Convert Joomla layout into Dreamweaver

Hallo all,
I'm new to web development and my current site is made with Joomla. Because I want my site to be better found by search engine's, I have read some articles abouw SEO. And one of the thinks that I found is that the amount of code and the amount of text should be in balance. Now my website bouwcoördinatie has a bad balance of code and content. One of the reasons is that this is due to the use of Joomla, which put a lot of code in it. So because I'm also interrested in creating websites, I looked at program's that could help me creating easily a website, but I don't need a re-design of my site.
My question now is, is it possible to convert a layout that is made in Joomla directly into Dreamweaver? That should save me a lot of time!
Thanks in advance!

First of all, there is nothing in Joomla that should "rate you down" in terms of web search. You have a small website with very little content and the more content you have, the better you will be.
If you are doing home renovation, I recommend that you show before and after pictures, galleries of your work and make sure that every photograph has an "alt" tag that describes it. Dedicate a certain number of hours monthly to taking photos and putting them up on your website, expand it with each new project you build and be patient. Within time your website will rise in the rankings, due to the authority it represents as well as the content.
Here is an example. This landscaper came to me and complained because he was not #1-ranked in the search engines in his area. The main issue was that his former partner's website was higher-ranked and he had taken a dislike to his former partner.
My client did what I told him to do. Add to his website. As he's a landscaper, he does this annually, in the winter when he is not working. Every photo is labeled, every photo has an alt tag and is fully-described. I used Project 7's Image Gallery Magic to do his presentations—to good advantage. It took about two years, but if you are looking for a landscaping contractor in Connecticut, his site comes up on top consistently.
Mind you, I did his site in Dreamweaver. There is no content management system. But server-side code is completely invisible to search engines, and they ignore JavaScript. There is not a lot of written content on his website, but each photo is tagged appropriately and visible to the blind (and remember, search engines are like blind people).
Changing to a site managed in Dreamweaver alone will not change your ranking. Content is King. Add more to yur website and you'll be doing the right thing.
If you insist on dumping Joomla, the way to start is to copy the CSS (style sheet) from your Joomla site and rebuild from there. But you'll need to understand CSS and HTML.
By the way, I do like your graphic artist. Very nice images.

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First, I am a newbie to all of this web design stuff and
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> youtube and on lynda.com
Regardless of what these tutorials lead you to believe, it is
the WRONG
approach. Read this to get some perspective -
Taking a Fireworks comp to a CSS-based layout in Dreamweaver
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/web_standards_layouts_pt1.html
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/web_standards_layouts_pt2.html
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"missdrika" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> First, I am a newbie to all of this web design stuff and
coding and
> dreamweaver. I wanted to create my first website so here
I am. I went
> through 2
> different tutorials (youtube and on lynda.com) I created
a layout in
> photoshop
> and I also sliced it. I imported it into dreamweaver
(CS3 by the
> way).....I
> somewhat understand what I am doing. I did all the
defining a site and I
> clicked on the content box that I sliced and deleted it
and inserted a div
> /
> added the image that go there, then I made that area
editable. The layout
> I
> imported I saved it as a template.Anyway, so basically I
am clicking on
> each
> sliced area, deleting it, and inserting a div there. No
problem. Now, the
> sliced areas that has about, home, contact,
etc.....those I needed to make
> as
> links/clickable images. So, before performing the delete
then inserting a
> div
> part.....I first clicked on the sliced area then at the
bottom of the
> screen,
> where it says link, I did a point to file, basically
linked it. Now, when
> I
> preview it in the browser, it displays boxes around the
sliced navigation
> menu,
> which it is nit suppose to. see here is a screen shot...
>
>
http://i36.tinypic.com/2eowewm.jpg
>
> What did I do wrong? Why is it showing up in a table
when I didn't create
> it
> in a table? How can I remove that purple looking table
border?
>
> Also, when I go to each of the sliced navigation menu,
then delete it and
> insert a div..... the image there...it will not let me
turn it into a
> link.
>
> How do I turn my sliced navigation menu images into
links. I know I am
> doing
> something wrong but just don't know what it is. Is there
a code I can use
> or am
> I suppose to modify or insert something? and how do I
remove the box from
> around it?
>
> What is an easy way? Is there a tutorial out there?
>
> I want my layout to look like what I mocked up in
photoshop. Is there a
> way I
> can create the same layout in dreamweaver? The problem
isn't the
> background,
> it's trying to get the pink area in the center of the
lalayout. I didn't
> know
> how to do that so thats why I tried the way of creating
it in photoshop.
>
> Please help
>

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http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/web_standards_layouts_pt1.html
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"jon@cmiwebstudio" <[email protected]> wrote
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> There is software by media lab called sitegrinder that's
designed to
> export css
> based html websites from your photoshop designs, and I'd
say that's about
> as
> close to what you're talking about as I'm aware of.
>
>
http://www.medialab.com/sitegrinder/
>
> HOWEVER, this is along the same lines as using fireworks
to design html
> websites. The code is bloated and sensitive to fall
apart while
> adjusting, and
> in any professionals opinion, really only intended to
show clients a
> demonstration of what their website will look like.
>
>
>
>

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Hi;
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Developed a DBase application for a vertical market using MS Access. Worked on it for over a decade.
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BUT; they want it "On the Cloud"
Here is what needs to be accomplished. Ideally a user can log in from anywhere, (similar to on-line banking), enter data and print reports.
Read this a few days ago:
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Hi im quite new to Dreamweaver and i've got CS3...I've just
designed and sliced up a website in Photoshop and have started to
compile it together in Dreamweaver using HTML and CSS. I've just
added a Div tag and added images into the page and i've got stuck,
i cant seem to put another image next to one iv already placed
their.
I need help on how to work with Div Tags and applying images
so that i can fix my website like a Jigsaw.
I have provided the code i hav in my HTML so far...

