
Wednesday, November 9th, 2005
CMX Weekly Newsletter News Fun and Freebies Recent CMX Content Tips, Tricks and Dirty Cheats Check the News! *Macromedia Labs: Substance and* Style** Macromedia Labs is, as we mentioned a couple of newsletters ago, the place where Macromedia will share information with developers about new product releases and work with developers to make their products better. When it came time to build the pages for the Labs there was a clear understanding by the team that it should still resemble the rest of the Macromedia website brand, but that it should have an identity of its own as well. One of the designers for Macromedia, Neil Straghalis, explains the approach that he and his team took when faced with this challenge. Read Neil's blog for more. Apple Finally Figures Out How To Patent Their Innovations Apple filed patent application number 20050246554, titled “system and method for creating tamper-resistant code.” They want to protect future versions of their operating system the Intel versions coming up next year - from running on unauthorized machines. Expect more patents to come through once they find out the first few designs didn't prevent hackers from running OS X any way they wanted to. Read the full story at News.com. Ever Wanted Your Own TV Show? Veoh.com is the spot where you can create your own television show or movie and have it be seen by millions of viewers over the internet. Veoh says they have over 10,000 videos online, ranging from short films to weekly television shows. Since they're not monitored as closely by the FCC as broadcast television, they can offer more intriguing content. We're happy to say that Veoh has actually got some pretty clever films done by amateurs, and much of it is kid-safe, though a small portion of it is a bit on the racy side. Read more about it at Tech Republic or download it and see for yourself at Veoh.com. For Starters, Please Don't Call Anyone From Your Bathroom Do you know anyone who suffers from "Cell Yell"? This is the phenomenon where someone starts talking to someone else on a cell phone and their voice automatically rises 20 decibels. That is just one of the ways that rudeness presents itself in the wireless age, according to this CNN.com article. Other problems include talking on your cell phone in inappropriate places - like the movie theater for example, or a public restroom (although calling from a private restroom isn't too keen either). If you have any friends who may need a reminder to lay off the cell phone a bit, maybe you should send them the article. AMD Inside? Computer chip maker AMD surpassed Intel in retail sales in October. 49.8 percent of PCs sold in US stores for the month of October were equipped with AMD processors, compared with 48.5 percent equipped with Intel processors. Don't believe us? Check out News.com to read about it. It's no secret that AMD chips are lower in price and have done a great job in benchmark tests, often surpassing Intel. Sales of AMD chips have turned the heads of folks over at Dell to the point that they've started selling AMD processors on their website. Since Dell exclusively puts Intel inside their computers, this is an interesting move on the part of Dell, who say that they're simply catering to what the public wants. More on that story at News.com.
Satisfied Customers Speak Out! "Bravo! I can already see a lot of uses for this new Jumpstart. It has been well worth the annual membership fee to be able to provide such top notch designs for my clients" - Theresa W., CMX Subscriber, commenting on our newest JumpStart, Traverse City, which you can purchase here. Whether you're just starting out or need advanced support, Community MX will give you answers and ideas to work through your tough issues. Don't miss out. Learn more about CMX or sign up for a free trial today!
Great Quotes: "To create a new standard it takes something that's not just a little bit different. It takes something that's really new and really captures people's imagination. And the Macintosh, of all the machines I've ever seen, is the only one that meets that standard." — Bill Gates Time To Run Windows Update Again Microsoft announced today a few weaknesses in the way that Windows handles certain types of graphic files - Windows Metafile (WMF) and Enhanced Metafile (EMF) to be specific. In all versions of Windows, a computer can be compromised simply by viewing a maliciously crafted WMF or EMF file on a web page or in an html email. Microsoft says that no one has actually exploited this bug, but we think it's a good idea to run Windows Update to stay safe. Ah, The Bugs Of Yesteryear Wired.com has posted a list of what they consider history's top ten software bugs, and they're quick to add "... so far." The list starts in 1962 with the disastrous Mariner Space Probe, where code was improperly transcribed from paper to computer, and ends with the National Cancer Institute's software glitch that caused patients to receive the wrong amount of radiation therapy in 2000. These Guys Really Do Not Like Internet Explorer A new website called KillBillsBrowser.com offers thirteen reasons why you should dump Internet Explorer and switch to