Customising Dreamweaver tip (was Re: FN-FORUM Feeling Young?)... "NO! Swamp Thatcher!" hehehe!

date posted 15th March 2000 21:04

> i think slagging off thatcher is probably going to start a flame
> war.

Doesn't usually :)

> if we're gonna keep this work related george than let's do that, eh?

Yes, Martin - fair comment. Lippy George oversteps the mark again!
I apologise to you and all Mad Maggie fans everywhere and I won't
repeat comments I made on another list about her being a war criminal
and anti-Christ. Believe me, I really don't want to start the first
(or would it be the second) flame war on this list - though at the
moment it seems more like a massacre than a war (hehehe!)

Now, methinks, what this list needs is an indulgence system, where
off-topic posts are paid for by on-topic tips. Continuing a theme - I
confess to straying off topic so here's my penance...



The default values of all objects created by Dreamweaver are written
by a plethora of JavaScripts, all of which are editable. In DW2 the
JavaScripts are embedded in HTML files, in DW3 (for some reason) these
files simply point to .js files of the same name.

Here are some suggestions for useful tweaks (back up 1st if you want):

1. For image tags;

Edit

MyDreamweaverConfigurationObjectsCommonImage.htm (or .js)

so the (single) line:

DW2: return '';
or
DW3: return '';

reads:

DW2: return '';
or
DW3: return '';

2. For script tags;

Edit

MyDreamweaverConfigurationObjectsInvisiblesScript.htm

so the (single) line:

return '
' +
document.forms[0].script.value + '';

reads:

return '
' +
document.forms[0].script.value + '';

(note there's a space before the word 'type' in that line)

3. All new pages created by Dreamweaver use the (plain HTML)
template;

MyDreamweaverConfigurationTemplatesDefault.html

So you might want to add your own author and copyright meta tags etc.
or at least edit



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