Tecnorama:Dreamweaver Extensions

Dreamweaver Extensions

These are some of my extensions. They are also available in the downloads area.

Thanks to:
->Public Domain, for their MXI File Packager, which has saved me lots of time building the mxi files in a snap.
->WebMonkey, For letting me use some of their code, for be so kind answering my questions and specially to Emily Baum, for being so patient with me.
->Massimo Foti and Tom Muck: Great books, great articles and great replies in the forums.
->Paul Davis (Kaosweaver) Extension Building has been much easier thanks to his tutorials. You should visit his site and suscribe to his newsletter right now!
->Gareth and George (PHP made easy, thanks to them)

18/11/2008: ThickBox Gallery Widget: DW CS4 only. This widget allows you to add a thickbox (modal window) to your images. Even more, it will let you create a whole gallery using the thickbox. You can see a demo here ...[Read more]
23/10/2008: Dynamic Dependant Dropdown Menus: PHP/MySQL,ASP-VBScript,ASP-JavaScript and JSP Server Models . Dreamweaver MX, MX2004, DW8, DW CS3 and DW CS4 compatible With this extension you can build up to five dependant dropdown menu lists (that is, collection of menu lists where every menu data changes ...[Read more]
08/07/2008: PHP Help: Dreamweaver MX, MX 2004, 8 and CS3 / Windows. This extension installs the PHP Manual in CHM format in Dreamweaver MX and MX2004 with two options to use it: ...[Read more]
21/12/2006: PHP RSS Reader: DW MX, MX2004 and DW8. PHP_MySQL Server Model: With this extension you can add RSS Readers to your documents without writing a single line of code. There are lots of excellent classes to parse RSS files, but I wanted something that could be used with DW in design view, to...[Read more]
22/09/2006: PHP Captcha Image: PHP_MySQL Server Model: With this extension you can add a captcha image to those insert/update dynamic forms generated by Dreamweaver. A captcha image is one of the best solutions to avoid spam bots that use your forms to fill the web (or your db records) with spam. The...[Read more]
11/08/2005: sIFR Replace Statement: Some time ago, thanks to a Breeze Presentation made by Danilo Celic, I first heard about sIFR and I liked it a lot. sIFR is the...[Read more]
24/05/2005: Random Region: Permite mostrar de forma aleatoria el contenido de una región. Su funcionamiento está basado en el del comportamiento de servidor "Repeat Region", por lo que se utiliza de misma forma y tiene las mismas limitaciones (no se puede repetir para el mismo recordset, por ejemplo). Selecciona un...[Read more]
22/06/2004: PHP Dynamic Thumbnail: PHP/MySQL Server Model: With this extension you can generate thumbnails from the image names stored in your database. Besides, it can open the original image in a popup window and display an optional image if there are errors (if image is not stored in the folder or the database f...[Read more]
27/05/2004: Visual Aids Toolbar: Personally, I find this extension for DW MX very useful when working in design view. Using it, you can Show/Hide different elements in the document. All the options are available in DW menus but I noticed that: They're in different menus, so sometimes it's h...[Read more]
23/01/2004: PHP Recordset Paging Status: DWMX and PHP/MySQL Server Model: This extension adds two more server behaviors to display the status of a Repeat Region. By default, with Dreamweaver you can use "Display Starting Record Number", "Display Last Record Number" and "Display To...[Read more]
08/09/2003: PHP Random Image: With this extension you can put a random image into your document without the need of storing the names in a mysql database. The code will scan your selected folder (and subfolders, if you want to) and will select one random image. You don't have to modify the extension's parame...[Read more]
03/09/2003: Fast Link Styles: Fast Link Styles is an extension made to help all those people who want to know "How do I remove the underline in my links and change their color when I put the cursor over them?". Well this extension will help them: Now they just have to choose which colors they want to use,&nbs...[Read more]
02/09/2003: PHP Server Formats: Macromedia Approved Extension. Dreamweaver MX, MX2004, DW8 and CS3 compatible: This extension adds more server formats to the "Format" column in the Data Bindings Panel. You'll have noticed that DWMX ...[Read more]
17/07/2003: PHP Advanced Random Thumbnails: With this extension you can create and display a thumbnail for a random image from a selected folder. The extension contains 2 Server Behaviors, accessible at Server Behaviors' panel->Tecnorama->Advanced Random Thumbnails: 1.- "Primary Random Thumbnail" Use this Serve...[Read more]
06/07/2003: PHP and JSP Convert into Included File: This extension (available for PHP and JSP Server Models) reduces the steps needed to create an included file from the content of the original document. In DW's enviroment, you have to follow these steps to create an included file: Select the desired content. Cut the ...[Read more]
30/01/2003: PHP Elapsed Time: This extension calculates the time between two Unix Timestamp dates and give the result in a "human readable" format (years, months, days, hours and minutes). As an example, it can be useful to display the time passed since last login -if you stored it in a cookie or into your da...[Read more]
18/01/2003: Auto Numbered Records: Macromedia Approved Extension: This extension gives the ability to number each row in a Repeat Region. The extension also "remembers" the last number written so, if you are using the Recordset Navigation Bar, ...[Read more]
18/12/2002: PHP Pie Chart: PHP Pie Chart: Just for DMX and php_mysql Server Model: This extension will let you create pie charts (using percentages) from a Recordset.The extension won't create the Recordset: It just draws the chart according to the results. The recordset must return, at least, a field...[Read more]
18/12/2002: Cookie Suite: Cookie Suite (DW4 / UD / DWMX) is an improved version,built under WPL (Webmonkey Public License) of "Cookie behaviors", which was created by Webmonkey for DW2. Some bugs have been fixed to allow its use in DW4 and DWMX and new features have been added: ...[Read more]
18/12/2002: Multi Language Date-Time: DW MX y PHP (Any Server Model): With this extension you can add current date and time to your documents, choosing among 20 different formats. Also, you can choose the language in which the date should be displayed: Up to 5 different languages are supported: English, Spanish, German, swedish...[Read more]
21/08/2002: Mini PHP Login Suite: Para DWMX / PHP_MySQL: incorpora 4 comportamientos que no vienen incluidos en DWMX para este modelo de servidor: Login User, Logout User, Restrict Access to Page y Check New Username.No obstante, tiene algunas limita...[Read more]
26/06/2002: Make Layer Sizes Equal: Es una extensión bastante sencilla, pero que en algunas ocasiones puede ser útil.Supongamos que tienes varias capas que deben tener las mismas medidas: Hasta ahora podías seleccionarlas y ajustar en el inspector un ancho y un alto común para todas ellas.Mi problema era que estaba cansado,...[Read more]
21/05/2002: Subir archivos con PD Online Editor: Esto,más que una extensión, es simplemente una demo de cómo funciona un sistema de subida de archivos para el PDOnline editor, de confección "casera". Esta basado en un script para PHP y en una idea de Carlos (gracias). Si alguien está interesado después de verlo, puede pedírmelo (leer más a...[Read more]
18/04/2002: Repeated Form Objects: Repeated Form Objects es un objeto que permite insertar varios botones de radio o casillas deverificación a la vez, sin tener que repetir todo el proceso para cada una de ellas. ...[Read more]