Displaying css template designs in Dreamweaver
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- Daniel Chapman
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I wouldn't bother with dream weaver ...
As above you can only edit the output and not the real template.
If you remove the joomla php code from the template so that you can edit it in dreamweaver, then you better hope you remember where to put it back or you are in trouble.
Bottom line is Dreamweaver wasn't designed to edit joomla code, only normal php and html.
What sort of control do you want exactly?
Everything you need for the layout is defined in the css files. It just requires a bit of a mind shift to get your head around it. To be honest, not much more a mind shift than learning dreamweaver and infinitely more useful.
So I would suggest that you learn CSS and a spattering of basic HTML and PHP if you want to edit templates. it will be faaaaaar more useful for you. -
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- James Spencer
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I use dreamweaver but only in code mode. Why? because it puts all the text in pretty colours instead of standard black in a base text editor
Design view sucks for Joomla! - James Spencer / Developer & Support / Hull, UK
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- Daniel Chapman
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far better code editors out there....
like PSpad -
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- Richie Mortimer
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James S! wrote:
I use dreamweaver but only in code mode. Why? because it puts all the text in pretty colours instead of standard black in a base text editor
Design view sucks for Joomla!
i do love those pretty colours
for a begginer like myself -- it also helps with the code suggestion it brings up - ofter helps with spelling mistakes - Joomla Extensions - www.ninjoomla.com
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- Mikal A Ali
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I think what I am looking for is attaching a css style sheet so I can enhance interior static pages if that makes sense. Right now I'm hammering Joomla into doing what I want and dont really understand what it does yet. On the surface I understand it, but my business is also linked with branding. So I need control and ways to get creative weaved into the system of how things work. Maybe a process would be duplicating the site and use it for Marketing (then) once inside switch to dynamic Joomla. Just thought of that.
I've probably had a total of one week with joomla - and still trying to get a grasp of the menu system and how things realate to each other. Once I get this down, I MUST GET SOME HANDLE ON DESIGN- i live for control (its also how I make a living) I dont want to create my own joomla templates unless forced to, but i need to be able to enhance a template, with the tools Im used to. DW, FW, FL, etc.(testing) (tweaking) etc.
I know a little of all the codes php, html, css but now I can't SEE IT and I'm exposed!!
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- James Spencer
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It should be DW that will be the only "real" change. I imagine that you will be using all the tools that are available with Design View? Code view is the way to go. There are still a vast assortment of tools available for Code View. Obviously, you will have to increase your knowledge but the learning curve "should" be short.
It may be a an idea to play with a normal HTML page in Design view, making changes and seeing the results in Code view etc... - James Spencer / Developer & Support / Hull, UK
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- William E Dooley
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James S! wrote:
I use dreamweaver but only in code mode. Why? because it puts all the text in pretty colours instead of standard black in a base text editor
Design view sucks for Joomla!
My editor of choice has always been UltraEdit:)
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- Mikal A Ali
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Hmm, I dont know DW CS3 is pretty robust (and you can set up for programmer mode- plus if you have to roll into anything else - you have one interaged package with the rest of the products by Adobe Flash, Fireworks, etc etc. Reminds me of days when there was illustrator vs freehand.
Just preferences, Im sure UltraEdit is darn pretty good.
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- Mr. Shabazz
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I had the same problem you had and here is what I did to solve it. Assuming you have a basic knowledge of how Joomla templates are constructed, or at least a good understanding of HTML.
1. Unzip a fresh copy of the template you are working with.
2. From firefox you can save the page as Web Page complete, and it will bring along all of the CSS and images that you need to view the page and you at least have your HTML rendering of the page to look at.
3. Save the web page complete in the same folder as the unzipped template.
4. Open up all of the CSS files with the complete page, and open the index.php file from the template, in DW so you can make your edits.
5. If you don't already use it, install the web developers tool bar for Firefox addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60 .
6. Open up the saved page in Firefox and got to work. The developers toolbar gives you a lot of easy info and direct CSS insight so you can edit in DW.
Now that I think about it, this doesn't depend much on DW, but DW's tools just make editing faster for us that grew up on it.
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- Mikal A Ali
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Hey thanks Shabazz, sounds like neat work around. I just ran accross another way and thats using Ravenswood Joomla Server. The direct link is here:
ravenswoodit.co.uk/
but I saw alot of info on Joomla.org on it. I'm just wondering now if its too late to use it on my current project.. Im hanging on by a limb just to sort some general things out.
Right now I'm going back and forth Code editor - Joomla and guessing my way though
If you have some insite on the link post it. I may be some time before i actually try it.
NO DW HERE BUT - thought I would mention it...probably do something like you suggested.
Thanks again.
Mikal - Last Edit: 17 years 10 months ago by Mikal A Ali.
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