At long last, Adobe has created an extension to update the version of Spry in Dreamweaver CS3. You can download the extension by going to the Spry section of Adobe Labs. The extension is free, but to obtain it, you need to log into Labs using your Adobe ID. If you don’t already have an Adobe ID, it’s easy to create an account (also free).
Use the Extension Manager to install the Spry Updater for Dreamweaver CS3. When you first launch Dreamweaver after installation, you’ll be presented with a dialog box explaining how the updater works. It lets you update the Spry library files on existing sites, and gives you the option to replace all files or just those that you want to change. And if anything goes wrong, you can retrieve the old files from a backup folder.
The extension updates the Spry files to version 1.6 (the version that shipped with CS3 was 1.4), and adds code hints for the new features. However it does not add any new features to the Dreamweaver interface. To use the new features in Spry 1.6, you need to hand-code them yourself.
David… I’m at MAX and sending people to your site to download the comment stripper extension … Only someone just made me aware that the file is unavailable.
Are you working on it? Revising it? Putting it back? Or should I not mention it anymore. LOL
Ciao,
Stef.
Hi Steph,
Sorry about that. I moved servers recently, and the filepath was wrong in the download page. It’s all fixed now. The script can be downloaded from http://foundationphp.com/tools/css_comments.php.
Hello, I am with the San Antonio Office of Emergency Management and have been working on a website to help promote our emergency preparedness efforts for the city. We have been using CS3, designing the site using layers and utilizing the Spry widgets to create a menu for the site. We are very happy with the site and the ease of the program, I am new to web design and everything seemed to be going great.
We have seemed to run into a snag with the Spry menu not functioning properly in IE6, works great in IE7. Any thoughts, will this Spry 1.6 resolve this issue? I have found no help, via forums or Adobe, on this issue. PLEEEAAASSSEEE HELP. We are so close.
Thanks for listening, I hope you can help.
Chris
I have no idea if it will fix your problem. “Not functioning correctly” isn’t a very helpful description. The Spry menu does work straight out of the box in IE6, so it sounds as though you have modified it in some way. Still, the Spry updater is free. It’s easy to install, and it creates a backup of your old Spry files, so you have nothing to lose by giving it a try. Perhaps you have plenty to gain.
If it doesn’t solve your problem, I suggest you post details again in the Adobe forum. Be as specific as possible about what happens in IE6, and – most important of all – post a link to the problem page/site. The only way to solve website problems is by examining the code.
Hi David,
This is slightly off-topic. I own a few of your books and have been very pleased with them. I am in the process of re-writing a couple sites that had been maintained with Drupal, modelling after the designs in your book. Now to my question, I like the calendar you have on your site and was curious if your books cover how this was done? I need to add an events calendar to a couple of my sites and was curious if this was covered in any of your PHP books?
Thanks.
Chris Seymour
Chris, the blog part of my site is powered by WordPress. I can’t claim any credit for it whatsoever.
I experimented briefly with Drupal, but don’t remember seeing a calendar module – although you might find one on the Drupal site. There seem to be modules for everything there. It’s just a question of finding the one you want – as long as you have the time and patience to search for it.
Thanks David… Appreciate it.
Stef.
Hi David,
I’ve been itching to buy your new book (Dreamweaver CS3 with…), but I’m curious as to why you chose not to devote a bit of space to jQuery.
Spry looks promising, but jQuery seems to have quite a following at the moment. Any thoughts?
There are two reasons my Dreamweaver CS3 book concentrates on Spry rather than jQuery.
1. Spry is integrated directly into Dreamweaver CS3. At the click of a button, you can insert an accordion or validation widget, and control most of the settings through the Dreamweaver Property inspector. You can’t do that with jQuery.
2. There are only so many hours in a day. Writing a 750-page book is very time consuming. Although I have experimented with jQuery, and found it very impressive, I don’t know enough about it to devote a section of a book to it. Of course, if a future version of Dreamweaver adds support for jQuery (or any other third-party feature), and I’m still writing, I’ll definitely cover it in one of my books.
If you’re looking for a book on jQuery, though, Learning jQuery by Karl Sweberg and Jonathan Chaffer is very good.
Thanks for the link to the jQuery book. That ought come in handy after I’ve finished reading your new book and tinkering a bit with Tripoli.
David, I too have been having “problems” with IE6. Mainly, the problem is that when a user rolls over any spry widget, the page moves to the right so that it is not usable. I too am wondering if Spry 1.6 will fix this. Thanks!
Why not try it, Jen?