Maybe this will help you -
Taking a Fireworks comp to a CSS-based layout in Dreamweaver
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/web_standards_layouts_pt1.html
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"DThandi" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Let me show you the before and after images of the site
im working on,
> then
> maybe what im trying to describe can become more
clearer...Your right that
> i do
> need some basic understanding, I actually used to know
the answer to my
> own
> question but since i havn't played around with
Dreamweaver for a while i
> seem
> to have forgotten.
>
> This was the image on Photshop:
>
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x151/ohhchakdeh/SAMPLE.jpg
>
> This is where I am stuck now:
>
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x151/ohhchakdeh/stuck.jpg
>
> These are all the small images i have sliced up from
Photshop:
>
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x151/ohhchakdeh/Untitled.jpg
>
> As you can see i have trouble coding in HTML. So far i
have been
> following a
> tutorial video showing me how to had images and align
them through Div
> Tag...But now i am trying to put images side by side in
the Navigation
> area and
> on top of and underneath each other. As you can see i
have Home.jpg and
> Home-Scrap.jpg. Home Scrap needs to go under Home and
both of them images
> need
> to go next to image Left-Short.jpg.
>
> Thank You
>

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hi
experts
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please help me
thank you all

Hi,
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report zabap_pdf.
tables:
tsp01.
data:
mstr_print_parms like pri_params,
mc_valid(1)      type c,
mi_bytecount     type i,
mi_length        type i,
mi_rqident       like tsp01-rqident.
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mtab_pdf    like tline occurs 0 with header line,
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      err_conv_not_possible          = 4
      err_bad_destdevice             = 5
      user_cancelled                 = 6
      err_spoolerror                 = 7
      err_temseerror                 = 8
      err_btcjob_open_failed         = 9
      err_btcjob_submit_failed       = 10
      err_btcjob_close_failed        = 11
      others     = 12.
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          filename                = mc_filename
          filetype                = 'BIN'
     importing
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     tables
          data_tab                = mtab_pdf.
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     f_uname
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Hi all
I've been designing a web on Frontpage 2002, but that
program, although OKAY, is pretty lame. Is it at all possible to
use the html from my Frontpage site, paste it into Dreamweaver (at
which I am also a novice) and do fancy stuff with it using CSS? Are
there any tutorials for this sort of thing?
Thanks

Before doing anything else, take a couple of weeks to
gothrough the DW
tutorials, and also to study HTML and CSS. The more you know
about those,
the easier your transition will be. DW expects alot more from
you than FP
did, and as a result, you may find it much more frustrating
to have the raw
reality of web development staring you in the face rather
than the wizards
of FP.
> Is there a way to convert a Frontpage site into a
> Dreamweaver site
1. I'd define a Dreamweaver site that points to a location on
your hard
drive for the local site's root, and to the current FP site
on the web as
the remote site
2. I'd use Dreamweaver (if your host supports FTP
connections) to download
the remote site to the root of the site you just defined on
the hard drive.
This will pick up all the pages *after* webbot action so that
shared borders
and all are already present in the page HTML. This will also
pick up all of
the server scripting. Note - in the event that you are not
able to connect
using FTP since some FP hosts block that protocol, you will
have to use a
third party 'site copier' like Black Widow, QuadSucker, or
WebCopier, (or
even the DW extension called SiteAssist from WebAssist) to
connect and
download using http protocols. Doing it this way will *not*
retrieve any of
your server-script code, if any (unless you have used the
WebAssist
extension).
3. I'd create a DW template for the pages, that captures the
"shared
border"
effect you had in FP.
4. I'd copy and paste content from each FP pages to a new
template child
page and then save the new child page with an easily
identifiable
nomenclature that is distinct from what was used on the FP
site (since you
are saving the new child pages into the same local site as
the FP pages).
5. When the basic site is completed, I'd upload the new DW
pages to some
staging area/webspace, and by using the browser, I'd verify
that the site
(as it now exists remotely) is complete.
6. Then I'd create a *new* DW site in a new location on the
hard drive, and
connect to and download all the files from the staging site.
7. You can now delete the original FP site from your local
system if you
want.
You now have a complete site (minus any of the FP extension
server-side
code) that has no FP footprint.
If you have used any FP server extension functions on the
original FP site
(form processing, guestbooks, tables of contents, includes,
etc.), you will
have to recreate those functions in DW using 3rd party
scripts, or scripts
that you write yourself.
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
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> Hi all
>
> I've been designing a web on Frontpage 2002, but that
program, although
> OKAY,
> is pretty lame. Is it at all possible to use the html
from my Frontpage
> site,
> paste it into Dreamweaver (at which I am also a novice)
and do fancy stuff
> with
> it using CSS? Are there any tutorials for this sort of
thing?
> Thanks
>
>

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