuming one without
> experience, I think you'll find you're in for a good
deal of work. Web
> sites --
> good ones -- aren't built overnight. It just isn't
plug-n-play (yet).
>
> Sorry. Not trying to put you down but just offering a
realistic answer.
>

Dependent Drop-Down Menu in Dreamweaver CS3 and ADDT

Hi All,
I have been trying to create a dependent drop--down menu so that when I select an item the corresponding information would populate the other field or fields. So far I have tried to use the tutorial posted on the link below by Waleed Barakat but I have had no sucess.
http://www.tutorials-expert.com/tutorial/20354/-How-To-Create-Dependent-Dropdown -ListMenu-Forms.html
I wanted to know if anyone has something else that I can review to help me in this process.
Thanks

Please refer to this article (http://forums.adobe.com/message/1069624#1069624) for information on how your tables should be set up.
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:49:28 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Dependent Drop-Down Menu in Dreamweaver CS3 and ADDT
Hi Georgev63,
I followed the instructions to the link you sent me and it did not produce the results I had hope for.
The directions are pretty straight forward and I attempted the steps several times with the same results.
Basically the field that supposed to be the detail field is blank rather than having the ID of the master field.
Any further suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks
E.
>

Missing Form values in Bindings Panel in Dreamweaver CS3

I've recently upgraded to Dreamweaver CS3 and have noticed
that the form values for forms on the current page are not showing
up in the bindings panel. I believe this was a feature added in
8.0.2 -- it was great for binding a from value to itself on
reloading (in the case the page submitted form failed server side
validation) or for inserting form values into code.
Does anyone know if this feature is still supported in the
new version and how to turn it on -- there's no sign of it in my
review of the online help.
I'm working in ASP VBScript, and the bindings panel seems to
be displaying the database recordsets on a page just fine.
Thanks.

Form elements don't automatically display in the Bindings panel. However, you can create form elements in the panel by clicking the plus button and selecting Form Variable from the menu. In a PHP site, this creates a $_POST variable with whatever name you assign to it.

Outraged that KHTML is not supported in Dreamweaver cs3

I am outraged that KHTML is not supported in Dreamweaver CS3. If I had know this, I would not have purchased this software. In fact, I recommend that anyone using KHTML in earlier versions of Dreamweaver defintely not upgrade to CS3 until Adobe supports KHTML. To make matters worse, I have still not heard the reason that Adobe has decided to not support KHTML.
It is obvious that Adobe does not have the interest of their customers in mind.

Hi David,
I absolutely disagree with you Gunther about KTML being "crap", and you are wrong about it being sold separately - it came integrated into MX Kollection.
As far I can recall, there were several options which changed in the course of time -- you could purchase a bundle, or you could purchase MX Kollection without any other secondary extension. As I said : "as far I recall"...
The primary advantage of KTML (other than its great wysiwyg capability and the convenience of it being a DW extension) is that it has a built-in file manager and image manager..
yes, that´s what I meant to indicate with my "2 well done features" summary
With a click of a button, you get wysiwyg editor, file manger, and image manager. And all of these work perfectly btw, and the image manager and file manager is better than Tiny's costly managers. For example with KTML the image resizer works better, you can change brightness and contrast and what's even better is that these functions can be done directly from the file manager w/out having to first open the image in the editor.
wanna know why exactly I decided to abandon KTML in favor of e.g. TinyMCE despite of the truly magnificent image and file management ? It´s because KTML simply didn´t provide any internal "hooks" to let me, say, allow user_id 1 to access all image editing functions, but user_id 2 just a subset or just the upload capability, but: No !
KTML´s "management" features would have been really great and really usable in a multi-user environamnt, if it would have provided this very feature -- but this would have meant to completely tie KTML to the rest of MX Kollection´s set of features
(ie handling external session variables, relate to permissions set in the login table), and that´s something what regretfully never happened, because the active development was
(as all you guys know) sort of stopped right at a point where it *could* have become really useful.
Another reason for me to not use the brilliant image management features :: does anyone recall KTML´s earlier versions which generated the image thumbnails "on the fly" ? If yes, you know what I´m talking about :: the latest KTML version *forced* me to accept having it create real thumbnail files in whatever obscure subdirectory, though I would never be really using them, and though KTML could certainly have done without them for generating an image preview
And the final problem with TinyMCE is the price: over $350 for the file manager (server license) and around $250 for image manager (server license). $600 to have it licensed on one server - They don't publish the price for unlimited license (probably very expensive). So just those two features costs almost twice as much as MX Kollection did that included those two features as only a small percentage of the overall package.
wow, that much ? incredible... Did never use these additional "managers", but in all other aspects I have to say that TinyMCE is indeed superior -- it´s all a matter of taste, but the sheer amount of configuration options is something I would have liked to see in KTML
The point is that there really is no true replacement for KTML right now and that is VERY unfortunate. I believe the reason we are discussing this is in the hopes that Adobe will see how much KTML is missed and bring it back or a suitable alternative
you *are* right, there is no good "extension" replacement, but I´m pretty sure that Adobe simply reviewed KMTL´s possible future in regards to the *very* strong and mature open source competition -- how much development resources (and money) would have been required to make KTML an editor which is on par with what´s already out there, and would this investment guarantee a stable market position ? noone really knows, but this would have been a risk, as KTML´s user-base was not *that* huge after all
Cheers,
Günter Schenk
Adobe Community Expert, Dreamweaver

