Customizing Dreamweaver > Working with browser profiles > Creating and editing a browser profile

Creating and editing a browser profile

Create a browser profile by modifying an existing profile. For example, to create a profile for a future version of Microsoft Internet Explorer, you can open the profile for the most recent version of Internet Explorer that has a profile, add any new tags or attributes introduced in the new version, and save it as a profile for the new version.

Note: Before you create a browser profile for a new version of a browser, check the Macromedia Exchange for Dreamweaver site to see if Macromedia has supplied a browser profile that you can download and install using the Extension Manager.

To create or edit a browser profile:

1	Using a text editor, open an existing profile.
	If you're creating a new profile, open the profile that most closely resembles the profile you intend to create, then save the file under a new file name.
2	If you're creating a new profile, change the name that appears on the first line of text in the file.
	Two profiles cannot have the same name.
3	Add any new tags or attributes you know to be supported by the browser, using the syntax shown in About browser-profile formatting.
	If you don't want to receive error messages about a particular unsupported tag, add it to the list of supported tags. If you do this, save the profile in a separate file with a new file name (such as Browsername x.x limited). Renaming the profile preserves the original profile with only the tags that are truly supported.
4	Delete any tags or attributes that are not supported by the browser.
	This step is probably unnecessary if you are creating a profile for a new version of Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer, because browsers rarely drop support for tags.
5	Add any custom error messages according to the syntax shown in About browser-profile formatting.
	The profiles that come with Dreamweaver list all supported tags for the specified browsers. To add a custom error message to a tag, add either !msg "message" or !htmlmsg "<tag>message</tag>" after !Error. For example, this information appears in the Netscape Navigator 3.0 profile (along with other attributes not shown here):
	<!ELEMENT HR name="Horizontal Rule" > <!ATTLIST HR COLOR !Error >
	To add a custom error message enter !msg: and then your error message, in quotation marks:
	<!ELEMENT HR name="Horizontal Rule" > <!ATTLIST HR COLOR !Error !msg "Internet Explorer 3.0 supports the COLOR tag in horizontal rules, but Netscape Navigator 3.0 does not." >
6	You can use !Error for all error situations, or you can use !Warning to indicate that a tag will be ignored but will not actually cause an error.