Adding File Extensions - Dreamweaver

I am having trouble adding support for a couple of extensions. I have successfully done this before (with different extensions and an earlier version of DW), by editing Extensions.txt and MMDocumentTypes.xml but this doesnt appear to be working for me this time.
I did try chat support, who sent me to telephone support, who left me on hold.. so hoping someone can help me here.

This tutorial was written by Greg Rewis for SASS and LESS (CSS). But the basic procedure should work for any extension you're trying to add.
http://blog.assortedgarbage.com/2012/03/using-dreamweaver-with-sass-and-less/
Nancy O.

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I have an archive of over 15,000 images, all TIFF, JPEG and Photoshop images. None of them have file extensions. They were saved back when Mac did not use extensions. Now they will not open if I just double click on them... I must add the correct extension, then it opens fine.
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I have a whole lot of very old graphic files, and thought I would try Kappy's recommendation of Renamer4Mac, combined with a Spotlight search to see how speedily one could add extensions. So did a Spotlight search on a backup folder that contains many and varied sub-folders containing many and various images. To get the old pict files I hit command-F from the top level folder, selected that folder (WHY does search have "This Mac" as the default???), and for Kind I selected Other and typed:
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Adding file extensions

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_16410&sliceId=2
The technote listed here does a good job of explaining how to
add a new file type to Dreamweaver so that it will open the file
and also render in Design mode... but, I can't seem to drag and
drop the file onto the DW icon to open it. (I can do this with
GoLive which I'm switching from). Does someone know of a technote
or answer to this dilemma? This would be a huge time-saver for me.
TIA

This tutorial was written by Greg Rewis for SASS and LESS (CSS). But the basic procedure should work for any extension you're trying to add.
http://blog.assortedgarbage.com/2012/03/using-dreamweaver-with-sass-and-less/
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Here is the solution that worked for me:
On a Mac:
1. Edit the /Users/YOUR USER/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS5.5/en_US/Configuration/DocumentTypes/MMDocumetTypes.xml
Note: the Adobe instructions tell you to edit /Applications/Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5/Configuration/DocumentTypes/MMDocumetTypes.xml (Editing this file didn't do anything for me, so you need to change the file above instead)
Find,
<documenttype id="JSP" servermodel="JSP" internaltype="Dynamic" winfileextension="jsp,jst" macfileextension="jsp,jst" file="Default.jsp" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/html">
Replace with,
<documenttype id="JSP" servermodel="JSP" internaltype="Dynamic" winfileextension="jsp,jst,jspf" macfileextension="jsp,jst,jspf" file="Default.jsp" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/html">
2. Edit the /Users/YOUR USER/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS5.5/en_US/Configuration/Extensions.txt
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HTM,HTML,SHTM,SHTML,HTA,HTC,XHTML,STM,SSI,JS,JSON,AS,ASC,ASR,XML,XSL,XSD,DTD,XSLT,RSS,RDF, LBI,DWT,ASP,ASA,ASPX,ASCX,ASMX,CONFIG,CS,CSS,CFM,CFML,CFC,TLD,TXT,PHP,PHP3,PHP4,PHP5,PHP-D IST,PHTML,JSP,JSPF,WML,TPL,LASSO,JSF,VB,VBS,VTM,VTML,INC,SQL,JAVA,EDML,MASTER,INFO,INSTALL,THEME,CONFIG,MODU LE,PROFILE,ENGINE,SVG:All
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I don't seem to have a user Library folder, my only Library folder is on the same level as my Users folder.
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I'm trying to get DW to recognize the following file
extensions as HTML: .pt, .zpt, and no extension.
I tried to follow the instructions in the article "Changing
and adding file extensions recognized by Dreamweaver MX": I entered
the two extensions in all caps in the :All documents and :HTML
documents lists in Extensions.txt. And (just as a guess) I tried
entering two successive commas, hoping they would be interpreted as
"no extension".
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Editing the one under "\Documents and Settings" rather than the one
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Hi Ron,
as far as i know with regard to xht as a web standard, the xht file extension is used the same as the xhtml file extension (which is also my understanding for the use of htm and html).
w3c has a specific validator for XHTML 1.1 documents. there is a link from pages on my web site at http://www.enhanceability.com/0.xht (near bottom of the page).
i don't know how widespread support is for xht as XHTML (HTML) among the various browsers and apps and networks, however I can browse such pages with near lightning speed with Safari, Firefox, and some other browsers.
i just noticed that although Safari 5.0 renders an XHTML page with an xht file extension, when I try to save the page as page source it enforces the xhtml file extension, without allowing the xht file extension. (however i can rename with xht in the finder)
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Applications/Adobe Dreamweaver CS5/Configuration/DocumentTypes/MMDocumentTypes.xml
and
MyUser/Library/ApplicationSupport/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS5/en_US/Configuration/Extensions.txt
it was simple to add XHT after XHTML in the HTML documents lists, yet there must be a better way.
Yes, I am familiar with XHTML. I followed the link that you provided to here:
http://www.enhanceability.com/dev/0.xht
Which has a link to this page:
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/2008/ED-xhtmlmime-20080618/
I think you have misinterpretted that information. I do not see anywhere on the W3C page that recommends using .xhtml or .xht file extensions.
I also found this FAQ that explains my understanding about XHTML documents:
http://www.webheadstart.org/xhtml/faq/index.html
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Regards,
Randy

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files with non-standard extensions. Namely, I have some text files
that have a .cm extension, and I have some code files which have no
extension at all. I am connecting to my file store via an FTP
"site" set up in Dreamweaver.
Under preferences->filetypes/editors, I set up ". .cm" for
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The files open just fine, and I'm able to edit and save them,
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This TechNote explains how to add file extensions to be
recognized by DW.
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_16410
Unfortunately, DW does not handle file with no file extension
very well.
HTH,
Randy
> So, I'm working on a project that requires me to work on
some files with
> non-standard extensions. Namely, I have some text files
that have a .cm
> extension, and I have some code files which have no
extension at all.

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