Tip of the week

[jnosal3]

Hello from J&S Website Consulting & Training Services


Tip of the week
Contribute - Net I/O Logging

If you have ever ran into a situation that a machine is having problems
connecting to a site or is having problems with Publishing a file in
Contribute, there is a lesser known feature that will allow logging of the
network activities for Contribute on a given machine.

This feature is known as "Net I/O Logging" or may even be referred to as a net
performance log. This log will log every activity that Contribute performs when
communicating with a server.

Here is how to implement this feature:

1) Exit or Quit Contribute if it is running
2) On the Desktop of your system, create a directory/folder named
"ct3netperformancelog"
3) Launch Contribute and use... it is that easy

Here is what happens now that you have created the ct3netperformancelog folder
on your desktop. Each session (launch and connect to a site) that you start
with Contribute, a new log file will be created in the ct3netperformancelog
directory/folder. In this file you will find a list of activities that were
performed by Contribute when communicating with your server.

For more information about this feature and the definition of any error codes
that you may find, see the following TechNote on Macromedia's/Adobe's website.

[L]http://www.macromedia.com/go/tn_19506


J&S Website Consulting & Training Services

Are you using Dreamweaver and feeling like you are not making the most of it's
features?

Are you wanting to implement style sheets (CSS) or templates in your site
design
to have a uniform look and feel?

Are you looking for an easier way for coworkers to edit the content of your
site
without fear of them changing design?

Drop us an e-mail at [email]john@nosalcentral.com[/email] for details on how we can provide
you the personalized website consulting and training to meet your needs and
ultimately saving you time and money with the maintenance of your website.

Regards,
John J. Nosal
Consultant/Trainer
[email]john@nosalcentral.com[/email]

J&S Website Consulting & Training Services
[url]http://www.nosalcentral.com/jands/[/url]

[jnosal3]

Hello from J&S Website Consulting & Training Services

Tip of the week
Contribute/Dreamweaver - Hiding Styles from Contribute Users

With the flexibility of style sheets in the design of a website, the list of
styles is getting longer and longer. However, when designing templates in
Dreamweaver to be used by Contribute users you may want to clean up the list of
styles so that not all of the styles are visible.

Here is an example of a style sheet that I have used in a Dreamweaver Template:

.news_head {
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #FFFFFF;
background-color: #993300;
}
.news_body {
font-size: 12px;
font-style: italic;
color: #003399;
}
.body_head {
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #FFFFFF;
background-color: #003399;
}
.body_subhead {
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #003399;
}
.body_text {
font-size: 12px;
font-style: italic;
color: #006633;
}
.news_title {
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #FF9900;
}
.body_caption {
font-size: 10px;
color: #666666;
}
.copyright {
font-size: 10px;
color: #999999;
}

So we see we have a number of styles in this document with "news" and "body"
related titles. In our template, we know that the Contribute user will only
need to see the styles for "body" and not see the "news" styles. To hide the
"news" styles we will rename them so that they start out with "mmhide". This
will work best if you rename the style in the CSS Styles panel within
Dreamweaver.

Here is an example of the same style sheet with hidden styles.

.mmhide_news_head {
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #FFFFFF;
background-color: #993300;
}
.mmhide_news_body {
font-size: 12px;
font-style: italic;
color: #003399;
}
.body_head {
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #FFFFFF;
background-color: #003399;
}
.body_subhead {
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #003399;
}
.body_text {
font-size: 12px;
font-style: italic;
color: #006633;
}
.mmhide_news_title {
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #FF9900;
}
.body_caption {
font-size: 10px;
color: #666666;
}
.mmhide_copyright {
font-size: 10px;
color: #999999;
}

Give this a try next time you need to hide styles.

J&S Website Consulting & Training Services

Are you using Dreamweaver and feeling like you are not making the most of it's
features?

Are you wanting to implement style sheets (CSS) or templates in your site
design
to have a uniform look and feel?

Are you looking for an easier way for coworkers to edit the content of your
site
without fear of them changing design?

Send us an e-mail at J&S Website Consulting & Training Services for details on
how we can
provide you the personalized website consulting and training to meet your
needs and ultimately saving you time and money with the maintenance of your
website.