"New" Godaddy webhosting account's won't work w/Dreamweaver CS3

Hello,
I am having problems getting my Godaddy webhosting account's to work with Dreamweaver CS3. My older accounts work, it is my newer (last 6 months) accounts that have this issue. The ftp information works in my CuteFTP8 Professional. I called Godaddy tech support several times and they could not figure out. And, since it works in my FTP program, they said it is a Dreamweaver issue.
In the FTP host Remote Info I have tried www.domain.com, domain.com, ftp.domain.com with login and password. I also tried checking Use passive FTP, Use IPv6 Transfer mode, Use Secure FTP (SFTP) and leaving them all unchecked. The error message I always get is:
An FTP error occurred - cannot make connection to host. No response from the server. This may be due to one or more of the following reasons: etc.
I compared information with my Dreamweaver accounts that do worked and still no luck.
The only thing I can think of is when you create a new hosting account with Godaddy, depending on the month, you are assigned a different web server. Could it be the old Godaddy web servers work and the new web servers may have different settings that don't work with Dreamweaver? Or, I need different setting information??? I am at my wits end.
Any help on this would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks,
MonaE

Hi Mona:
If your FTP client works, then there has to be some miniscule detail that's different between that setup and what you're inputting into your DW Manage sites. Maybe you should print out your successful FTP setup details, and compare to what's in your DW...
If this helps, this info came from GoDaddy's help section:
From the Site menu, select Manage Sites.
In the Manage Sites box, Click New, then choose Site.
In the Site Definition box, enter the name and URL of your website and clickNext.
If a certain type of server technology is necessary for the site to function, selectyes. Otherwise, select no and click Next.
For working with files during development, select Edit local copies on my machine...(recommended). It is very important that they select this option.
Enter connection information as follows:
How do you connect to your remote server?
FTP
What is the hostname or FTP address of your web server?
ftp.domainname.com
What folder on the server do you want to store your files in?
/ or blank
Enter your FTP login and FTP Password
Click Next.
For checking in and out files, select No, do not enable..
Review the summary to be sure all information is accurate, then click Done.
I have a dozen sites hosted at GD, and in most cases (where I had trouble), it was operator error. Good luck!
Regards, Ned

I'm using Dreamweaver CS3 for PHP - Is there a better option?

Most of my friends seem to use regular text editors for their php programming. I do not need to connect to a database with my coding. I just would like something that understands php functions and such, so that appropriate areas are highlighted.
Or so that php errors such as missing semicolons and such are easy to spot.
What would you recommend I switch to? Or is there not something that Adobe makes that is specifically for PHP?

