Tutorials and Articles
This is a complete listing of all current PVII tutorials and articles. New content is added regularly, so please check back often. Be sure to visit the PVII Knowledge Base for PVII product-specific Tech Notes, as well as mini-tutorials and tips.
Accessibility
- Pop Menu Magic and Accessibility: If you build an accessible web page, Pop Menu Magic will work within your vision to provide engaging navigation within the scope of your own accessibiliy conformance needs. It will work with you, never against you.
- Hiding a Skip Link over a textured background
A little ingenuity and CSS can accomplish the task of hiding a skip link, while keeping it accessible, on a page that has an intricate patterned background. - Create a search engine for your Dreamweaver website
Zoom is a software package that allows you to create a powerful custom search engine for your website. It is unlike other search solutions in that it gives you full control over its indexing capabilities, and there is no advertising or annual fees. It is also easy to use and install - you can literally have your new search engine up and running in minutes. An accessible web site should have a good search engine.
CSS Lab
- PVII CSS Q.Tabs
Learn how to make scalable CSS tabbed menus - PVII Equal Height CSS Columns: A graceful Javascript alternative to "Faux Columns".
- QuickDraw MacFly: A journey into the realm of CSS Positioning.
- PVII CSS Express Drop-Down Menus: Ultra-slick CSS drop-downs
- All About Link Styles: Learn how to use CSS to style hyperlinks and to create multiple link styles.
- CSS Uberlinks List Menus: Learn how to make pure text navigation bars that look and behave like swap image-based menus.
- Using the PVII WriteStyles Command: Learn how to make your pages more usable by writing special styles dynamically - before the pages load.
Images
- Photo Magic for Adobe Fireworks CS3
A series of no-hand-holding, straight out recipes for some of the dazzling visual effects you can achieve in Fireworks. - Optimizing images in Fireworks
Learn the ins and outs of how to optimize your Fireworks images. - Making a Grunge Background Image in Fireworks
Learn how to make an artsy and cool Grunge background. - Making Gradient Tile Background Images with shadows in Fireworks
Learn how to make gradient background images with an elegant shadow effect. - Making Gradient Tile Background Images in Fireworks
Learn how to make gradient background images that can serve as a backdrop for your navigation bar. - Making Pixel Tile Background Images in Fireworks
Learn how to make cool pixel-tile background images in Fireworks. - Page-spanning backgrounds: Learn how to make a color band that stretches the full width of a browser window.
- Fireworks Photomontage: Harness the power of Fireworks and learn to make a complex photomontage.
- Setting a Down-State Swap Image: Use a PVII script to control the down-state of a swap image when your page loads.
Navigation
- Using Root-Level Images in Pop Menu Magic
Learn how to use CSS to manage images for root-level menu items in PMM. - PVII CSS Express Drop-Down Menus: Ultra-slick CSS drop-downs.
- CSS Uberlinks List Menus: Learn how to make pure text navigation bars that look and behave like swap image-based menus (cross-referenced from the CSS Labs section).