Dreamweaver's How to Guide for Beginners - Part 3

This is Part 3 of "Dreamweaver's How to Guide for Beginners". In this Guide I will show you how to:

Insert Flash Text
Remove the Underline From Links
Inserting the Date and Time in your Webpage
Adding a Pop up Message to your Webpage

So Let's Begin....

Inserting Flash Text

Don't know how to use Flash but want to insert Flash Text? No problem.. In dreamweaver you can insert Flash text in a few easy steps.

Step 1 - Open your Dreamweaver program.

Step 2 - Open the document that you want to insert the flash text in.

Step 3 - If you are using a blank document, go ahead and save it. (Ex. flashtext.html)

Step 4 - Place the mouse on the document where you want to insert the Flash text.

Step 5 - In the top of your Dreamweaver window click Insert > Media > Flash Text.

Step 6 - A dialog box will pop up.
Choose the Font that you want to use.
Choose the Font Size, Color, and if you want it to be a link, Choose the Rollover Color.
Type in the Text in the Text Field.
If you want it to be a link, type in the URL in the Link Field.
Choose your target if you chose for it to be a link.
Choose your background color. (Ex. The color of your background page)
You can leave the Save As Field text1.swf
Now click OK.

Now you have inserted Flash Text. Press F12 to preview it in a browser. To edit your Flash Text, simply click Edit in the Properties window.

How to Remove the Underline from a Link

To remove the underline from a link follow the steps below.

Step 1 - Locate the link that you want to remove the underline from.

Step 2 - In your Dreamweaver window at the top you will see Code, Split, Design. Click on Split. That way you can see your document and the HTML source.

Step 3 - Highlight the link with your mouse.

Step 4 - Now look in the HTML Source window and you should see <a href="#"> the number sign being whatever the url link is.

Step 5 - Insert the following after "
style="text-decoration:none"
It should look like this..
<a href="#" style="text-decoration:none">RemoveLine</a>
Remove line is the name of my link.

Step 6 - Click anywhere on your document and your line will disappear.

Be sure you put a space between the " and style.

Inserting the Date and Time in your Webpage