Firefox. Number eight is "Mozilla has never made a talking paperclip." Fair enough. The guys behind Kill Bill's Browser are also involved with ExplorerDestroyer.com, where you can actually earn a couple of bucks from referring people from Internet Explorer to Firefox - not that we're advocating one browser over another... we'll wait and see how we like IE 7. You can read more about the creators of Kill Bill's Browser at TechWeb.com. The Easy Way To Find a Home On his blog, John Dowdell recently posted a website called HotPads.com where real estate data and online maps are combined to give you a visual represenation of homes that are available in your area. Pretty nice stuff. A similar website is HousingMaps.com which does the same thing, but uses Google Maps instead of Flash. One of our partners here at CMX could've used these websites this past month. She will remain nameless. Open Source ColdFusion Applications a'Plenty Stephanie Sullivan has a very worthwhile post at our CMXtraneous blog. Stephanie stumbled on Brian Rinaldi's list of open source ColdFusion applications on his blog. This is a pretty thorough list of the places you can get open source CF apps ranging from text editors to creating Wiki functionality. One of the websites on the list is CFOpen.org, maintained in part by some CMX staffers.
CMX Current Column Extension You've seen it time and time again, whether in ColdFusion apps, or client side debugging: "Error at line 34, column 125." Sometimes you'll get a visual clue as to what bit of code you're looking for, but that isn't always helpful. Dreamweaver helps, but only a little. You can turn on line numbers ( View > Code View Options > Line Numbers ), and get quickly to the correct line number. But determining which character is at column 125 can be a chore. That's where CMX Current Column comes in. With it, you'll get an indication of which column you're insertion point is currently located at. Take a look at this extension by CMX Partner Danilo Celic
Fun and Freebies Looks Like They Read Kim's Tutorial Kim Cavanaugh has a tutorial here at Community MX on how to turn a photograph into an iPod ad, and it looks like some folks have learned from it. At DamnFunnyPictures.com, there are some pretty inventive spoofs of the iPod silhouette ad that should make you smile. Or crack up. Or read Kim's tutorial. The What Bone is Connected To The What Bone? If you can't tell your Humerus from your Femur, maybe you need to check out the Interactive Body. It's not as dirty as it sounds. At the Interactive Body, you get to move body parts to the correct place in the human body, and hopefully when you're done, you've got a whole human. Maybe Gnomes Just Need a Union Stories abound about people who have had gnomes stolen from their garden, only to get a picture of it along with a postcard, supposedly from the gnome, saying how he's doing great in Peru, or some other exotic location. Then there's FreeTheGnomes.com, which aims to stop the oppressive gardening these gnomes have to endure. Now, at CleanAirGardening.com, you can purchase a gnome for $29.95 US and track it's whereabouts as you send it out into the world to places that you or I may never get to see. Gnomes have all the luck.
Stress Testing 101 Everyone is always complaining about website performance. Always wanting to optimize the HTML, the code, the CSS, the images. But how much of a difference does it really make? We are going to go over a very simple way to quantify the performance of your site for free! This free article by CMX Partner Joel Martinez can be found here.
Weekly Content Listing Five Problems That Arise During Design Jobs [FREE] Kim Dudley I have found when working on graphic design projects they can go very smoothly or things can go terribly wrong. When things go wrong it seems the whole project is jinxed from beginning to end. What can be done to avoid these situations and whose fault is it anyway? In this article we will take a look at five common problems that pop up during design projects and look at some methods to prevent and deal with these situations. Searching for Data Using Wildcards in a Stored Procedure Heidi Bautista This tutorial demonstrates how to create an ASP.NET page that searches for data in specific columns of a table. The technique described has the added advantage that the user can enter just a fragment corresponding to the data that resides in the table. You'll learn how to use the LIKE keyword and % wildcard in a stored procedure. And you'll see how the use of three Dreamweaver server behaviors nearly eliminates the need for you to write any code yourself! Overcomming File Restrictions with PHP Rob Williams PHP offers a wide variety of file manipulation functions that can be used to create online content management systems as well as web-based control panels. One of the problems that many developers face when first implementing this type of solution though is file permissions. In this article we'll take a look at file permissions on UNIX-style servers, why they can be a hinderance to web-based administrative scripts, and how to overcome the problems that they can create. Flash Component Series: RadioButton Paul Newman In this