Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015 - Manual (Page 160)

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Layout and design
Last updated 6/3/2015
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Note: The above example code is a simplified version of the code that creates the two-column fixed left sidebar layout when
you create a new document using the predesigned layouts that come with Dreamweaver.
Create a page with a CSS layout
When creating a new page in Dreamweaver, you can create one that already contains a CSS layout. Dreamweaver comes
with 16 different CSS layouts that you can choose from. Additionally, you can create your own CSS layouts and add
them to the configuration folder so that they appear as layout choices in the New Document dialog box.
Dreamweaver CSS layouts render correctly in the following browsers: Firefox (Windows and Macintosh) 1.0, 1.5, 2.0,
and 3.6; Internet Explorer (Windows) 5.5, 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0; Opera (Windows and Macintosh) 8.0, 9.0, and 10.0; Safari
2.0, 3.0, and 4.0; and Chrome 3.0.
Create a page with a CSS layout
1 Select File > New.
2 In the New Document dialog box, select the Blank Page category. (It’s the default selection.)
3 For Page Type, select the kind of page you want to create.
Note: You must select an HTML page type for the layout. For example, you can select HTML, ColdFusion®, PHP, and
so on. You cannot create an ActionScript™, CSS, Library Item, JavaScript, XML, XSLT, or ColdFusion Component page
with a CSS layout. Page types in the Other category of the New Document dialog box are also restricted from including
CSS page layouts.
4 For Layout, select the CSS layout you want to use. You can choose from 16 different layouts. The Preview window
shows the layout and gives a brief description of the selected layout.
The predesigned CSS layouts provide the following types of columns:
Fixed Column width is specified in pixels. The column does not resize based on the size of the browser or the site
visitor’s text settings.
Liquid Column width is specified as a percentage of the site visitor’s browser width. The design adapts if the site
visitor makes the browser wider or narrower, but does not change based on the site visitor’s text settings.
5 Select a document type from the DocType pop-up menu.