Eric Meyers CSS Sculptor is a dreamweaver add-on that creates standards compliant CSS layouts and is the most excellent CSS design software that I've come across in my years as a web designer.
Dreamweaver let's you create and develop interactive, dynamic sites and is an production standard with webmasters. It is a simple to work and powerful piece of software.
If you've ever tried to create cross-browser compatible CSS layouts in Dreamweaver, now and then it seems like an uphill battle to get actual cross-browser compatability for your design with the differences between the most important browsers. Sooner or later you'll come to the understanding that there's got to be a faster way.
With Dreamweaver extensions you can improve functionality to the core features of dreamweaver and force it to do just about anything, this unique dreamweaver extension is called Eric Meyer's CSS Sculptor that makes life as a web designer a whole ton simpler.
Eric Meyer's CSS Sculptor from WebAssist is an add-on for Dreamweaver that builds compliant CSS layouts from an simple to use wizard like UI.
For web developers who are moving from table-based layouts to CSS layouts, it provides a means to earn as you learn by making standards compliant CSS layouts from it is easy to use interface and therefore the preview display you'll be able to try out your layout and be sure that when you complete your layout and upload it to your server it can be exactly how you wish it to be.
For more practiced Dreamweaver users, the method of generating custom CSS layouts is slashed to a fraction of the time and is alone price the cost of the plug-in.
All aspects of your finished CSS layout are all under your management while not the necessity for any hand coding, put in all the aspects of your layout together with divs, columns, header and footer, background images, margins, padding, hyperlink states and a lot of additional with just a couple of clicks of your mouse.
CSS Sculptor allows complete customization of your layout, choose a template to start out with and then customize it to fit your needs thus if you would like a fixed width layout with 3 columns, create your picks on the first page of the user interface and all the code needed for that layout is magically inserted in the background.
This CSS layout software helps you to management every aspect of your CSS layout simply embrace background pictures into every layout div even insert repeating gradient images all from inside the easy-to-use wizard.
Eric Meyers CSS Sculptor comes with 48 Net standards compliant preset CSS layouts and twelve color schemes to get you on track, and every one layouts can be simply changed for your specific requirements. You're be able to additionally save your presets, therefore you can hastily create more sites from layouts you've got already made.
You'll be able to additionally insert spry elements and style all of them from inside Dreamweaver.
You can learn more about CSS Sculptor and how it can accelerate your production of CSS layouts here
Eric meyers CSS Sculptor - Create standards compliant CSS layouts without hand coding
Sunday, 28 March 2010
signup animation
Friday, 31 July 2009
In this video we show you how to use flasheff to easily create an animation to highlight your signup form. Its a simple process that doesn't include any actionscript coding by hand.
Flasheff has an easy to use user interface that includes previews of the effects on offer, just hover your mouse over the effect and the preview comes to life, showing you exactly what it will look.
Just drag and drop the flasheff component ontop of the item you want to animate and it will snap to the corner, which shows you that its ready to use.
Then open the flasheff panel and select the effect that you want, each type of effect whether show, hide, filter or button. has its own different effects.
sitescribe
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
Ever needed to send a client a pdf of a website that your developing for them, know how much of a pain it can be.
Well now you can do it easily and within a couple of minutes with Sitescribe, Its really easy aswell just about 5 steps andand the software will do it all for you.
Just select your settings from the presets and input your url and away sitescribe goes, it doesn't matter if its ten pages or a thousand, sitescribe will convert it all to a pdf which you can easily send to a client.
In this video we show you sitescribe coonvert a site of about 50 pages in a few minutes.
If you would like to see the full review just follow the link above
siteimport
Site import lets you rip a site of the web and into you local hard drive within a few minutes depending on the size of the site of course.
With site import you get full control of the process and can select whichever files you would like whether it be a .swf, .jpg or .html, .php whichever you like and siteimport will only import those types of files to your hard drive.
This video shows a whole site ripped from the web, php, pictures and swf files all get pulled from the web and placed on your hard drive with the right structure and everything all neatly laid out for you.