article, you'll learn how to use the Macromedia RadioButton component in your Flash applications. To demonstrate, we'll create a simple quiz with three radio buttons and define them as members of the same radio button group. We'll also create a listener for the RadioButtonGroup.click event, and respond to the user's selection by displaying the corresponding movie on IMDB.com. The Flash Component Series: Flash Component Series: Tab Bar Flash Component Series: Data Connection Wizard Flash Component Series: Flash Remoting 2004 Flash Component Series: MenuBar Flash Component Series: Tree - Part 1 Flash Component Series: Tree - Part 2 Flash Component Series: Creating an Editable DataGrid Flash Component Series: PopUpManager Flash Component Series: ComboBox Flash Component Series: RadioButton PHP Contact Forms - Part 2 Gordon Mackay In the first part of this tutorial we made a contact form using PHP's mail() function. In the process of creating our script to send the mail to your inbox we checked each of the form's fields to ensure they contained the data required. In this second part of the tutorial we will look closely at CSS and some more PHP which will improve the way our form functions and looks. The PHP Contact Forms Series: PHP Contact Forms - Part 1 PHP Contact Forms - Part 2 Information Architecture: Part 2 Joel Martinez In this installment of Information Architecture (previously known as Organizing Data, we look at organizing master/detail pages for maximum usability. For a bit of background on the series, the idea here is to come up with a meta-template, a checklist of sorts on how to organize your data-driven applications. Today we cover one of the most common constructs in any web application, the master/detail page. This is when you have a list of data showing only the most important information (master), with a link to view more details. The detail page will usually have options to edit and/or delete the record, assuming the user has the correct permissions. Again, this discussion will not be concerning itself with the aesthetic design of your project, but with its layout and feature-set. The Information Architecture Series: Organizing Data: Part 1 Information Architecture: Part 2 Structured Forms using CMX AJAX Form Submit Rob Williams One of the biggest problems with conventional HTML forms is that they can only send "flat data" to the webserver; HTML provides several ways to add structure to your form, but once the form is submitted the structure of the information is lost. If you're using the CMX AJAX Form Submit extension to handle your forms though you can now overcome this limitation, and in doing so better prepare yourself for the next generation of web forms. In this article we'll explore what "flat data" is, why it's a problem, and some of the benefits of "structured forms" from both a user and developer point of view. A CSS Web Design Case Study: Constructing a Personal Site - XHTML/CSS Construction Part 1 Zoe Gillenwater In the last article of this series documenting the construction of my personal site, you saw how I sliced my Fireworks design comp into individual graphics. These slices were tailored for a page built using semantic XHTML and clean CSS. In this article, you'll see how I built the structure for my site's home page using divs and semantic XHTML markup. Also, I'll show how I used CSS to lay out these divs into the visual structure I designed in my Fireworks comp. Using the Dreamweaver 8 Image Viewer Tom Green There are a lot of slide show solutions that can be used in Dreamweaver. Sometimes we forget there is a rather nifty tool — Image Viewer — that can do the job. Working with TopStyle - Part 3 Adrian Senior In this tutorial we will explore the CSS Selector, Editing and the Clip Library Panels. We will see how we can create different types of library items and how we can use them effectively in our work flow. We will look at orgainising our selectors in the CSS Selector panel and look at rapid coding techniques in the Editing Panel. The Working with TopStyle Series Working with TopStyle - Part 1 Working with TopStyle - Part 2 Working with TopStyle - Part 3
The Jello Mold: A New Look at Min- and Max-width For Web Pages - Part Two In Part One of the Jello Mold series we showed how proper styling could create a page 'wrapper' that would fill the window, but also have a minimum width that works for all modern browsers, even Internet Explorer for Windows and Mac. This installment examines a modification that allows much finer control over the displayed width of the page content, from fixed to fully fluid. We will also add a maximum width to that same content in a way that IE/Win can support. Check out the Article by CMX Partners Holly Bergevin and John Gallant
Tips, Tricks and Dirty Cheats! This week's Tip, Trick or Dirty Cheat is courtesy of Kim Cavanaugh, CMX Partner Copy, Don't Move Option-drag even works with desktop items on the mac - want to copy a file to another location but also leave it where it was? Option-drag. And guess what? It also works in Dreamweaver! Would you like your tip published? Submit it to tips@communitymx.com. That's it for this week. Stay tuned for the next CMX newsletter!

