You will want to create the HTML in Dreamweaver and then copy the code into Bb Vista.
Here are the items that you will want to check:
- Verify that you are using Dreamweaver version 8.
- In Dreamweaver, open a blank HTML page and go to Modify > Page Properties...
- In the new window (Page Properties) that opens, select the Category "Title/Encoding".
- In the Encoding field, use the dropdown menu to select "Western (ISO Latin 1)".[or simply confirm this is what it is already set to.]
- In the Page Properties window, select the "Apply" button.
Now Dreamweaver should be all set up and you shouldn't need to do this set up again.
From the CODE view in Dreamweaver, confirm that the ISO meta tag appears right after the <head> tag in html. See example below:
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
You can test that the set up is working by adding a few accented charaters. Then, confirm that the code looks like this:
For example -
á should be an acute accent on an "a", (á)
ñ should be a tilde on an "n", (ñ) etc.
If this is what you are seeing in the code view in Dreamweaver, it is working.
The final step is to select all the text you have composed from the CODE view of Dreamweaver and copy and paste it into the Bb Vista "Content" box under Edit Properties. Confirm that the "use HTML box" is checked and press the save button.
The accents should now render fine in the Student or Teach view in Bb Vista.
If your students are not seeing the correct letters with the accents, ask them to confirm that their browser is using Western (Latin1) encoding.
Additionally - If you are editing a page with existing content, copy the code from Bb Vista into the code view in Dreamweaver and then make your changes and copy it back.