Hello, I install the Dreamweaver CS3 trial and then bought the CS3 Creative with the Dreamweaver CS3 in it and it will not take the registration key. And if I uninstall the whole thing to reinstall it says it is already installed.
I even uninstall all of it and clean the Registry with a Registry program and still no luck.
Can anyone PLEASE tell me hoe to get the Dreamweaver CS3 trial off my system.
Shel
Thx a lot for the nice tutorial and the psd – exactly what I was looking for!
The more time that is spent dissecting, analyzing, and critiquing a design by the wrong kinds of people the worse that design gets. The same trend applies to the number of people involved in the design process.
Thx a lot for infomation!
David
How do I create an “imbedded” Spry tabbed panel similar to the one on this website:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/
Hi David
I have just ordered your book from Amazon, (The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax & PHP)
Can You advise me on how I can stop other people from stealing our images on our web site and claiming that they have produced our work,
our web site is http://www.armordillo.co.uk
Many Thanks
m
Michaela
Hi Michaela, this is a constant problem with putting anything on the web. By definition, accessing a web page downloads everything to the user’s computer – images and all. Even if you use a system that makes it difficult for someone to right-click and save the image, a determined person will find a way. All that’s necessary is to use screen-grabbing software, which is cheap and perfectly legitimate (that’s how I create the screenshots for my books).
The best solution in your case would be to watermark the images with your company name. Do a Google search for “watermark images”. You’ll find lots of options.
David,
Whew! I believe I finally found where to reach you.
Re: EGDWCS3 Chapter 19 – I placed the gallery into my site to show a client – I gave you credit on the Portfolio page.
The gallery works perfect in Firefox, and my son told me that it’s working perfect in Safari. But, the ‘Select gallery’ drop down menu isn’t working in either my son’s IE6 or my IE7. (See the URL above.)
I was having this same problem with the examples from the CD (again – only in I.E).
‘England’ thumbnails and pic appears when the page first loads as it should, but the menu says ‘Japan.’ In order to get the menu to change to another gallery, it’s necessary first, to locate, then click on ‘England’ before the other links will work. (I was having this problem prior to adding the third gallery.)
It doesn’t appear as if you’ve had to address this problem before. My really client likes the gallery but he doesn’t want to use it if we can’t solve the I.E. glitch.
I haven’t updated to Spry 1.6 since I got CS3 – I also don’t know where to look for the version I do have.
Can you help me? I’m hoping it’s some sort of I.E. hack code that I don’t have.
With warm regards,
Teri
awaiting moderation? That means I need to explain less?
“Awaiting moderation” means your post is held in a queue for me to approve. Blogs are frequently bombarded with spam. Moderation tries to ensure that only genuine posts get through.
Now to your problem with Internet Explorer. I stumbled across this issue when revising the chapter for the forthcoming CS4 edition. You need to alter the code for the select element like this:
<select name="chooseGallery" spry:repeatchildren="dsGalleries" onchange="dsGalleries.setCurrentRow(this.value)"id="chooseGallery" spry:choose="spry:choose">
<option spry:when="{ds_RowID} == {ds_CurrentRowID}" value="{ds_RowID}">{name}</option>
<option spry:default="spry:default" value="{ds_RowID}">{name}</option>
</select>
This works in all browsers, including IE.
David,
You are a genius and my hero. I love this book. And, I cannot tell you that you just saved a REALLY BIG account for me.
Thank you,
Teri
Glad to have been of help, Teri. Since you’re such a fan of the book, please spread the word to all your friends. The new (CS4) edition is due out on 1 December. It’s a major rewrite, and contains a lot of new material. Details here.
Hello,
I bought the book “Foundation PHP for DW 8″ a while ago. I just can’t find the downloadable files for the book. I have looked both in foundationphp.com and friendsofed.com… the closest I got was a demo view of the East-West Seasons case study. But no downloadable files! The link to the errata page only leads to the friendsofed site, which seems discontinued.
Please help me to get the files for the book! I really need them, since I am a beginner in PHP and need all the help I can get.
Otherwise, thanks for a great book!
Vivvi, Sweden
Vivvi,
There appears to be a problem with the friends of ED website. I don’t know how long it will take to put right, so I have uploaded the files for the book to the book’s main page on my website. The link is at the bottom of the page.
If you run into problems with the book, please post your questions in the friends of ED forum, which is not affected by the current problem with the main website.
Wow nice info you have here. I hope this will help a lot of people. I will tell my friends to read this. Thanks