Its a cool little tool that can help with the web development process.
If you would like to see more just use the link above to see the full review
New Squidoo page about Flasheff
Monday, 27 July 2009
If you checkout Squidoo there is a new page which describes how easy it is to use flasheff. It has a couple pictures and a brief description on how to use flasheff, plus a video showing how to make a basic banner using Flash.
Or you can checkout our review of flasheff where we show you more complex animations created with flasheff, bare in mind that if you go to the website, everything that moves was created with flasheff in under 30 minutes.
As you know if you've used Flash to try and animate anything then its really hard to learn how to animate the smallest of things, a simple banner could take upto an hour, with flasheff you can produce the same banner in a matter of minutes. With its drag, drop and select user interface you can produce complex animations in minutes.
So again if you want to see the Squidoo page about flasheff or if you want to visit the review of flasheff then please visit and learn how you can increase your productivity(save time) and we all know time is money dont we, lol.
Or you can checkout our review of flasheff where we show you more complex animations created with flasheff, bare in mind that if you go to the website, everything that moves was created with flasheff in under 30 minutes.
As you know if you've used Flash to try and animate anything then its really hard to learn how to animate the smallest of things, a simple banner could take upto an hour, with flasheff you can produce the same banner in a matter of minutes. With its drag, drop and select user interface you can produce complex animations in minutes.
So again if you want to see the Squidoo page about flasheff or if you want to visit the review of flasheff then please visit and learn how you can increase your productivity(save time) and we all know time is money dont we, lol.
Dreamweaver extension: html sitemap generator
Monday, 20 July 2009
Dreamweaver extension: html sitemap generator
With this Dreamweaver extension it will create a html sitemap that is written onto the template of your choice, so easy you just use the xml sitemap that we showed you how to create in thhe last video and it basically does it all for you lol.
We love easy.
And it cant get any easier than this.
Dreamweaver extension: xml sitemap generator
Dreamweaver extension: xml sitemap generator
This is a cool Dreamweaver extension that saves a lot of time, if you where to hand code a sitemap it would take a long time depending on the size of the site of course.
This Dreamweaver extension makes it all point and click easy and it doesnt all stop there you can then submit the sitemap to all the major search engines and create a html sitemap from it aswell, making this probably the most usefull Dreamweaver extension you could buy
If you want to see the full review with the other features of the extension use the link and see it in full
Flash extension flasheff
Access to pages dreamweaver tutorial
Sunday, 19 July 2009
Security assist dreamweaver extension Access to pages
Ok in this video we show you how to use security assist to limit who can access your pages so that your admin area is protected from random visitors being able to mess about with editing the information in your database.
Really simple if you want to see the full review click the link above
Flasheff2 flash extension
Flasheff2 is a major upgrade to the original Flasheff making it so much easier to animate with Flash.
The user interface has completely been revamped to make it so much easier to use and now has previews direct in the Flasheff2 panel which makes it alot quicker to make your pattern selections.
Before you had to select it and then change it and on and on untill you had found the perfect one, but now with the new panel just hover your mouse over the image and you see the preview of the effect right there in miniature right there in the flasheff2 panel.
This is a really great Flash extension
If you want to see the review use the link at the top
We hope you find it usefull
Using the dreamweaver extension dataassist
Using the dreamweaver extension dataassist
The Dreamweaver extension Dataassist is a really good piece of software, we rate it with 5 stars cause its a real piece of magic for Dreamweaver, enabling you to produce upto 7 pages all in one streamlined process that takes about 7 minutes.
The automatic page creation produces:
- Catalog pages
- Detail pages
- Search page
- Results page
- Insert record page
- Update record page
- Delete record page
And all are CSS-based layouts soo that you can edit them easily.
Create catalog pages for your users that are exactly how you choose them to be whether it be one column or multiple columns all throughthe easy to use wizard.
This extension will save you alot of time and money so its well worth the small pricetag.
If you would like to see the full review you can use the link to see it.
dreamweaver extension security assist show region tutorial
dreamweaver extension security assist show region tutorial
In this tutorial we will show you how easy it is to create areas of your website which are not viewable to certain users.
