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March 13, 2003

Added: Tutorial - Using Parameters with Includes (SSI). Wouldn't it be nice if you had several includes, each containing a different navigational method, that your site maintainers could use with templates in Contribute and Dreamweaver MX?

Added: Tutorial - Editable Meta Data with Macromedia Contribute. One of the more prevalent issues that comes up is how to make the meta data of each page unique when using Dreamweaver MX templates in conjunction with Contribute. With Dreamweaver MX this is no problem if you base your site on templates...

Added: Tutorial - Create a New Template from Scratch. Ever notice that most references (read: books) start out with a basic template already set, but almost none tell you how to get to that initial point? Hopefully this tutorial will help you understand the first part of using templates...

March 10, 2003

Announcement: Pixel 69 (Irvin Gomez) has released 2 free CSS style kits which work well in all modern browsers. Chapter 11 Books - Configuration 1 and Configuration 2. Note that either page gives you exactly the same download. Also available from Pixel 69 (via email) are a couple of pretty slick CFMX Applications. If you have any problems accessing these 2 free kits, contact us and we'll make sure you get them as Irvin has given us permission to do so.

March 8, 2003

Bulletin 1: Maintaining Dreamweaver 4 templates containing library items that reference Macromedia behaviors in Dreamweaver MX. Add a head block editable region named 'head'. [Read more...]

March 7, 2003

Press Release: Webade has done it again with a ColdFusion Business Admin CMS system featuring:

Content Management System
Developer Help Files
Operation Sensitive Admin Help Files
Generates New Pages On the Fly
Datadriven Layout Management
Datadriven Custom Pages
Datadriven Menu Management
Browser Based Upload Function
Receive All Sourece Files
Reuse As you Need
CFMX And CF5 Compatible

For a complete breakdown of the CMS please visit:
dwfaq: http://www.dwfaq.com/Store/detail/?id=wdCFcms
Frontdemo: http://www.webade.hostinguk.com/cfcms/
Backend demo *: http://www.webade.hostinguk.com/cfcms/data/
* Please note the backend demo is all read only.

March 4, 2003

Press Release: FlashBang! - the easy way to add Flash to your Dreamweaver site - is now available. With FlashBang!, you can add highly-configurable and powerful Flash buttons to your site in minutes without using Flash. Use FlashBang! buttons to target pages, frames or iframes, trigger behaviors, display and pass dynamic data - and more. Support for playing sounds (on rollover or on click) is built-in.

The FlashBang! extension includes over 175 buttons, 50 audio samples, 20 presets and a 60 page user guide. Specify up to 20 different parameters on a single button to create unique Flash navigation elements that blend into your designs. Easily modify created buttons through the custom Property inspector. FlashBang! buttons are compatible with all aspects of templates and attributes (including button labels and links) are effortlessly customized in Dreamweaver or Contribute template instances.

For more details on FlashBang! - as well as a full range of demos and tutorials - visit http://www.flashbangmedia.com/. FlashBang! is available through Project VII (http://www.projectseven.com).

FlashBang! was developed by Joseph Lowery and Edoardo Zubler. Joseph is the author of the Dreamweaver MX Bible, Beyond Dreamweaver and Roadmap to Macromedia Contribute, among others, as well as the creator of numerous extensions for Dreamweaver and Fireworks, including the Fireworks' Data-Driven Graphics Wizard. Edoardo is a multimedia developer who specializes in creating rich media applications for a wide range of devices and platforms, including many Flash-based rich client applications for fixed and mobile devices. As contributor to the Macromedia community, Edoardo has also written several articles and developed a number of extensions for many Macromedia products.

March 1, 2003

Announcement: Two of our tutorials have just been launched on Macromedia DevNet, Controlling Button States: Template Parameters and Expressions as well as Using Parameters and Expressions to Make a Breadcrumb Trail. We hope you enjoy them.

February 28, 2003

Announcement: Murray and I are speaking at MXNorth! For more information, please visit the MXNorth web site.

Murrays Session: Starting with a discussion of site architecture and file naming, this presentation will introduce you to the fundamentals of some of the new features of DMX's Templates. We will cover template parameters and their use in template expressions in this discussion, and eventually use what has been learned to build a menuing system with downbutton states, and a page schema that permits unique branding on each page. All of this will be integrated into a single template page for optimal site maintenance.

Brads Session: As first implemented in Dreamweaver, its unique Templates were quite simple in nature and structure! Today, these beasts can become complex entities that are challenging to debug. The complexity comes from the significant expansion of Template features and capabilities introduced in Dreamweaver MX, including the addition of optional regions, repeating regions, parameters, expressions and nested templates. It can no longer be a simple look and solve troubleshooting situation, and this presentation introduces useful troubleshooting techniques to minimize the potential 'hairloss' issues that are now more commonplace with Macromedia Dreamweaver's new template technology.

Hopefully we will see many of you there!

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