Standardize your CSS workflow
Monday May 5, 2008
One thing that novice Web designers don't realize is that even if you have a very powerful Web editor like Dreamweaver or Expression Web, you still need to think about CSS development from a coder's perspective. Hopefully, someday this will change and editors will be better at CSS development than they are now. (Note: these tools are good at writing CSS, they just aren't perfect.) If you have a plan and a workflow that you follow every time you start to build a CSS Web page, you'll get the best results out of what CSS can do for you.
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One of the frustrating things about Dreamweaver CS3 is that it can mess up your CSS code if you do a lot of moving things around or name editing. I find I need to clean up the CSS code in Code view after I have done serious manipulation in the CSS panel.
Photoshop can make it easier to be a good artist but you still have to have a good eye. Dreamweaver is an example of a program that helps you get better at what you do well. Side note: if you are looking at your CSS rules in the CSS panel, you can move them around in order to keep associated rules together. I’m not sure Dreamweaver can be adjusted if you prefer your CSS rules in single-line format. Anybody know? BTW, I really like the Spry widgets.