Re: Customising DW with doctype?

I have not tried UltraDev. 

In DW3 there's file called Default.html. Change this
file.

Path is: Program Files > Macromedia > Dreamweaver 3 >
Configuration > Templates

... SATHISH


--- Henry John Boleszny <henryb(at)seaeagle.aunz.com>
wrote:
> Hi DW experts!
> 
> I keep asking questions and hope to soon be able to
> start answering other
> people's.  Until then ...
> 
> I am trying to customise UltraDev 1.0 so that the
> correct DOCTYPE appears on
> the page.  So far, I have succeeded only in crashing
> UltraDev and having to
> reload it.  I think I need to get into the source
> JavaScript or Java file/s
> (whichever type they happen to be) and modify how
> they create the page/s in
> question.
> 
> My problem is that I am still learning these
> languages and not confident I
> know which files require modification - or where
> they are located.  Has
> anyone been through this and resolved this issue?
> 
> My first thought to getting the DOCTYPE entered on
> the page was - create an
> object!  I followed the procedure outlined in "Sams
> Teach Yourself DW 3"
> book (there being a lot of similarity between the
> two versions, I thought
> this would be OK). I opened a new window, wrote the
> DOCTYPE declaration
> where I wanted it to go, saved the file in the
> OBJECTS folder and then
> refreshed the OBJECTS menu.  All that did was add
> the DOCTYPE to the BODY
> tag!
> 
> My next brilliant thought was to physically write it
> in to each web page
> template in DW's arsenal.  So, I diligently coded
> the default.htm and each
> web page in the FRAMES folder.  This was only
> partially successful - the
> DOCTYPE appeared in the correct space for each web
> page - but the Frames
> DOCTYPE did not appear when I tried to create a
> framed site (for my own
> use - not professional).  It also created another
> problem - I stopped being
> able to see the source code!
> 
> I  have now reloaded the software and am reluctant
> to proceed further in
> case I do something more damaging to the program -
> like completely crash it!
> 
> This must be a fairly simple issue to resolve - I'm
> just not sure how to do
> it safely and successfully <grin>!
> 
> TIA
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Henry John Boleszny
>   Business & Web Site Consultant
>   ABN: 27 097 668 056
> 
> E-mail:            henryb(at)seaeagle.aunz.com
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> 
> 
> 


=====
SATHISH C. BRAMHAN

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