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Using Dreamweaver to edit a Joomla site

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February 24, 2010
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Can someone explain how to set up a Joomla site in DW so that it will display in Design Mode.

I am using MAMP as a testing server and have opened a Joomla site in DW, but it will not display in Design mode. When I use Preview (selecting external browsers) the site works fine.

BTW, I have created another small (one page) php/mySQL site that works in DW using the same MAMP testing server setup, but it is one I started in DW from the start.

Also, is there any current information on how to use DW to create your own Joomla Template?

Thanks for any guidance. I am using DW CS4, Mac OSX 10.6, Current MAMP config, Joomla 1.5.15.

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Freedom_942

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You can also copy a php file from Joomla files located on your localhost in htdocs or download a copy from your live server in public.html. Then drag copy into DW editor and edit the file in DW and click Save. (Keep the name of the file the same)

Then Save that file in a seperate location where you can store it for safe-keeping and upload it to live server or localhost to replace the same name php file.

Be sure to save a copy of the original php file in case you need it again.

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jen4web

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You can use DW to create your own Joomla template. I covered this in my Lynda.com video, "Joomla! Creating and Editing Custom Templates", http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=666

I am using DW CS4 in that title.

Jen

David_Powers

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N Scott wrote:
Can someone explain how to set up a Joomla site in DW so that it will display in Design Mode.

You can't. End of story. It's a feature that quite a few people have asked for, so it's possible that this ability might be added to a future version of Dreamweaver, but the only way to handle WordPress, Joomla, or Drupal in Dreamweaver at the moment is to make a static HTML version of a page, and work with that. But Dreamweaver is not currently capable of displaying the output of a CMS in Design view.

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N_ScottAuthor

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Thanks, Dave, for your response.

Along the same line, I have two more questions for you.

1) I understand that I can use DW to design Joomla Templates. What is your advise here. Do you know of some good instructions on how to do this?

2) I own both of your books (Dreamweaver CS3 and CS4, with CSS, Ajax, and PHP). In the most recent book, you talk about CMS's only to the extent of recommending Contribute. If I want to use the capabilities of a CMS like Joomla, what would you recommend to help someone use Dreamweaver to extend Joomla so that I can create PHP/MySQL content not provided in the stock Joomla download?

For example, using your book I have put together a simple (not for me, without your book however) form to record a bike rider's time up a local mountain. Each user logs in and records his time and date of ride. A report (not yet developed) would then be available showing his times and his times compared to other riders. It is a little more complicated with some math on the times/distances etc.

Would I have to learn how to develop extensions for Joomla, or should/could I just redirect riders from the Joomla site to a separate site developed in entirely in DW?

Any guidance as to how to do this would be appreciated.

Thanks

David_Powers

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Sorry, I have never used Joomla, so I can't offer any advice. You would be better off in a Joomla forum.

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