> From: "Matt Poyner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 9:48 AM > Subject: [css-d] Dreamweaver 8: is it's code truly > standards-compliant? > > > > We are getting ready to upgrade to Dreamweaver 8 here and I am > > wondering > > if anyone has had time to work with it much yet? > > > > Does the program do CSS layout by default, or does it mix tables and > > css together, or can you choose?
DW8 applies an XML doctype by default now, and I believe most of the default settings are now set to produce valid code (i.e. pressing the bold button to bold text applies a strong tag by default, etc.). I believe DW8 more strongly encourages use of external style sheets but cannot recall if it defaults to this. The choice of how you lay out your page is entirely up to you, no matter what tool you use. Since the use of tables for tabular data is part of the spec, DW8 of course supports the use of tables. If you abuse them or not is entirely at your discretion. For a good introduction to all of the CSS-related additions to DW8, check out this article on the Macromedia site: http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/css_dreamweaver.html My personal opinion is that DW8's new CSS tools go a long way towards helping users understand and properly use CSS for layout, which can only be a good thing. As this is probably straying into off-topic land, I will stop there. Ron ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
