Edit websites in dreamweaver

can anyone tell me how to use dreamweaver to edit websites that are not made in dreamweaver??....plz help.....

Dreamweaver works on local files. To edit any website (even those not made in DW - after all, it's all HTML), you would first need to have a DW site defined with a local root folder, then you'd need to get the files (and their dependent files) into that local root folder, and finally you can then edit those files using DW. Ordinarily, this requires some FTP connection to the remote site so that you can not only GET the remote files but also PUT them back once you have edited them. Dreamweaver has the ability to do this - when you define your site you also specify the FTP connection details.
I suggest you also use DW's F1 Help to read about defining a site.

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If you want to create a DW site from existing files on your desktop...
Site > New Site
Give it a name and http address (if you have one)
Next
Next
Select Edit Local Copies...
Browse to the folder your local files are in (or to the folder you want to download your files to)
Next
Set your FTP info
Next
Done
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Editing text in Dreamweaver CS4 on Mac 10.6.2 causes paragraph ends to disapear

Editing text in Dreamweaver CS4 on Mac 10.6.2 causes paragraph ends to disappear.
When adding bold in design view (strong) to two words at the start of my paragraph the last line of the paragraph disappears. This is somewhat worrying as it means any editing I do in dreamweaver could do massive amounts of damage to the content.
We are pasting the original content into the code view so as to strip the formating Dreamweaver then decides to take the last line break in the source code paragraph and then delete it see example below:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean dignissim nisi id risus varius ut scelerisque massa consectetur. Vestibulum non tortor augue, sit amet dictum lacus. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Curabitur ultrices felis et dui tincidunt sit amet tristique est pulvinar. Nulla a lectus quis erat ornare ultricies. Sed ac elementum magna. Nulla aliquet accumsan nulla. In dictum accumsan tortor eget consequat. Suspendisse potenti. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc et orci eu augue condimentum sodales quis id mauris. Nam enim nisi, convallis eu volutpat non, malesuada quis nulla. Sed auctor nulla et tellus vehicula lacinia interdum odio lobortis vehicula lacinia interdum odio.
So when applying Strong with the Bold button in the design view to the first words 'Lorem ipsum' the last part of the paragraph 'lobortis vehicula lacinia interdum odio' will be deleted. Bizare and very dangerous especially for Annual Report content.
Any experience of similar or solutions would be greatly received.
PS. I have restarted, repaired permissions, checked dreamweaver is up to date trashed plist's and removed duplicate fonts.

Mac+Win=Me wrote:
It could be a problem in the templates.
In all honesty, I just tried pasting text into the Design section of a page.
It doesn't even work on my Mac, and it took three tries to get it to actually paste in VIsta.
I had to go to the code and reformat it after it did paste, but it eventually went.
I don't work with templates much.
Well, that actually makes me feel a little better, if it makes sense to feel better to learn that it could be the expensive software and not just us. I guess I will view this as an opportunity to improve me coding speed :-) Thanks for the feedback.

I am looking for assistence how to import an existing website in Dreamweaver CS4

I need help to import an existing website in Dreamweaver CS4

Only have one Dreamweaver CS4 installed, trying to get my DW CS4 disk I
bought installed on computer (done) I only need to figure out how to link
my website to the DW CS4 on my second computer.
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Subject: i am looking for assistence how to import an existing
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>> I do not know where the site files are. They are on my initial Mac laptop
>> computer, and I use Hostway as my server.
Do you mean you lost your local copy of your site files from on an old
computer?
Log-in to your Remote Server and GET the site files using DW or your favorite
FTP application (Cute, Filezilla, WS_ftp, etc....)
>> But I was distinctly told my the call yesterday with Adobe that I must have
>> CS5 to get my website, www.francescaferrari.com with Dreamweaver on my
>> second computer.
Which version of DW did you have before?
How many installations of DW did you have? You can have up to 2 at a time.
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Please help! adding a search to website with Dreamweaver

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Hi all. i need some help. Im in the process of creating my
website on Dreamweaver CS3. I would like to have a "search" option
on my site.....
I will explain my situation.....stay with me!.......
My website is basically a dating website. So, i need a sercg
function so members can SEARCH for people in there area...
Heres an example. of the search I need....
LOOKING FOR -- MALE OR FEMALE (select box for male or female)
AREA - North West, north east, midlands, etc etc (drop down
box)
PROXIMITY - 5mile, 10 mile, 25 mile etc (drop down box)
AGE - 18-25, 25-30, 30-45 etc (drop down box)
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about...i hope..... I KNOW how to set the table up for the above
(using the FORMS tab on dreameaver)
What I do need to know is - How do i program my website to
return the correct results.
example...... Mr. Smith is looking for a women, within 5miles
of his postcode. he clicks search....HOW DO I GET THE WEBSITE TO
RETURN HIS REQUESTS. Do i need to buy some sort of software???
Hope you can help!!!!
Jemma xxxxxxxxxx

I'm afraid that in order to get reasonable search results for
a dating type service, you are going need to do some programming.
This means that along with solid html and css, you need to be adept
at server side script programming and SQL programming. Have you
already create the database? What kind of database design
experience do you have? Seems like you are building a rather
complex site and without the proper skills you will be facing a
rather steep learning curve. You may want to think about hiring an
experienced programmer if you want to get a quality site going in a
reasonable amount of time.
I don't know of any off-the-shelf packages out there that may
exist for a dating type service so you may want to search around a
bit.

