Posted by jojo on 07/24/06 14:36

Neredbojias wrote:

>>>>>> Have just changed all my style classes from 'verdana' to 'verdana,
>>>>>> hevetica, arial, sans serif'
>>>>>> and now can't see any of my pages in design view only the code.
>>>>>> Help!
>>>>> have you looked in the view menu? ..
>>>> I've got it back.. suddenly... don't know how! But many thanks for
>>>> your suggestions.
>>> Relying on d/w is a bad way to start out learning how to make web
>>> pages. As an aid it may have some moderate value but the real fruit
>>> is reaped by hand-markup.
>> I, too, use DW. But I've never (or almost never) used the "design
>> view". I just use it because it can autocomplete tags, close them
>> automatically, ... So it is just to save time.
>> I know many WYSIWYG editors can do this, too, but I got Dreamweaver so
>> why shouldn't I use it?
>> And DW it can edit external Stylesheets automatically if you change
>> the style of any element, can handle includes, has got a FTP client,
>> the possibility to create & use Templates...
>> So you might use DW, but do not rely on the code it writes if you use
>> the "design view" without ever checking and correcting the code. So
>> especially if you are a Newbie in HTML you should learn some coding.
>> Can use DW, but write the code yourself.
>
> You remind me of dorayme. Be ye Australian or just verbose?

No, not Australian, just German... But yes, I like talking... Can talk
hours about every nonsense...

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