Dave Sawyer McFarland

View Source: Make Web Site Elements Partially Transparent

With CSS3, you can create all kinds of transparency effects, including overlapping, partially transparent text and buttons. And it even works in IE!

Master Templates in Dreamweaver, Part III

Use optional regions to hide and show pieces of code on different template-based pages. You'll escape that cookie cutter look yet still save lots of time!

Master Templates in Dreamweaver, Part II

Do you think that building a site with templates will lead to something that looks the same on every page? Never fear! In part two of this three-part series, you'll learn how CSS magic and a little-known Dreamweaver template feature helps you build visually unique pages using just one Dreamweaver template.

Master Templates in Dreamweaver: Part 1

Templates are production godsends, but they're also flexible enough to let you stretch your design muscles and keep a site's many pages varied and interesting. This three-part series will tell you everything you need to know about making and using Dreamweaver CS4 templates.

View Source: Designing and Testing Sites for Internet Explorer 8

IE8 is faster and better, but if you’re not careful, IE8 may ignore all of its fancy CSS and JavaScript improvements and revert to displaying pages like IE7 or even IE5. Here's how to outsmart it.

View Source: Make Pop-Up Tooltips with Dreamweaver

You can add pop-up image captions, word definitions, and more to your Web pages, and you don't need to be a programmer to do it. Here's how to make it happen in Dreamweaver CS4.

ViewSource: Build Interactive HTML Tables with Dreamweaver CS4

An HTML table is the best way to display rows and columns of information. But giving site visitors the ability to sort that data hasn't been so easy. Now, with a little help from JavaScript and Dreamweaver CS4, you can super-power your HTML tables so that visitors can quickly sort that data.

View Source: How to Use Photoshop Files with Dreamweaver CS4

Follow along with tutorial files while you learn the best practices in Photoshop and Dreamweaver.

Dreamweaver How-to: Create "You Are Here" Navigation Links

Use this simple technique to create a nav bar button that changes to reflect a visitor's location in your site, then make it work across the site using Dreamweaver CS3's Template.

View Source: Make Your Links Unforgettable

Most Web usability books (for example, Steve Krug's excellent Don't Make Me Think) emphasize that the less you make a visitor think and work, the more likely they'll visit, enjoy, and benefit from your site. The typical HTML link is one of those things that make visitors work -- a single linked word, for example, is a small target that requires good aim to hit. That's one of the reasons Web designers make navigation bars with buttons that are larger than the text inside them.

View Source: JavaScript for Designers

Add interactive Web site effects without a lot of programming.

View Source: An Introduction to Dreamweaver Templates

Want to build and update your sites more quickly and efficiently? Read on.

View Source: Web Design's Magic Bullet Is Back!

Do you want overlapping page elements, captions that sit on top of photos, and images that float outside the edges of their containing divs? Modern browsers and this tutorial make it safe to try CSS positioning again.

View Source: Create Advanced Online Galleries

Do you need an online portfolio or just want to post photos from your kid's birthday party? The free Lightbox2 adds sophisticated JavaScript functionality you can customize. The best part? You don't have to do a lick of programming.

View Source: Building Better Forms with Dreamweaver CS3

Web forms don't do you much good if they're incomplete or filled out with incorrect data. You can prevent this problem with form validation that is sophisticated yet simple to add to your sites.

View Source: Advanced CSS Rollovers

Forget JavaScript -- you can create dynamic rollover images using just CSS. And once you've mastered the basic concept, many creative possibilities open up.

View Source: The Easy Way to Add Dynamic Elements to Web Sites

This tutorial takes you step-by-step through adding and modifying a Spry Menu Bar in Dreamweaver CS3.

View Source: Harnessing the Power of PNGs

Compared to GIF AND JPEG, the PNG file format has a lot to offer: smaller file sizes, higher quality, and superb transparency. All you need are a few guidelines and techniques to expand your design toolbox.

Web How-To: Plan Your Site Right In Dreamweaver

Without the proper site management, your brilliant work may instead be replaced with an annoying "File Not Found" error. Here's how to plan, build, and manage Web sites for best results.

Banking on CSS Inheritance

Making the most of cascading style sheets means learning Web geneology. Inheritance, or how one style passes its physical attributes to its offspring, is the key to good Web design.