Dreamweaver is capable of exporting and importing XML tags, no matter what the tag definition. You can
also create, modify, and validate XML files in Dreamweaver. As XML grows in popularity, Dreamweaver is
ready to handle the work.
CSS layout control
As the prevalence of CSS grows across the Web, more and more designers are applying their absolute positioning
properties to
tags directly. This process keeps the layout properties (the CSS rules) separate
from the content and makes for simpler maintenance. Dreamweaver offers an easy-to-apply
tag
object, right from the Insert bar??™s Common category (see Figure 2-16).
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Position your content through
tags or drawn layers??”with Dreamweaver, it??™s up to you.
Another way to create a similar container in Dreamweaver is by clicking the Draw AP Div button on the
Insert bar. Dreamweaver pairs the necessary CSS with the AP element, typically a
or
tag.
After they are created, AP elements can be positioned anywhere on the page by clicking and dragging the
selection handle. As with other Dreamweaver objects, you can modify an AP element through the Property
inspector.
See Chapter 11 for detailed information about using