While Dreamweaver CS4 didn´t add significant improvements for PHP developers in particular, the new version CS5 is indeed a huge step forward. Please have a look at the excellent review by David Powers: Dreamweaver CS5 is good news for PHP devs
My recommendation ? Well, if you consider Dreamweaver CS3 in general (not just talking about the PHP specific features) as overall helpful tool in many areas (e.g. CSS rendering, visual layout drafts etc), then CS5 will be an improvement in these areas as well and could be worth trying/buying. On the other hand: if you´re only interested in "whatever" development tool to give you advanced PHP support, the Eclipse - based Aptana plugin or the Netbeans PHP IDE are pretty fine tools as well.
Cheers,
Günter

Dreamweaver CS3 Trail Wont start

When I open Dreamweaver I get the standard screen about
entering a serial # or try for 30 days. When I click 30 days and
continue I get "A problem was encountered while trying to load the
trail period for Adobe Dreamweaver CS3" continue takes me back to
the previous screen or just quit. Anyone else have his problem? I
am on VISTA Enterprise Edition.

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=fb181c10
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"TheScarecrow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> When I open Dreamweaver I get the standard screen about
entering a serial
> # or
> try for 30 days. When I click 30 days and continue I get
"A problem was
> encountered while trying to load the trail period for
Adobe Dreamweaver
> CS3"
> continue takes me back to the previous screen or just
quit. Anyone else
> have
> his problem? I am on VISTA Enterprise Edition.
>

I am trying to install Dreamweaver CS3 on Windows 8 it says "The Installer Database is corrupt"

I am trying to install Dreamweaver CS3 on my new Windows 8 PC and when I run SETUP.EXE it says "The Installer Database is corrupt" on both my original CD and backup I made.

The error is here:
Dreamweaver CS3 on my new Windows 8 PC
This will most likely never work. CS3 wasn't even fit for Win 7. Delete the caps.db in the respective caps folder (info here) and then take the usual steps of running as admin, turning off UAC and security tools and possibly using compatibility modes, but as I said, be prepared that this may be futile and you spend a Sunday afternoon without achieving anything...
Mylenium

I am trying to reinstall Dreamweaver CS3 from the CD after having computer issues. Now getting error "You can only install one Adobe product at a time. Please complete the other installation before attempting to install ......." There is no other Adobe

I am trying to reinstall Dreamweaver CS3 from the CD after having computer issues. Now getting error "You can only install one Adobe product at a time. Please complete the other installation before attempting to install ......." There is no other Adobe product installing. I have used the Adobe Cleaner Tool many times and uninstalled other Adobe Products but neither has worked. I have uninstalled/reinstalled this CD version of Dreamweaver several times when changing computers and after having computer issues. A google search of the problem suggested it may be an error related to the number of times I can reinstall this product due to licensing issues. Please help.

A google search of the problem suggested it may be an error related to the number of times I can reinstall this product due to licensing issues.
Absolutely not. You are misinterpreting things. The activation check never happens when just running the installer, only much later. It means what it says - there is another "install" pending/ active on your system, meaning somewhere there is an (invisible) process still blocking things. Either way, since you haven't provided any real technical info, we can't advise specifically. if you are on Windows, you may want to check your task manager and terminate any setup.exe and msiexec.exe processes plus potentially may need to manually fix/ delete some registry keys. For anything beyond that you will have to be much more specific.
Mylenium

I am trying to install Dreamweaver CS3 on my Windows 8 laptop.

I am having trouble finding the icon after I install a program. I installed Dreamweaver CS3 and can't find where to start the program.

The error is here:
Dreamweaver CS3 on my new Windows 8 PC
This will most likely never work. CS3 wasn't even fit for Win 7. Delete the caps.db in the respective caps folder (info here) and then take the usual steps of running as admin, turning off UAC and security tools and possibly using compatibility modes, but as I said, be prepared that this may be futile and you spend a Sunday afternoon without achieving anything...
Mylenium

Firefox 3.6.13 will not open as the browser to view web pages from within Dreamweaver CS3

I build websites with Dreamweaver CS3. I am operating on Mac OS 10.4.11 using Firefox 3.6.13 - The problem began on the last software update. I like to use Firefox instead of Safari. Up to the point where I upgraded, I never had a problem but now, when I go to preview/debug in browser, Firefox loads but it goes no farther than my home page ... it will not load the Dreamweaver page preview. Safari works fine. So I think there may be a problem loading 3.6.13 past the startup page.

Here's the fix. Dump Firefox 3.6.13 and Re-Install Firefox 3.5.16. Problem solved.

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