Where are Dreamweaver tutorials - NOT emphasizing code?

[taniad15459991]

Quite a few years ago I created my web site in Dreamweaver (took a class at my local community college). I managed without doing any coding. I have made small changes over the years, but now it needs a major re-do. I have gone from XP to 10 and purchased the subscription, but the tutorials I am finding all emphasize writing code. Where do I find helpful tutorials not necessitating learning to code? I thought the whole point of Dreamweaver was that we cretins who have no interest in learning code could create a decent website?

[BenPleysier]

Although there are a number of ways to create a website by pointing and clicking, to use Dreamweaver you still need to have a working knowledge of HTML and CSS. If that is not what you want, then try Muse.

[taniad15459991]

So I guess Dreamweaver has "evolved" in the years since I took the class? I had no problem creating my website, springvalleyranch.com , without coding; but it has been so long since I created it, the redo is going to take a major learning curve. Especially if now I need to code!

[Kratika Agarwal]

Hi,

Below links might be helpful to you:

Design responsive websites using Bootstrap

Thanks

[B i r n o u · Accepted solution]

it is not really Dreamweaver that has evolved... but the web... some years ago major notions like Responsive Web Site, Web Applications, Client Side Handling, Strong imposition of standards... and so on... were not so present and imperative in the development processes as it is now.

So DW try to bring solutions and tools to that new workflow... there is still gaps to fill, but that's on the road and radars.

you don't really need to know code to develop web site using DW, but it is strongly recommended to have a good foundation in HTML structure and to understand the processes to implement support of responsive aspect of websites, and especially to build a real content strategy

without those points the evolution and the cohesion of your contents will not be true in time.

as Ben explains to you, Muse is a tool specially adapted to the designers who can not, or do not wish, to make this step to learn the basics of the standards. But that doesn't mean that DW is not accessible and as Nancy and Kratika show you, you can use starting templates to helps you to ride the first steps.

In any case, please do not hesitate to post on this forum to get help and make it easy for you

[LindaRTN]

Muse went out of service in 2020... SMH that they havent in over 7 years made this better... Back to html/css school... for what we pay for these services, you would think they would have by now.... Im saying this because it doesnt seemed to have changed at all in that time period. 

[Nancy OShea]

Dreamweaver is a code editor.  It'll never be anything more than what it is.

If you can't work with code, then switch to an online site builder where coding skills are not required.

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ONLINE SITE BUILDERS:
-- Adobe Behance (free) - https://help.behance.net/hc/en-us/articles/204483894-Guide-Intro-to-Behance
-- Adobe Portfolio (free with a paid Creative Cloud Plan) - https://portfolio.adobe.com/
-- Squarespace - https://www.squarespace.com/
-- Webflow - https://webflow.com
-- Wix - https://www.wix.com/
-- WordPress (open source) - https://wordpress.org/

Hope that helps.

[Nancy OShea]

According to Adobe, Dreamweaver is aimed at designers who want to work with code.  But if you use the Starter Templates in DW, you can get a decent site together without a lot of coding know-how.

1) Define your local site folder by going to Site > New Site.  See screenshots below.  In this example, my local site folder will be saved on my hard drive at  C:\\MyTestSite\

2) Go to File > New > Starter Templates.  Pick one and hit Create button.  If you want a responsive site for mobile, tablet & desktops, use one of the Bootstrap Templates as shown below.

After saving your newly created file,  DW creates Assets folders for you as shown in your Files Panel.

You now have a responsive starter site to work with in Dreamweaver .

[taniad15459991]

Since I currently have a working website in Dreamweaver - I do not want to start from scratch in Muse (though I did download Muse and take a look at it). I just want to improve my website in Dreamweaver. I am thinking that maybe I ought to advertise for an onsite tutor for a few sessions to make the changes I desire. I for sure do not want to start a new website with a template in Dreamweaver.

[Nancy OShea]

taniad15459991  wrote

I for sure do not want to start a new website with a template in Dreamweaver.

Is your current site mobile friendly?

Mobile-Friendly Test - Google Search Console

If not, you owe it to yourself & your site visitors to make a new site that is.  Anything less will fall way short of user expectations.  More importantly, Google penalizes you on mobile web searches,

Make sure your site's ready for mobile-friendly Google search results - AdSense Help

[taniad15459991]

The website internet is getting way too complicated! I understand the mobile friendly deal - my other business website is managed by a professional firm and I loved my old website so much, but it needs to be migrated to a mobile and notepad friendly platform and they are taking care of it. My ranch website is ALL ME, cannot afford a web design firm to deal with it. My ranch website can be viewed in a mobile browser, but it is most certainly not optimized. Guess I am going to have to go "back to school" - sucks, I am 70 years old!

[taniad15459991]

I tested both of my sites and both are "mobile friendly", surprised that my ranch site passed.