Category: GoLive

Debugging and troubleshooting HTML and javascript

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Firefox, the web developer’s debugging tool of choice

The best browser to use to check javascript errors is Firefox, hands down. Other browsers have some error reporting, but none give you anywhere near the detailed information as Firebug, an addon to Firefox. The extensions available allow you to snoop into every aspect of your page, and into the communication between page and server.

You will need to get several Firefox extensions:

Firebug
Firebug is the one extension I can’t live without. It shows errors in javascript, css, allows you to inspect the HTML source, computed style, events, etc.

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Part 2. Step by Step guide to using Fireworks to create Popup Menus

Make the rectangle into a functioning button

  1. To designate the rectangle as a button, so that it will react when your mouse rolls over it or clicks on it, it needs to be converted to a button symbol. Fireworks button symbols have some functions built in, making it very easy to create the behaviors you want.

    With the rectangle still selected (the blue handles showing), select “Convert to Symbol” from the Modify menu.

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Create Database-Driven Sites the Easy Way with GoLive 6

PHP/MySQL for the rest of us!
(originally published Spring, 2002)

Intro:
Designers now have a new tool to help them create php/mySQL-based
dynamic sites using without a steep learning curve. It is now
almost as easy to create a simple database-driven site as an html-based
one. Adobe’s GoLive 6 has improved their dynamic link module and
completely integrated it into the application. It now includes
php/mySQL support and plenty of help and templates for creating
your first database-driven website.

  • Why make a dynamic
    site?
  • Getting
    started.
  • How to talk
    to MySQL without a Ph.D.
  • Setting
    up the site in GoLive.
  • Adding Dynamic
    Content to your page.
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    Installing PHP/mySQL scripts – Tips for Designers

    or …
    “Just Enough about Unix to get into trouble…”

    Determine type of server:
    I’ve found that PHP scripts work more reliably on Unix servers than NT. Also, be sure that the server is not running PHP as a cgi script. It really doesn’t work as well. How do you tell?

    phpinfo
    Upload a little file containing this code:

    <? phpinfo(); ?>

    Name the file “phpinfo.php” and then view that page online in your web browser. This is a php script that returns all the information about your server environment. In the first table of information, you will find “Server API.” This should be “Apache.” If it says “CGI” you are in trouble. However some things will work fine in this setup, so it’s always worth a try.

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