Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual
by David Sawyer McFarland

The unconfirmed error reports are from readers.  They have not yet been 
approved or disproved by the author or editor and represent solely the
opinion of the reader.

Here's a key to the markup:
        [page-number]: serious technical mistake
        {page-number}: minor technical mistake
        <page-number>: important language/formatting problem
        (page-number): language change or minor formatting problem
        ?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification

This page was updated June 18, 2008.


UNCONFIRMED  errors and comments from readers: 

(online) section 6.3.3 (online at Safari.OReilly.com);
There is an incorrect image in the "WORKAROUND WORKSHOP
Watch Those Resize Handles!", which shows a color picker rather than anything useful in that context.


(online) section 4.7.1 (online at Safari.OReilly.com);
"Name the site Introducing CSS, and then select the Chapter04 folder (inside the MM_DWCS3 folder). (In a 
nutshell: choose Site rightwards double arrow New Site. In the Site Definition window, click the Advanced 
tab, type CSS Tutorial into the Site Name field,..."

This paragraph instructs to name the site "Introducing CSS" then instructs to name it "CSS Tutorial".

Pick one.

{online} section 3.2.2.2 (online at Safari.OReilly.com);
incorrect image in FAQ tip "When not to approach the insert bar":

shows browser size menu but talks about property|format menu


(online) section 2.1.1 (online at Safari.OReilly.com);
Tip: If you like card games or just want to add a heart to a Web page without using a graphic, go to Code 
view and type &hearts to get a heart character, &diams for a diamond, &spades for a spade, or &clubs for 
a club.

this tip is missing the closing semicolon on all four codes:

&hearts;
&diams;
&spades;
&clubs;


[online] 9.12 paragraph 17 (in the tutorial);
In the CSS Style panel, click the New Style button. Create a new advanced style named #banner img, and 
store it in the global.css style sheet.

the div id is not "#banner" but "#header"


(online) 11.5.1 number 14;
Select the Advanced radio button; replace the text in the Selector box with #main-Content .question (make 
sure to include the space character between #mainContent and question);

...inconsistently named id and class indicators
1. is it #main-Content or #mainContent (without the hyphen)
2. is it .question or question (without the period)

Of course, the reader can probably figure it out by going into the code, but that should not be necessary


(online) 11.5.3 number 5;
Repeat step 18 on Section 11.5.2 to format the "What decade did you begin" label.


11.5.2 does not have a step 18

(online) 12.1 paragraph 2;
"Spry framework for Ajax," Dreamweaver's

...

It's officially called the "Spry framework of Ajax"

choose one: 'for' or 'of'

I believe that 'for' is the correct usage. (it's what came up when I Googled 'Spray framework of Ajax')

[online] tutorial for chapter 19: Section 19.8.1, item #6, and Section 19.8.2, #14;
#6: User is instructed to 'Drag the "S" in the heading "Story Title" down and to the right until you've 
selected the two paragraphs and red subhead. Stop just after selecting the final period in the last 
paragraph.'
This is imprecise, and leads the user to drag content rather than placing the cursor before the "S" and 
drag-selecting the content.


#14: User is instructed to link to a mis-named file, viz. 'Click the blue tab of the newly added 
"relatedStory" editable region, and then type Water Farming Fun. Link this text to water_fun.html in the 
site's root folder.'
The file is actually named 'farming_fun.html'


[online] 19.3.1 "the broken-link blues";
incorrect illustration included in FAQ box


[online] tutorial for chapter 22: Section 22.2.4;
"To begin, move the cosmo_store folder into the newly installed Web server's root folder. If you followed 
the previous directions, the root folder on Windows should be in C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs, while the 
root folder for Macs is in Applications rightwards double arrow MAMP rightwards double arrow htdocs. 
Place cosmo_shop inside the htdocs folder. To make sure you've set this up right, open a Web browser, and 
then, in the Address bar, type http://localhost/cosmo_shop/. If a Web page appears, your Web server is 
set up correctly."

