I have been reading about a new plugin for Dreamweaver CSS Sculptor which sounds like it could be incredibly useful for both CSS novices and more experienced web designers looking to speed up the web layout process. I have watched the video showing what the plugin can do and basically you start with an option of 30 different templates, 2 column, 3 column, fixed width, fluid width etc but all of them are fully and easily edited through a menu system so if you want to, your basic framework can be built without any coding.
“Modern Web design requires Web standards compliant CSS-based layouts. CSS Sculptor meets that requirement with flexibility, expertise and ease-of-use. Select a core layout, personalize it however you’d like and then output it, ready for your content and cross-browser compatible.”
Having never really got the hang of Dreamweaver this is a plugin I wonder if it may be worth trying. If any of you have tried it I’d love to hear how you got on.
CSS Sculptor is compatible with Mac and PC and currently $99 (will be $149).
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Interesting! I do mostly flash, but I’ll have to look into that.
Looks like a useful thingy! The CSS framework Blueprint has also been getting a fair bit of attention lately. Have you had a look at that yet?
Hi Asgeir, I have just taken a look, it looks quite complicated at a glance, have you tried it?
Hi gang!!
It looks like a great tool, but is it really woth $99.00? I mean you can grab CSS skeletons that basically do the same thing for free.
Just my two cents.
Bryan
I agree with Bryan, very easy to do this yourself in DW and there are multiple free sources for simple CSS layout, which this automates. But, I see two advantages to purchasing this:
1. Consistency within your organization/site.
2. It produces well-documented code, which is great in terms of ongoing maintenence and actually becomes a learning tool
If you are new to CSS, buy it. If you are not, consider it well.
Regards,
Ed
Another great find!!
I always build my sites from scratch. But if this is endorsed by Eric Meyer, then that;s good enough for me.
Don’t know about the price tag though