If use css in web page,how to make Dreamweaver WYSIWYG

[allan1022]

I have used css to make the layout of lage scale website ,most is manual-script(code) .the page is ok in browser ,but in DW is out order.
though I can understand the script(code),but other persons in my team will can't edit it in dreamweaver or WYSIWYG editor

so if therer ie a good method to make the page what use css can show in dreamweaver or other WYSIWYG editor

[fwordboy]

I too have found Dreamweaver MX 2004 extremely poor at rendering CSS-P designed sites. They look absolutely rotten in design view. the only way to use WYSIWYG in DW is to use a very simple CSS layout i.e. absolute positoning all over or to use tables.

[stever]

I use DW (in mixed view with a lot of work in the code window) to create html and Topstyle to edit the CSS. You can designate Topstyle (no connection) to be the automatic CSS editor for DW.

[DrDoc]

I thought DW would preview in IE?

[edit_g]

Sorry mate, DW just isn't any good at rendering the CSS in a sensible way. If the other people in your dev team want to help they'll have to learn CSS or go for one of the other editors (topstyle etc).

[stever]

>>I thought DW would preview in IE?

It does, but I think the original question was about working in the design window.

It can be a pain in the proverbial when you are using stuff like 50% left and a minus margin, though. Working in code is fine unless I need to use the design window to enter accents (DW will enter the correct accent code in the html code without me having to remember them all or use Snippets).

But it's not that big a deal - highlighting or moving the cursor with the Shift, Tab and arrow keys works too...

[fidibidabah]

f12 and shift+f12 = your friends.

[stef25]

yeah its a real pain to make some changes and have to save the css file (which you're not necesarily working in if you are moving layers around or working in the css panel) and then do f12

you need 3-4 clicks and two warning boxes before you save the page and then view it in IE. if youre doing pixel by pixel positioning ... pffff

the footer in my current web appears half way across the page in dw preview, whereas in IE it sits perfectly in the middle.

they need to work on this ...

[Brontojoris]

I use a specific stylesheet for dreamweaver that adds some margin at the top for those editable region tabs. I attach the stylesheet to the page using the 'design-time' feature. Maybe you can use this feature to build a Dreamweaver WYSIWYG stylesheet for your team members.