User is instructed to move an incorrectly-named folder. 'cosmo_store' does not exist; it should read 
'cosmo_shop'


{online} Section 23.8, tutorial "Displaying Database Info;
"The Bindings panel should look like Figure 23-25."

This is not a correct illustration for instructions the user has just received to set up an rsProducts 
recordset.


(39) 1st paragraph of note in middle of page;
Type of error?
Full path to tutorials for dw cs3 not given. Path given is

www.sawmac.com/missing/dwcs3/.

Should be

www.sawmac.com/missing/dwcs3/tutorials/

Users who type in the given path get an error message and dw 8 tutorial


{61} Number 17 Paragraph;
In the bold section it says ".... Click on the color box that appears to the right of Background 
color ...."

It should say "left" not "right"


(130) Head for first new paragraph;
Choose File > Check Browser Compatibility

should be

Choose File > Check Page


(154) 2nd paragraph;
In the link the word "missing" is missing.
The link http://www.sawmac.com/dwcs3/html should read http://www.sawmac.com/missing/dwcs3/html


(177) Figure 5-16;
I don't get the "Selection Tab" when inserting a Spy Menu.

Is there some way to turn that on or otherwise select a Spry Menu?

WinXP Home XP2


(454) 3.;
After leaving the ID and Label fields blank and selecting the No Label Tag radio button (for the new 
button) I clicked "OK" as stated. But before the button appears on the page I get another pop-up question 
asking "Add Form Tag?" which is not discussed anywhere. It is a YES or NO option. Why does it ask this? I 
assume the answer is no?


(704) Step 19. and Figure 19-20;
(chapter 19, step 19) The book says... "Step 19. In the tag selector, click <body.twoColFixLtHdr>." The 
tutorial file at this step shows <body.twoColFixLtHdr#> instead. The Tag Selector in Figure 19-20 is 
missing the # as well.


(828) Step 4.;
"{rsProducts.prodName}." should correctly be printed as "{rsProducts.productName}."


(831) Figure 23-31:;
There is an extra word in the SQL box that is not in the tutorial.

The last line in the SQL input box should read as follows:

FROM products, vendors

Figure 23-31 shows FROM categories, products, vendors


(832) Step 12. and Figure 23-32.;
The second line in Step 12... "The Edit Variable window appears..." should say "The Add Variable window appears..." And 
correspondingly the title bar on Figure 23-32 should be "Add Variable" and not "Edit Variable".


(832) Step 13.;
The third line in step 13 starts "The Edit Variable box" but should read "The Add Variable box".


(836) Step 16.;
"Click the Live Document View button"... should read as "Click the Live Data View button".


(837) Step 1.;
1. Open the products.php page. This should say "Open the product.php page."


(837) Figure 23-35;
There was no discussion on how the words "Price:", "Vendor:", and "Inventory Status:" were placed on the 
page. Are these dynamically generated or simple HTML text?


(871) Step 17.;
Where it says... repeat step 15... it should say "repeat step 16".


(874) The NOTE after step 6.;
It would be extremely helpful if you just explained that by simply replacing the temporary file name at 
the end of your browser's URL to add.php ... and THEN filling out the form and submitting, it WILL then 
work without errors. [This one made me pound my head against the wall for quite some time, even AFTER 
reading that long-winded NOTE on page 150.]


(876) Step 3.;
"select the file called update.php" is wrong and should indicate the file edit.php instead (because there 
is NO update.php file in the admin folder).


(877) Very first words on the page;
"Creating the update page" should read "Creating the edit page".


(877) 3rd line on the page;
"Record Update Form" should read "Record Edit Form".


(879) Step 10.;
In the "Form field" list... this should read as "Form fields" list....


(884) Step 11.;
Remove the comma after the word click. It is not needed.


(885) Step 19.;
The beginning terminology of this step, "In the Property Inspector"... is directing you to the wrong 
place. It should say something like... "At the bottom of the Delete Record window there is a place that 
says "After deleting, go to:" and click that Browse... button.

Also in the same step it refers to "(cosmo_store)," but should say (cosmo_shop),...


(919) Step 11.;
"Click the Store button" should read "Click the Cosmo Shop button".