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September 16, 2002

Links Made Easy

Need to make text (or an image) clickable? Just highlight it and press Ctrl-L to create the link code. This will work in both code and design views. (Applies to: Dreamweaver MX)

September 14, 2002

Display the Properties Panel

To display the Properties panel for any tag or element select it and press Ctrl-Shift-J. This will work in both code and design views. (Applies to: Dreamweaver MX)

September 13, 2002

Inserting a Non Breaking Space

Non-breaking spaces are used to better control wrapping and placement. To insert a non-breaking space press Ctrl-Shift-Space. This will work in both code and design views. (Applies to: Dreamweaver MX)

September 12, 2002

Need a Break?

Need to insert a tag? Just press Shift-Return. This will work in both code and design views. (Applies to: Dreamweaver MX)

September 11, 2002

Creating a Named Anchor

To simply create a named anchor highlight the text (or image) and press Ctrl-Alt-A. This will work in both code and design views. (Applies to: Dreamweaver MX)

September 10, 2002

Inserting Flash

To quickly insert a Flash SWF file into your page (with all supporting code) press Ctrl-Alt-F. This will work in both code and design views. (Applies to: Dreamweaver MX)

September 9, 2002

Insert an Image

To quickly insert an image into your code (complete with populated HEIGHT and WIDTH attributes) press Ctrl-Alt-I. This will work in both code and design views. (Applies to: Dreamweaver MX)

September 7, 2002

Avoid Lists, Use Arrays

List processing is slow - there actually is no list data type in ColdFusion, lists are simply strings. Any list processing requires lots of string manipulation, and that is time consuming (even more so in ColdFusion MX). Lists were originally intended as a way to work with data like form fields and...

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