CMX Weekly Newsletter

News
Fun and Freebies
Recent CMX Content
Tips, Tricks and Dirty Cheats

Check the News!

**Macromedia Labs: Substance and Style**

Macromedia Labs is, as we mentioned a couple of newsletters ago, the place where Macromedia will share information with developers about new product releases and work with developers to make their products better. When it came time to build the pages for the Labs there was a clear understanding by the team that it should still resemble the rest of the Macromedia website brand, but that it should have an identity of its own as well. One of the designers for Macromedia, Neil Straghalis, explains the approach that he and his team took when faced with this challenge. Read Neil's blog for more.

Apple Finally Figures Out How To Patent Their Innovations

Apple filed patent application number 20050246554, titled “system and method for creating tamper-resistant code.” They want to protect future versions of their operating system the Intel versions coming up next year - from running on unauthorized machines. Expect more patents to come through once they find out the first few designs didn't prevent hackers from running OS X any way they wanted to. Read the full story at News.com.

Ever Wanted Your Own TV Show?

Veoh.com is the spot where you can create your own television show or movie and have it be seen by millions of viewers over the internet. Veoh says they have over 10,000 videos online, ranging from short films to weekly television shows. Since they're not monitored as closely by the FCC as broadcast television, they can offer more intriguing content. We're happy to say that Veoh has actually got some pretty clever films done by amateurs, and much of it is kid-safe, though a small portion of it is a bit on the racy side. Read more about it at Tech Republic or download it and see for yourself at Veoh.com.

For Starters, Please Don't Call Anyone From Your Bathroom

Do you know anyone who suffers from "Cell Yell"? This is the phenomenon where someone starts talking to someone else on a cell phone and their voice automatically rises 20 decibels. That is just one of the ways that rudeness presents itself in the wireless age, according to this CNN.com article. Other problems include talking on your cell phone in inappropriate places - like the movie theater for example, or a public restroom (although calling from a private restroom isn't too keen either). If you have any friends who may need a reminder to lay off the cell phone a bit, maybe you should send them the article.

AMD Inside?

Computer chip maker AMD surpassed Intel in retail sales in October. 49.8 percent of PCs sold in US stores for the month of October were equipped with AMD processors, compared with 48.5 percent equipped with Intel processors. Don't believe us? Check out News.com to read about it. It's no secret that AMD chips are lower in price and have done a great job in benchmark tests, often surpassing Intel. Sales of AMD chips have turned the heads of folks over at Dell to the point that they've started selling AMD processors on their website. Since Dell exclusively puts Intel inside their computers, this is an interesting move on the part of Dell, who say that they're simply catering to what the public wants. More on that story at News.com.

Satisfied Customers Speak Out!

"Bravo! I can already see a lot of uses for this new Jumpstart. It has been well worth the annual membership fee to be able to provide such top notch designs for my clients"

- Theresa W., CMX Subscriber, commenting on our newest JumpStart, Traverse City, which you can purchase here.

Whether you're just starting out or need advanced support, Community MX will give you answers and ideas to work through your tough issues. Don't miss out. Learn more about CMX or sign up for a free trial today!

Great Quotes:

"To create a new standard it takes something that's not just a little bit different. It takes something that's really new and really captures people's imagination. And the Macintosh, of all the machines I've ever seen, is the only one that meets that standard." — Bill Gates

Time To Run Windows Update Again

Microsoft announced today a few weaknesses in the way that Windows handles certain types of graphic files - Windows Metafile (WMF) and Enhanced Metafile (EMF) to be specific. In all versions of Windows, a computer can be compromised simply by viewing a maliciously crafted WMF or EMF file on a web page or in an html email. Microsoft says that no one has actually exploited this bug, but we think it's a good idea to run Windows Update to stay safe.

Ah, The Bugs Of Yesteryear

Wired.com has posted a list of what they consider history's top ten software bugs, and they're quick to add "... so far." The list starts in 1962 with the disastrous Mariner Space Probe, where code was improperly transcribed from paper to computer, and ends with the National Cancer Institute's software glitch that caused patients to receive the wrong amount of radiation therapy in 2000.

These Guys Really Do Not Like Internet Explorer

A new website called KillBillsBrowser.com offers thirteen reasons why you should dump Internet Explorer and switch to Firefox. Number eight is "Mozilla has never made a talking paperclip." Fair enough. The guys behind Kill Bill's Browser are also involved with ExplorerDestroyer.com, where you can actually earn a couple of bucks from referring people from Internet Explorer to Firefox - not that we're advocating one browser over another... we'll wait and see how we like IE 7. You can read more about the creators of Kill Bill's Browser at TechWeb.com.

