WordPress Themes Made Easy with Adobe Dreamweaver CS5

I've had Dreamweaver CS5 for months now and didn't know of these functions until now! Thank you very much for sharing!

Very useful new functions. I hope I will be able to upgrade my DW soon.

Yeah, DW CS5 is cool, but there is a bit of learning to do for us Newbs. I initially set up a local server using MAMP. MAMP is very simple to download for free and set up with your DW site.

This is coming from a person who knew Zero about code and how MySQL, APACHE, PHP, CSS, HTML worked. I still know very little, but these tools have helped my learning curve.

BlueHost is doing my hosting and when I attempted to download my new local site in DW I ran into some difficulties. Part of the problem was that I couldn't "install" WP using DW. I had to set up a MySQL database on BlueHost then transfer my theme to the remote directory; and, I think I had to export my WP site from the WP Admin then Import those files to the remote directory. Actually, I don't really know if all that works because I got as far as the MySQL datbase setup then I mistakenly deleted some of my files and said *@#$it.

So, I ended up starting fresh by installing WP with SimpleScripts on my BlueHost server then I created a new site on DW and connected to my remote server then "GET" & "PUT" my remote files to my "local" folder. Know I have it set up, but I'm still working out the knowledge to easily use live view and inspect. I have made some small css changes using live view and I really like the potential for how this will help me.

I am currently trying to figure out how the css properties will show when using live view. Sometimes they don't show and I don't know why.

I am considering setting up MAMP to use as a local server and I think this will be a lot more smooth to integrate now that my remote & WP is set up.

CS5 looks great I have been using dreamweaver CS4 for a while now does anyone know how much the Upgrade is from CS4 is?

It looks fantastic, but i dont know how to use local host test servers, so I cant use any of the new features. It would be nice if they included a simple tutorial to get started with a wordpress site, or a template to work with.

Im grumpy from going throu Xampp and Coldfusion tutorials all day and still not having a clue.

Nice! I'd like to try it. Too bad Dreamweaver isn't really in the price range of the "wordpress beginner"...

This still requires a server and live connection to see Live View, and a site definition and configuration. Then you need to upload your themes. Even then, Design View is still somewhat broken. Its easier to just download any theme and open it to see it in design view and make your CSS changes via the ThemeDreamer extension for Dreamweaver.

ThemeDreamer.com has enabled WordPress theme design visually in Dw CS5, CS4, CS3 and even Dreamweaver version 8 (where most Dreamweaver extensions makers drop support). Not to mention support for code hints and live documentation.

wooh its looks cool :P need to try it :)

Hi,
I am impressed with CMS management feature of Adobe Dreamweaver CS5. Even it was possible earlier with an extension called themedreamer but that was not so efficient. But DW CS5 added a lot new features and capacity to theme development.

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