Editing Wordpress HTML in DW, is it possible....?

Question

I just cant seem to find a way to edit the HTML of WP themes in HTML. The CSS is a doddle but the rest is not so easy.
I can find it only when I turn "inspect" on but doing this turns everything onto "live" and when this is on, nothing can be edited.
To be honest WP is more confusing than I thought. When you create a new page (from a layout included in the chosen theme), it doesnt seem to write it anywhere, therefore editing each individual page seems not possible, you can only edit the original template layout.
I might just stick to learning PHP and do it my own way for the search engine Im trying to build.

Answer 1

Hi Martin
Wordpress is the same as most open source 'complete' solutions, in that anything which cannot be changed from the default, (i.e. The location of the admin section or database connection info) is literally asking to be hacked, as anyone with malicious intentions will know exactly where to find this these just by downloading and examining the code.
Many people show examples of such systems and state that they would not be used unless they where secure, e.g. drupal being used for the White House blog, or wordpress being used by such as Sony corporation. What they do not say is that the white house blog is not connected to any other US Government computer network, or that the Sony blog has similar restrictions, or that they are behind industrial strength firewalls which are constantly monitored. The same applies to all the uses of such by the major organizations that are using such,  so in answer to your question - for a blog, yes, use one of these system, for anything requiring security such as e-commerce, "User Beware".
I could point to similar criticisms regarding the built-in server behaviours used in dreamweaver, the use of php with the standard mysql database connection and query code is outdated and no longer used or recommended by almost every developer who knows even the basics of secure coding practices regarding databases. If your chosen cms does not use php with mysqli or the php:pdo code, (many stand-alone open-source cms's do) then it is using old outdated/obsolete code, and even though the standard code has improved in the last few years, it will never be as secure as the two better alternatives.
Unfortunately saying that the problems with wordpress, (and other cms's) are related to the hosts php/database settings or trojans, in not a valid excuse, unless the installation and setting up of such is recommended only to be done by qualified persons, and very few web designers/developers are, let alone the large number of none professionals or amateurs that use them. One must also ask how many site owners have any say on the settings of the php installation or the database when they are using shared hosting, which accounts for over 85% of all site owners.
I could go on, but!!!
PZ