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I started out designing my website in dreamweaver but then switched to Microsoft Expression. After working with ME for a while, I want to go back to dreamweaver. For some reason, the code does not load up properly in dreamweaver when doing the split or design view. What could cause this? It is almost like the tables are not filling our or being displayed. If you want to try doing a view source on my site or something, here is a link.http://www.jewelryboxavenue.com/
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I did the convert, but it did nothing. Still hav 231 error. Is it becuase it was already transitional?
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</tr>
<tr>
</td>
<td>
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Can we design professional PHP websites in Dreamweaver CS6 ?

Can we design professional PHP websites in Dreamweaver CS6 ?

Dreamweaver is not a professional PHP IDE (integrated development environment). As such, it lacks PHP debugging capabilities and other features that a nice IDE has.
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A lot depends on what exactly you mean by "professional PHP website" and what your programming skill level is. The fact that you are asking this question tells me that your coding skills must not be great, because if they were, you would not need to ask this question. Dreamweaver is a much "friendlier" environment than a PHP IDE. You might find a PHP IDE like ZEND Studio to be overwhelming, in which case Dreamweaver would be your better choice.

Adding dynamic images to your website using Dreamweaver

Hi
I've been working on a website which has been in use by public for some months now.
I recently wanted to add a simple product catelogue. I can do this just by creating my database connection and using the recordsets.
However I wanted to add an image thumbnail to each product record.
I found the above topic in the Adobe Help 'Adding dynamic images to your website using Dreamweaver'
What I really would like to know is what exactly is put in the image_location field of the table, how is this field populated and then how to view the picture.
I have tried, as per instructions, but the picture is not showing.
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If anyone can shed some light then that would be really appreciated.
Many thanks liz

komrad78 wrote:
> I'd like to know how do you add background music to a
website using
> dreamweaver CS3?
> I'm using dreamweaver CS3 to create a website for my
church (they
> already have a domain) and I'm trying to figure out how
to add
> background music.
>
> Also, is there a way for me to add a music player or
something to the
> page that starts playing when they enter the site and
let's you pick
> different songs from it?
>
> And lastly, if I just embed a song or whatever it is as
the
> background music, can I make it loop or play a different
song
> afterwards?
As most anyone else will say, so I will say; *please don't
start it
automatically!*
Playing music on a site is fine, but making it play
automatically when you
go to the site will alienate lots of people; especially those
having a quick
web surf at work or who have other music on whilst they're
working.
But back to your question; have a look at the XSPF music
player
http://musicplayer.sourceforge.net/).
It comes in different visual versions
(can modify it with a bit of Flash knowledge), allows you to
select
different songs or just leave it looping, or you can just
loop one song. And
yes, you can make it start automatically.
See
http://www.blastoffmusic.org
for an example of a christian site where it
is used (on the inside pages)
HTH,
Pete.
Peter Connolly
http://www.kpdirection.com
Utah

Launch and edit problem from Dreamweaver to Fireworks

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Not sure if this is a Fireworks or Dreamweaver problem but
here goes.
I¹ve created a graphic in Fireworks CS3 on the Mac and
Exported the HTML and
related images. I open the HTML file in Dreamweaver CS3, all
fine so far.
Then I highlight the table and click the Edit in
Fireworks¹ button and it
throws up a warning dialogue saying Cannot launch and
edit. The Fireworks
table could not be found in the HTML. Please export from
Fireworks and
re-import the HTML into Dreamweaver.¹
What?!!
I¹ve only just exported it from Fireworks! It¹s
even got the Fireworks table
code in the Code section, so what¹s going here?
Has anyone else had this?
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When you export the sliced graphics from Fireworks it places
them into a
table. In my instance the code says...

So it recognises Fireworks was the the graphics app and jumps
back to it
when you want to edit the image. Fireworks then displays (or
should) a
Done¹ button over the window. You do your alts and
press Done to update the
HTML and graphics back in Dreamweaver automatically.
That¹s the only table I was referring to Murray.
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Build a BC Template from a custom website in Dreamweaver

Hi There!
How do I build a BC Template from a custom website in Dreamweaver.
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Have changed the "Index" of my website in Dreamweaver and followed the "Put" instructions to upload it back to the "Remote Server," but when I go onto the web to check it, the main (Index) page has not changed. Help!

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I built a 800 x 600 website in Dreamweaver. I now want it 1024 x 768. Can that be done without rebuilding the website?

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     width: 228px;
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How to easily layout a website in Dreamweaver???

I am having trouble laying out my website in dreamweaver. I have tried first using fireworks then importing to dreamweaver but it only imports as an image and I have also tried the table-ing method. To be honest, I'm a beginner and I don't know how to work with codes. I did work with them a few years back but I cannot recall how to use them. Can someone please help me find a simple way to layout my website with flexibility or at least more flexi that dreamweaver initially provides.
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I am really in need of help. After viewing several tutorials for creating websites in Dreamweaver and even registering for a paid subscription to lynda.com and viewing those tutorials, I am still unable to create a website using Dreamweaver. I think that it has something to do with my PC. When ever I try to create a new folder, my computer will not allow me to. I am frustrated about it and I dont know what to do. Someone please help. I am using Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5 on a Gateway PC. Again please help!

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