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How to import Muse into Dreamweaver

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January 17, 2013
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I am trying to import my muse website into Dreamweaver because i want do design my website in muse and then use PHP and MySQL to make blogs and membership systems etc. When I open dreamweaver and right-click on the Muse website and press "Open With - Dreamweaver", it starts opening it (it only opens the Muse website and just shows a blank HTML)... then Dreamweaver stops responding and i have to close it. If there is any way of making a membership system and blog in Muse (which only certain people can edit [not using Muse]) then please reply an answer... or if possible can people please respond on how to open a muse website in dreamweaver.

Thanks in Advance

Richard

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Correct answer Nancy OShea

MU is a code generator while DW is an HTML editor.

I don't think you can import MU files directly into DW. I think the best you can do is open the HTML pages in DW the same way you would with any site.

The first step in DW, is to define your local & remote site folders by going to Site | Manage Sites > New Site... Tell DW where on your hard drive to find your local site files.

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/first_website_pt1.htm

Nancy O.

ishbelt69765476

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I need to do this to add Google Analytics to each page. (Code after each <head> tag).
If I do that will I be able to contiunue editing the site in Muse?

Or can I insert the google analytics straight into Muse? (i.e. is there a Code Edit view in Muse?)

BenPleysier

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I need to do this to add Google Analytics to each page. (Code after each <head> tag).
If I do that will I be able to contiunue editing the site in Muse?

By @ishbelt69765476

No. Muse code gets compiled into HTML and there is no function to change HTML into Muse code.

Or can I insert the google analytics straight into Muse? (i.e. is there a Code Edit view in Muse?)

By @ishbelt69765476

You will need to ask in the Muse forum.

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Alldaron

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Anyone know of a service to have a Muse website converted / rebuilt to Dreamweaver?

My current Muse site has 240 pages. I would love to transition to Dreamweaver, I just want the look / layout to be exact and then all the content ported over in an optimized way. This would be highly useful.

Thanks,

Alldaron

Nancy OShea

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If you can't work with code, having a "Dreamweaver site" will be no help to you. The days of 240+ static web page sites are over. Nobody builds sites like that anymore because they're a pain in the neck to maintain.

You need an experienced developer who can take your Muse concepts and translate them into a new site built dynamically with server-side code & databases PLUS an easy content management system you can use to maintain it. For example, WordPress is a CMS but it's not the only one. Business Catalyst also has a CMS module.

What's your budget?

What kind of web hosting do you have currently?

Nancy

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MrJabbee

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i just designed my small business site, totally in adobe muse, i have just exported to html and opened it up in dreamweaver... oshea was right, totally bloated code... but that's okay, with the advent of faster computers and faster internet, bloated isn't that bad as the sub-5K or dial-up days.

i'm intent on converting my website in a one-off wordpress website. it will be difficult, but that is the price of customer service. it is an experiment.

the thing about adobe muse is the design. as long as the design does not change, the code will not change. as soon as the client wants something changed, the coder will have to know their stuff. if they don't then they are not coders.

the reason why i'm using adobe muse is i was once bleeding edge coder and scripter, writing my own scripts to use the DOM. i stopped in 2005 after creating an awesome changing background, hiding foreground, changing text-size, changing text colours through user-interaction and timed-base. but i've been out of the game since. haven't coded anything or scripted anything since then. i have no idea was sass or json, or whatever. i played with jquery in college for a few hours in 2009, but i found print projects much more my speed.

my apologies, i ran off on a tangent. the point is, any coder should be able to take any design in muse to retrofit for any cms. a script master will be able to organize the adobe muse export and wield its script they way they see fit. if they can't it is about laziness.

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AdrianHdz22

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As soon your design is ready save it as HTML, later you can open the index or any of the pages created in muse on dreamweaver and you will see all the code that was use to create that website And edit it as well

Nancy OShea

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But page rendering in MU is not the same in DW's Design View. It's apt to be all skewed. Working with MU generated code in any HTML editor is no great shakes to look at either.

IMO, it's best to take the design comps made in MU or PS as a blueprint for rebuilding the site from scratch in DW. In the end, you're getting a much better product with logical code, good semantic markup and better traction for SEO.

Nancy

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Dadrocant

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Richard, I have had the same problem since I work with a graphic designer with absolutely no experience in coding, and then I have to take the MU site and do the coding behind in DW. The solution I have found for this is to upload the MU site to a server, and then connect DW to that same server; this is the same as exporting the muse site to HTML and then creating a site in DW on the same folder, but by doing it via the server two people can work on the site on different machines at the same time and when you publish the site to the server, both copies are automatically synced.

takeyourmeds

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Once you've edited your Muse-generated HTML in DW, can you continue using Muse with it? Will it override the changes made with DW?

Nancy OShea

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Once you've edited your Muse-generated HTML in DW, can you continue using Muse with it?

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No. You cannot go back. Either use MU for the entire life of your site or export it to HTML and don't go back to MU.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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J__Chris_Gibson

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So far the only adequate workaround that I have in place is to design Muse pages that link to more complex pages (i.e. forms connected to PHP). When you export to HTML from your Muse project it will build an "assets" folder and populate it with whatever HTML files you have linked to. You have to copy external CSS and other resources (images) associated with your linked HTML file to the asset folder yourself, but that is a minor inconvenience considering the speed that Muse allows in building your 'front end'.

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filip_scridon

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you can try by exporting to html from MU and then setting up a new site in DW using the folder where you exported the MU project.

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Kelliecar

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Thank you very much. Worked great for me!

Nancy OShea

Correct answer

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MU is a code generator while DW is an HTML editor.

I don't think you can import MU files directly into DW. I think the best you can do is open the HTML pages in DW the same way you would with any site.

The first step in DW, is to define your local & remote site folders by going to Site | Manage Sites > New Site... Tell DW where on your hard drive to find your local site files.

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/first_website_pt1.htm

Nancy O.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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FalfyWalfyAuthor

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so theres nothing i can do?... the MU site is already in the folder where i am making my website in DW... and theres no way to make a membership system or blog in MU?

Nancy OShea

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As a non-coding designer, I'd rather design and hand off or collaborate with a Dreamwear person who can do the html coding and maintenance. My interest is in what the viewer sees and how they use it, not necessarily know how to create code. Most of us know how to drive a car, but few know how to build one. Rather than let Muse become a "whipping post" and the bane of all Dreamweaver coders, perhaps Adobe might entertain the idea of making Muse files Dreamweaver friendly. They certainly have accomplished this in other areas ala Creative Suite. Business Catalyst is just their answer solutiion, but for many clients, isn't the way they conduct their business.

So in the meantime, it would great if people who are Dreamweaver evangelists provide some insight about figuring out how best to make things work. I mean it's you folks that are working under the hood. And, I respect that.

Thanks,

David

Not meaning to appear disparaging here, but if a client asked me to collaborate with them on a MU site, I would respectfully decline or tell them that the whole thing needed to be rebuilt in DW. MU code is HORRIBLE. There aren't enough hours in my day...

I doubt Adobe can realistically make MU code any less onerous to work with. MU is what it is -- a consumer level product aimed at non-coders.

Nancy O.

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