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Dive into the complete reference guide for Dreamweaver MX tailored for ColdFusion users by Tom Muck. This resource covers everything from setting up your environment and utilizing the Code View, to creating and managing snippets and server behaviors. Learn how to streamline your workflow with speed-up hints, manage databases, and navigate toolbars effectively. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced developer, this guide provides valuable insights into making the most of Dreamweaver MX and integrating ColdFusion seamlessly.
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Dreamweaver MX for ColdFusion Tom Muck Co-author, Dreamweaver MX: The Complete Reference
Overview • Introduction • Topics Covered • How DW MX came to be • Merging Drumbeat / DW / CF Studio
Setting Up the Environment • Using the HS/Coder view • Setting Coding Preferences • Code format • Fonts • Code coloring • Showing/Hiding panels • Removing Panels • Remove panels you don’t use • Speedup hints: www.dwteam.com/articles/
Setting up a site • Local info • Remote info • Testing server • FTP/RDS • Source control • Check in/check out
Setting Up the Environment (cont) • Application Panel Group • Databases panel • Bindings panel • Code hints for variables • Use variables in other parts of DW • Server behaviors panel • Components panel
Setting up snippets • Creating new snippets • Importing CF Studio Snippets • http://www.dwfaq.com/Snippets/converter.asp • Locating snippets • Snippets exchange • www.dwfaq.com/snippets/
Toolbars • Document Toolbar • Standard Toolbar • Off by default • View > Toolbars > Standard • DRK Toolbar (Extra File Functions)
Using Code View • Code Hints • Balancing tags • Ctrl > Spacebar for Function list • Edit Tag • Insert Tag • The Tag Inspector • Code Inspector
The Help System in DW • Contextual Reference panel • F1, shift-F1, ctrl-F1 • Extending Dreamweaver Help • Context Help Toolbar
The Insert Bar • ColdFusion Tags • HTML tags • Application objects
The Property Inspector • Contextual Based on Selection • Tables, rows, cells • Takes advantage of Bindings panel
Server behaviors vs. Snippets • Adding your own server behavior • Adding a server behavior with multiple parameters
Summing up • DW is not CF Studio • Homesite+ comes with Studio MX • Use tools side by side to take advantage of best features of both
Resources • www.macromedia.com/devnet/ • www.communitymx.com/ • www.dwteam.com/ • www.dwfaq.com/ • Dreamweaver MX: The Complete Reference