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David Santamaria
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March 3, 2022
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Wordpress 21 and Dreamweaver

  • March 3, 2022
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I have a Wordpress website and want to import it into Dreamweaver so that my students can interact with the content. I have exported the content and have the xml file.

When I import the XML file into Dreamweaver 21 all I see is the XML code.

How do I convert the XML to HTML so my students can interact with the content & use the 'Live' view to see the changes?

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Correct answer David Santamaria

Thanks everyone for your suggestions.

I note that some have been rather scathing saying the idea was preposterous!

I'd like to state from the outset that I have only some experience in building websites. 

The situation I was working with is this:

  • I have up to 150 students doing a Unit of Competency called Maintain Interactive Content in which they need to work in 5 different websites - fixng broken links, updating content based on a style guide, updating images, tags and metadata, along with entering details in a Content Managaement System.
  • In Victoria, all students studying the Creative Digital Media program are required to use Dreamweaver to write and manage website content. They then do their exam in a digital environment.  DW, as part of the Adobe Creative Suite, is the common denominator so no student has any advantage over others.
  • I have access to a number of Wordpress websites and thought it might be quite suitable to export these Wordpress sites and convert them into a format that Dreamweaver could use.  Alas, while it can be done, the process of setting up a database and server and all the other machinations required meant that this was not a feasible option.  I consequently built all the content in Dreamweaver, and can now distribute these .rte files across the multiple school sites.

Thanks to everyone, again, for your comments and links to supprt videos. 

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Janusz Buss
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July 15, 2022

I would go in that direction I have been using Dreamweaver over the last 15 years. It hasn't improved much I have a feeling that soon it will be gone like Fireworks, Flash etc.  WordPress or Webflow are much easier and quicker to create responsive and dynamic websites. Slowly futures are disappearing from the Dreamweaver app.. It is the app that is slowly dying ..not worth investing your time to learn it or use it.

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    David SantamariaAuthorCorrect answer
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    March 10, 2022

    Thanks everyone for your suggestions.

    I note that some have been rather scathing saying the idea was preposterous!

    I'd like to state from the outset that I have only some experience in building websites. 

    The situation I was working with is this:

    • I have up to 150 students doing a Unit of Competency called Maintain Interactive Content in which they need to work in 5 different websites - fixng broken links, updating content based on a style guide, updating images, tags and metadata, along with entering details in a Content Managaement System.
    • In Victoria, all students studying the Creative Digital Media program are required to use Dreamweaver to write and manage website content. They then do their exam in a digital environment.  DW, as part of the Adobe Creative Suite, is the common denominator so no student has any advantage over others.
    • I have access to a number of Wordpress websites and thought it might be quite suitable to export these Wordpress sites and convert them into a format that Dreamweaver could use.  Alas, while it can be done, the process of setting up a database and server and all the other machinations required meant that this was not a feasible option.  I consequently built all the content in Dreamweaver, and can now distribute these .rte files across the multiple school sites.

    Thanks to everyone, again, for your comments and links to supprt videos. 

    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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    March 10, 2022

    FYI, Dreamweaver doesn't support .rte files.   Supported file types in Dreamweaver include:

    .html,

    .htm,

    .php,

    .xml,

    .css,

    .js,

    .json

    .less

    .svg,

    .dwt (Dreamweaver proprietary Templates)

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    March 11, 2022

    I hope this list i snot exhaustive ;)...

    but I think that the OP thought of writing .ste

    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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    March 3, 2022

    This whole question seems ludicrous, no doubt due to ignorance about what WordPress is and how it works.

     

    WordPress is a database driven website.  There is no content to interact with apart from what you see in browsers after the hosting server generates it from PHP programming and data stored inside the MySQL database. 

     

    Open your browser, and go to the WordPress site to see content.  Use a feed reader to parse RSS feeds (the XML content to which you refer).

     

    Dreamweaver is of no use to WordPress site owners.  Dreamweaver is merely a code editor for experienced developers to use BEFORE they deploy WordPress. 

     

    After WordPress is deployed, all site editing is performed within WordPress's dashboard which you log into with your user ID and password.   If you wish to give your students editing access, create new low-level user accounts for them. But under no circumstances should you entrust students with admin level dashboard access for security reasons.  Mistakes could be catastrophic to your site.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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      March 3, 2022
      quote

      Open your browser, and go to the WordPress site to see content.  Use a feed reader to parse RSS feeds (the XML content to which you refer)

      By @Nancy OShea

       

      in fact the XML file the OP talks about, is a way to export then import content from web site to web site

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      Legend
      March 3, 2022
       
      as I'm not sure I understand your question, please let me rephrase a context and if I'm wrong, forget this post
       
      wordpress is an application that works with four main elements.
      • the application core (WordPress itself) which can and is extended through plugins,
      • the template that manages the structure and display of data
      • the data itself which constitutes the content of the site
      • and the back office which allows to interact with the general configuration and the management of the data and therefore of the content.
       
      Which of these four elements do you want your students to interact with? what do you mean by content?
       
      Whatever, DW allows you to work with the four elements, but first of all, as @BenPleysier says, you will need to install locally an Apache stack, PHP, MySQL/MariaDB, and install a local version of your WP site, on each local student computer.
       
      Then you will have to define a site in DW, which points to this local WP as testing purpose
       
      then,
       
      if you want to work with the application core... well you can still set up a fork from https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress  same for plugins, open forks on the respective git hub of the plugins you want to modify... otherwise create your own plugins https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/ 
       
      if you want to work on the template, set up a child-template https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/ and work on it
       
      Now, to work on the data and edit the site, although it is preferable to do it from a browser pointing to the local back office, you can if you feel like it, open in live view mode the index.php page of the wp-admin folder ... but hey, it's a bit of pushing grandma into the nettles... simply do it from a browser
       
      however, to help with manual coding of template and plugin elements, DW integrate from the menu Site > Site Options > Site-Specific Code Hints, then select Wordpress from the structure menu
       
      if you need visual aid... don't hesitate to watch out those video
       
      here you are... and if I was wrong... please, don't mind... or reformulate your question
       
        BenPleysier
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        BenPleysierCommunity Expert
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        March 3, 2022

        The only way to get your students to interact with Wordpress content is to install Wordpress on their local system(s). 

         

        Have a look at this video for further explanations

        https://youtu.be/T_y0Gmsfqro

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