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Install, Set Up and Begin Using NetBeans 7.0

Learn how to download and install the program (we show you which version to select) and then how to set it up, open files and write your first CSS rule in this updated series on using NetBeans. NetBeans is an open source (free) software tool that you can use as a code editor.

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How to Use Bitnami and Netbeans to Create a Local Development Site

Learn what the tools Bitnami, NetBeans, FileZilla and Web Developer are and how they work together to create a local development site.

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Install NetBeans 7.0 – Part 2, Install the Program

We cover the installation and configuration of NetBeans 7 which just came out last week in a 5 part video series. In this second part we go through the installation of the program. Video Transcript And once it’s downloaded, we’ll just go ahead and start right in the installation which shouldn’t take pretty long. One [...]

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How to Use Bitnami and Netbeans to Create a Local Development Site Part 2 – Complex Websites

This is Part 2 of How to Use Bitnami and Netbeans to Create a Local Development Site and in this session we discuss a more complex system where you are working working back and forth from a live remote website. Video Transcript Rick: The next choice is a more complex system and that is where you [...]

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Install NetBeans 7.0 – Part 3, Set Up NetBeans

We cover the installation and configuration of NetBeans 7 which just came out last week in a 5 part video series. In this third part we complete the program set up by adding the CSS Preview Plugin. Video Transcript Anyway, I’m not going to contribute to NetBeans data. Let’s see what comes up next. Well, [...]

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Install NetBeans 7.0 – Part 4, Opening Files in NetBeans

We cover the installation and configuration of NetBeans 7 which just came out last week in a 5 part video series. In this fourth part we show you how to open files when they are not part of a project. Video Transcript Rick: I’m going to turn on Jared’s microphone here. Jared, are you with [...]

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How to Create a Local Installation of WordPress – Part 4 – Create a NetBeans Project

This is the 4th in a 5 part series on Creating a Local Installation of WordPress using Bitnami and then creating a NetBeans Project out of it. In this lesson we create a NetBeans project out of the new local WordPress installation. Then we run the website from NetBeans. Video Transcript Step 4 is now [...]

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Install NetBeans 7.0 – Part 5, Write Your First CSS Rule

We cover the installation and configuration of NetBeans 7 which just came out last week in a 5 part video series. In this fifth and final part we show you how to write a CSS rule in your custom.css file. We review the blank css file, show you where to create your rules and then [...]

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An Overview of How to Use Netbeans, FileZilla, Firefox and Web Developer to Edit CSS

In this session we give an overview and show examples of how to use Netbeans, FileZilla, Firefox and Web Developer to edit CSS. Video Transcripts Rick: Good evening Sean. Sean: Hi Rick, good evening. Rick: How are you doing, man? Sean: Oh not too bad. I’ve been working on the header plugin and that’s another [...]

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Is there an alternative text-editor besides Netbeans for the Mac?

A member is having a problem installing NetBeans on her MAC. She made several tries but she still gets an error message. We discuss potential solutions to her installation problem, we talk about a couple of other Mac based code editors (Taco & Coda) and we discuss the importance of error checking and syntax highlighting. [...]

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Why Don’t we Use NetBeans Projects?

Why don’t we teach how to use NetBeans projects? While the project system is very powerful it is also very complex to set up. It requires you to configure a local web server (using Apache, MySQL and PHP). Services like Bitnami have made the process quite a bit easier nevertheless, the process of setting the [...]

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Troubleshooting custom_functions.php

Anyone learning how to customize their Thesis website using PHP also needs to learn how to troubleshoot errors in their code.  In this video I teach my 6 rules for preventing and finding errors in your custom_functions.php file.  I also describe the work flow that I use when writing custom code for my own Thesis [...]

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