The Easy Way To Find a Home

On his blog, John Dowdell recently posted a website called HotPads.com where real estate data and online maps are combined to give you a visual represenation of homes that are available in your area. Pretty nice stuff. A similar website is HousingMaps.com which does the same thing, but uses Google Maps instead of Flash. One of our partners here at CMX could've used these websites this past month. She will remain nameless.

Open Source ColdFusion Applications a'Plenty

Stephanie Sullivan has a very worthwhile post at our CMXtraneous blog. Stephanie stumbled on Brian Rinaldi's list of open source ColdFusion applications on his blog. This is a pretty thorough list of the places you can get open source CF apps ranging from text editors to creating Wiki functionality. One of the websites on the list is CFOpen.org, maintained in part by some CMX staffers.

CMX Current Column Extension

You've seen it time and time again, whether in ColdFusion apps, or client side debugging: "Error at line 34, column 125." Sometimes you'll get a visual clue as to what bit of code you're looking for, but that isn't always helpful. Dreamweaver helps, but only a little. You can turn on line numbers ( View > Code View Options > Line Numbers ), and get quickly to the correct line number. But determining which character is at column 125 can be a chore. That's where CMX Current Column comes in. With it, you'll get an indication of which column you're insertion point is currently located at.

Take a look at this extension by CMX Partner Danilo Celic

Fun and Freebies

Looks Like They Read Kim's Tutorial

Kim Cavanaugh has a tutorial here at Community MX on how to turn a photograph into an iPod ad, and it looks like some folks have learned from it. At DamnFunnyPictures.com, there are some pretty inventive spoofs of the iPod silhouette ad that should make you smile. Or crack up. Or read Kim's tutorial.

The What Bone is Connected To The What Bone?

If you can't tell your Humerus from your Femur, maybe you need to check out the Interactive Body. It's not as dirty as it sounds. At the Interactive Body, you get to move body parts to the correct place in the human body, and hopefully when you're done, you've got a whole human.

Maybe Gnomes Just Need a Union

Stories abound about people who have had gnomes stolen from their garden, only to get a picture of it along with a postcard, supposedly from the gnome, saying how he's doing great in Peru, or some other exotic location. Then there's FreeTheGnomes.com, which aims to stop the oppressive gardening these gnomes have to endure. Now, at CleanAirGardening.com, you can purchase a gnome for $29.95 US and track it's whereabouts as you send it out into the world to places that you or I may never get to see. Gnomes have all the luck.

Stress Testing 101

Everyone is always complaining about website performance. Always wanting to optimize the HTML, the code, the CSS, the images. But how much of a difference does it really make? We are going to go over a very simple way to quantify the performance of your site for free!

This free article by CMX Partner Joel Martinez can be found here.

Weekly Content Listing

Five Problems That Arise During Design Jobs [FREE]

Kim Dudley

I have found when working on graphic design projects they can go very smoothly or things can go terribly wrong. When things go wrong it seems the whole project is jinxed from beginning to end. What can be done to avoid these situations and whose fault is it anyway?

In this article we will take a look at five common problems that pop up during design projects and look at some methods to prevent and deal with these situations.

Searching for Data Using Wildcards in a Stored Procedure

Heidi Bautista

This tutorial demonstrates how to create an ASP.NET page that searches for data in specific columns of a table. The technique described has the added advantage that the user can enter just a fragment corresponding to the data that resides in the table. You'll learn how to use the LIKE keyword and % wildcard in a stored procedure. And you'll see how the use of three Dreamweaver server behaviors nearly eliminates the need for you to write any code yourself!

Overcomming File Restrictions with PHP

Rob Williams

PHP offers a wide variety of file manipulation functions that can be used to create online content management systems as well as web-based control panels. One of the problems that many developers face when first implementing this type of solution though is file permissions. In this article we'll take a look at file permissions on UNIX-style servers, why they can be a hinderance to web-based administrative scripts, and how to overcome the problems that they can create.

Flash Component Series: RadioButton

Paul Newman

In this article, you'll learn how to use the Macromedia RadioButton component in your Flash applications. To demonstrate, we'll create a simple quiz with three radio buttons and define them as members of the same radio button group. We'll also create a listener for the RadioButtonGroup.click event, and respond to the user's selection by displaying the corresponding movie on IMDB.com.