This is acomplished with a show region server behaviour.
With security assist you can insert a show region server bahaviour with 2 clicks of your mouse, so it is the quickest and easiest way to secure your admin area, by making the admin menu invisable to your normal users.
Well if you want to see the 3 videos for this extension you can go to the link at the top.
user registration Dreamweaver extension
user registration Dreamweaver extension
This Dreamweaver extension enables you to install a fully functional user registration system on your website in a number of clicks.
Its wizard style interface allows the easy configuration of all the pages that you want to install.
In about 6 minutes you can have a registration, log in, log out, user profile and email password pages all created in one operation.
If you would like to see the full review then follow the link at the top
We hope you find it usefull
Newsletter system for your website
The dreamweaver extension php email merge
This has got to be the easiest way to install a newsletter system on your website, literally three clicks and you are ready to upload to a secure area of your server and your ready to start getting subscribers to your newsletter.
Have a look at the video and Im sure you will agree its the best newsletter app out there.
If you like what you see follow the link above to see the full review
Using a Dreamweaver extension to send email from your site
Dreamweaver extension Universal email
Email is a great way to keep your visitors informed of updates and new things going on with your website.
With this Dreamweaver extension its possible with a few clicks to send emails from your website whether it be sending a contact form to yourself or a newsletter with static or dynamic variables.
Universal email is a great extension that you will use over and over.
To check out the full review click the link at the top.
Flash charts on your site
Dreamweaver extension Dynamic web charts
Flash charts are an excellent way to show statistics in an easily viewable form, whether it be users, clicks, downloads or anything you wish.
Charts whether they be line graphs, bar, line or pie charts are a good way to make your website stand out from the croud. Remember you have to compete with millions of other sites on the web.
So make your site look different and stand out with this simple Dreamweaver extension.
To see the full review click the link above.
Dreamweaver tutorial: Connecting to a database in Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver tutorial: Connecting to a database in Dreamweaver
Connecting to a database is necisary to have dynamically generated website whether it be a dating website or an online store.
Users can create the content for a dynamically generated website, it could be a users profile or uploading content such as videos, photos and articles.
Owners can generate the contents of an online store whether it be product descriptions, pictures and prices and are normally inputted from an administrative back end of sorts.
This simple proccess is the key to unlocking a whole world of possibilitieson the we.
To see the full tutorial click on the link at the top
We hope you find it useful
Easiest way to insert a record with Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver tutorial: Insert record
Easiest way to insert a record with Dreamweaver
In this Dreamweaver Tutorial we show you the easiest way to insert a record into a database using Dreamweaver.
If you would prefer to read the step by step instructions on how to achieve this use the link above to goto the full tutorial
We hope you find it useful
Pro maps for google Dreamweaver extension
Pro maps for google Dreamweaver extension
Googlemaps is a great way to show your site visitors where your business is located, your visitors can see at a glance and in a graphical format exactly where your business is.
Its a fully working Googlemaps on your site with all the options from google like giving directions from locations and such.
With its wizard like interface, you can install Googlemaps by following 5 simple steps, only takes a few minutes so it saves you time and money aswell
Check out the full review by using the link above
Creating a page layout with a Dreamweaver extension
Eric Meyers CSS Sculptor can be quite time consuming at times but with this Dreamweaver Extension you can easily put together a standards compliant CSS layoutfor your website in a matter of minutes.
Watch the video and see how easy it is to use this Dreamweaver extension to put together a CSS Layout.
With its wizard type user interface its just a number of steps to finish your first page of your website to use as a template for your whole site.
How much is your time worth?
If a Dreamweaver Extension can be used to cut the time to one tenth of the usual time it takes to build a website shouldnt you be using it after all, an increase in productivity means increased profits and increased time to devote to other matters.
Also with the last step you can select to have full CSS comments layed out in the document and a seperate CSS file if someone wishes to print a page of your site.
Anyway pop over to the website to check out the full review using the link below:
Dreamweaver Extension Reviews
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