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visitors cant interpret text that is part of an image, but can read the Alt text included in the image tag. Redundant Nested Tags Produces


a list of all places where you have redundant nested tags. For example, <center>Good headlines <center>are harder to write </center> than you might think </center> is listed because you can simplify the code by removing the second center tag to make the code look like this: <center>Good headlines are harder to write than you might think</center>. Removable Empty Tags Produces a list of the empty tags on your site. Empty tags often occur if you delete an image or text section without deleting all the tags associated with it. Untitled Documents Produces a list of filenames that dont have a title. The title tag is easy to forget because it does not display in the body of the page. The title tag specifies the text that appears at the very top of the browser window and is also the text that appears in the Favorites list when someone saves your page in his or her browser. And if thats not enough reason to have a descriptive title, a good title tag is one key to getting good placement in many search engines as well. 88 Part II: Looking Like a Million (Even on a Budget) Chapter 4 Coordinating Your Design Work In This Chapter _ Using advanced template features to speed development _ Saving elements in the Dreamweaver Library for easy access _ Designing a Web page with the Dreamweaver Tracing Image feature _ Introducing Design Notes _ Collaborating with integrated e-mail and Check In/Out _ Using the History panel and the Quick Tag Editor Strive for consistency in all your designs - except when youre trying to be unpredictable. A little surprise here and there can keep your Web site lively. But, generally, most Web sites work best and are easiest to navigate when they follow a consistent design theme. Case in point: Most readers take for granted that books dont change their design from page to page, and newspapers dont change headline fonts and logos every day. Books and newspapers want to make life easier for their readers, and consistency is one of the primary tools for making sure readers find publications familiar. Dreamweaver offers several features to help you develop and maintain a consistent look and feel across your site, whether youre working on a Web site by yourself or youre coordinating a team of developers. In this chapter, you discover three of my favorite Dreamweaver features - templates, Library items, and the Tracing Image feature. Find out how they combine to make your design work faster and easier to manage. This chapter also introduces you to Design Notes, the Check In/Out feature, the History panel, and the Quick Tag Editor - tools that you can use for managing a team of designers, retracing your steps in Dreamweaver, and tweaking HTML tags respectively. Templating Your Type Many Web design programs boast about their HTML templates. Often what they really mean is the program includes some ready-made page designs. Dreamweaver takes this concept a few leaps further by providing template design features that enable you to create a predesigned page and specify which sections can and cant be altered. This is a valuable feature if you work