The Flash Component Series:
Flash Component Series: Tab Bar
Flash Component Series: Data Connection Wizard
Flash Component Series: Flash Remoting 2004
Flash Component Series: MenuBar
Flash Component Series: Tree - Part 1
Flash Component Series: Tree - Part 2
Flash Component Series: Creating an Editable DataGrid
Flash Component Series: PopUpManager
Flash Component Series: ComboBox
Flash Component Series: RadioButton

PHP Contact Forms - Part 2

Gordon Mackay

In the first part of this tutorial we made a contact form using PHP's mail() function. In the process of creating our script to send the mail to your inbox we checked each of the form's fields to ensure they contained the data required. In this second part of the tutorial we will look closely at CSS and some more PHP which will improve the way our form functions and looks.

The PHP Contact Forms Series:
PHP Contact Forms - Part 1
PHP Contact Forms - Part 2

Information Architecture: Part 2

Joel Martinez

In this installment of Information Architecture (previously known as Organizing Data, we look at organizing master/detail pages for maximum usability. For a bit of background on the series, the idea here is to come up with a meta-template, a checklist of sorts on how to organize your data-driven applications.

Today we cover one of the most common constructs in any web application, the master/detail page. This is when you have a list of data showing only the most important information (master), with a link to view more details. The detail page will usually have options to edit and/or delete the record, assuming the user has the correct permissions.

Again, this discussion will not be concerning itself with the aesthetic design of your project, but with its layout and feature-set.

The Information Architecture Series:
Organizing Data: Part 1
Information Architecture: Part 2

Structured Forms using CMX AJAX Form Submit

Rob Williams

One of the biggest problems with conventional HTML forms is that they can only send "flat data" to the webserver; HTML provides several ways to add structure to your form, but once the form is submitted the structure of the information is lost. If you're using the CMX AJAX Form Submit extension to handle your forms though you can now overcome this limitation, and in doing so better prepare yourself for the next generation of web forms. In this article we'll explore what "flat data" is, why it's a problem, and some of the benefits of "structured forms" from both a user and developer point of view.

A CSS Web Design Case Study: Constructing a Personal Site - XHTML/CSS Construction Part 1

Zoe Gillenwater

In the last article of this series documenting the construction of my personal site, you saw how I sliced my Fireworks design comp into individual graphics. These slices were tailored for a page built using semantic XHTML and clean CSS. In this article, you'll see how I built the structure for my site's home page using divs and semantic XHTML markup. Also, I'll show how I used CSS to lay out these divs into the visual structure I designed in my Fireworks comp.

Using the Dreamweaver 8 Image Viewer

Tom Green

There are a lot of slide show solutions that can be used in Dreamweaver. Sometimes we forget there is a rather nifty tool — Image Viewer — that can do the job.

Working with TopStyle - Part 3

Adrian Senior

In this tutorial we will explore the CSS Selector, Editing and the Clip Library Panels. We will see how we can create different types of library items and how we can use them effectively in our work flow. We will look at orgainising our selectors in the CSS Selector panel and look at rapid coding techniques in the Editing Panel.

The Working with TopStyle Series
Working with TopStyle - Part 1
Working with TopStyle - Part 2
Working with TopStyle - Part 3

The Jello Mold: A New Look at Min- and Max-width For Web Pages - Part Two

In Part One of the Jello Mold series we showed how proper styling could create a page 'wrapper' that would fill the window, but also have a minimum width that works for all modern browsers, even Internet Explorer for Windows and Mac. This installment examines a modification that allows much finer control over the displayed width of the page content, from fixed to fully fluid. We will also add a maximum width to that same content in a way that IE/Win can support.

Check out the Article by CMX Partners Holly Bergevin and John Gallant

Tips, Tricks and Dirty Cheats!

This week's Tip, Trick or Dirty Cheat is courtesy of Kim Cavanaugh, CMX Partner

Copy, Don't Move

Option-drag even works with desktop items on the mac - want to copy a file to another location but also leave it where it was? Option-drag. And guess what? It also works in Dreamweaver!

Would you like your tip published? Submit it to tips@communitymx.com.

That's it for this week. Stay tuned for the next CMX newsletter!