Switching default extension: Why so hard?

message from lthanlon on 17 Jul 2004

I use Dreamweaver MX 2004 for Macintosh, and work in a collaborative
environment where at least of our clients want files saved with an .htm
extension and half want .html. Other than manually re-entering the extension
when I create a page or changing the XML document, is there an easier way to
toggle between these?

While we're on the subject, why doesn't Dreamweaver offer a simple check box
to deal with this default option? If there's an operational advantage in
requiring users to hack the XML, I'm unaware of it.

Alan replied to lthanlon on 17 Jul 2004

would it be easier to create and name the page in the F8 Site Manager
window?
right-click or control-click then type the name.ext you want it to be

added benefit, seeing the file list will help to remember what this site
uses for .ext

lthanlon replied to Alan on 17 Jul 2004

Alan -- thanks for the suggestion; yes, I've done that, too.

Typing a few extra characters isn't a problem. But what mystifies me is why
the decision was made at Macromedia to ship DW with a default setting of .htm
and then require modification of XML to set it to .html -- or whatever. Plenty
of other applications allow this option to be set from the preferences.

Leigh

Murray *TMM* replied to lthanlon on 17 Jul 2004

They shipped DW with a default of htm so it would be compatible with
Contribute, as I recall.

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