Regards,
John J. Nosal
Consultant/Trainer
[email]john@nosalcentral.com[/email]

J&S Website Consulting & Training Services
[url]http://www.nosalcentral.com/jands/[/url]

[lawrie]

Hi,
I use Contributes inbuilt ability to serve a different stylesheet to the
client but that has a few quirks.
I am interested in your idea and have added mmhide to some styles in a test
but it not only hides the style from clients it hides it from the webpage as
well!
I have clearly missed something here

lawrie

"jnosal3" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:dpkg5l$jus$1@forums.macromedia.com...
: Hello from J&S Website Consulting & Training Services
:
: Tip of the week
: Contribute/Dreamweaver - Hiding Styles from Contribute Users
:
: With the flexibility of style sheets in the design of a website, the list
of
: styles is getting longer and longer. However, when designing templates in
: Dreamweaver to be used by Contribute users you may want to clean up the
list of
: styles so that not all of the styles are visible.
:
: Here is an example of a style sheet that I have used in a Dreamweaver
Template:
:
: .news_head {
: font-size: 14px;
: font-weight: bold;
: color: #FFFFFF;
: background-color: #993300;
: }
: .news_body {
: font-size: 12px;
: font-style: italic;
: color: #003399;
: }
: .body_head {
: font-size: 18px;
: font-weight: bold;
: color: #FFFFFF;
: background-color: #003399;
: }
: .body_subhead {
: font-size: 14px;
: font-weight: bold;
: color: #003399;
: }
: .body_text {
: font-size: 12px;
: font-style: italic;
: color: #006633;
: }
: .news_title {
: font-size: 14px;
: font-weight: bold;
: color: #FF9900;
: }
: .body_caption {
: font-size: 10px;
: color: #666666;
: }
: .copyright {
: font-size: 10px;
: color: #999999;
: }
:
: So we see we have a number of styles in this document with "news" and
"body"
: related titles. In our template, we know that the Contribute user will
only
: need to see the styles for "body" and not see the "news" styles. To hide
the
: "news" styles we will rename them so that they start out with "mmhide".
This
: will work best if you rename the style in the CSS Styles panel within
: Dreamweaver.
:
: Here is an example of the same style sheet with hidden styles.
:
: .mmhide_news_head {
: font-size: 14px;
: font-weight: bold;
: color: #FFFFFF;
: background-color: #993300;
: }
: .mmhide_news_body {
: font-size: 12px;
: font-style: italic;
: color: #003399;
: }
: .body_head {
: font-size: 18px;
: font-weight: bold;
: color: #FFFFFF;
: background-color: #003399;
: }
: .body_subhead {
: font-size: 14px;
: font-weight: bold;
: color: #003399;
: }
: .body_text {
: font-size: 12px;
: font-style: italic;
: color: #006633;
: }
: .mmhide_news_title {
: font-size: 14px;
: font-weight: bold;
: color: #FF9900;
: }
: .body_caption {
: font-size: 10px;
: color: #666666;
: }
: .mmhide_copyright {
: font-size: 10px;
: color: #999999;
: }
:
: Give this a try next time you need to hide styles.
:
: J&S Website Consulting & Training Services
:
: Are you using Dreamweaver and feeling like you are not making the most of
it's
: features?
:
: Are you wanting to implement style sheets (CSS) or templates in your site
: design
: to have a uniform look and feel?
:
: Are you looking for an easier way for coworkers to edit the content of
your
: site
: without fear of them changing design?
:
: Send us an e-mail at J&S Website Consulting & Training Services for
details on
: how we can
: provide you the personalized website consulting and training to meet your
: needs and ultimately saving you time and money with the maintenance of
your
: website.
:
: Regards,
: John J. Nosal
: Consultant/Trainer
: [email]john@nosalcentral.com[/email]
:
: J&S Website Consulting & Training Services
: [url]http://www.nosalcentral.com/jands/[/url]
:

[jnosal3]

Lawrie,

I walked through my info once again and confirmed that it is working for me.

Take a look at this file:
[url]http://www.nosalcentral.com/test/hide_styles.html[/url]

And the CSS file:
[url]http://www.nosalcentral.com/test/hide_css.css[/url]

I have both internal and linked CSS happening. Try grabbing these files and
see what your results are.

In Contribute, you should see the internal style ".mmhidethree" and the
exernal/linked style of ".mmhide_orange" not visible in the style list when
editing the document.

If you want me to zip the files up for you and e-mail them send me an e-mail.

[lawrie]

Hi,
I had made a basic error.
got it to work....nice tip :)
thanks
lawrie

"jnosal3" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:dpmku1$ef3$1@forums.macromedia.com...
: Lawrie,
:
: I walked through my info once again and confirmed that it is working for
me.
:
: Take a look at this file:
: [url]http://www.nosalcentral.com/test/hide_styles.html[/url]
:
: And the CSS file:
: [url]http://www.nosalcentral.com/test/hide_css.css[/url]
:
: I have both internal and linked CSS happening. Try grabbing these files
and
: see what your results are.
:
: In Contribute, you should see the internal style ".mmhidethree" and the
: exernal/linked style of ".mmhide_orange" not visible in the style list
when
: editing the document.
:
: If you want me to zip the files up for you and e-mail them send me an
e-mail.
:
:

[Odge]

Wow, thats crazy stuff!

It is almost too much information to use in a practical way. You need a log
file analyser product just to get you head around it. I hope I dont have to
refer to it too often. I am trying to trouble shoot some issues.

Thanks