Newbie: Edit Drupal site in Dreamweaver?

Hi,
I've got a trial version of Dreamweaver and I'm attempting to
use it with a Drupal site but not having any luck so far. I've
downloaded and installed the Drupal extension for Dreamweaver,
Dreamweaver will connect to the site via FTP and download the site
to my local machine, but I cannot figure out how to open the main
page and start editing it. I just have a directory with 14 folders
in it, no recognizable "index.html" file that opens with the page
on it, and the index.php file just shows up blank in Dreamweaver.
If someone who knows can please point me at the file I should be
opening in Dreamweaver I'd much appreciate it.

> but I cannot figure out how to open
> the main page and start editing it.
Read the instructions on the drupal site or elsewhere on how
to modify or
customize the "template" system they use.
You cannot edit the actual pages of a drupal CMS in
dreamweaver- it is all
php and included files and database calls. The "pages" you
see in the site
don't exist anywhere, they are assembled on the fly by the
drupal scripting.
Alan
Adobe Community Expert, dreamweaver
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t259 wrote:
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> Yes,what to insert at manage site > edit >
advanced > remote info > Host
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>
> I try upload [with: ftp host:ftp://www.polis-land.com
& Host
> directory:/dialup/ =thenewfolder]but shows error [when
press test at
> advanced >
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>
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> be found.
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>

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>>I have rebooted many times. Actually, I am the only
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>> was a
>> corruption issue with sites tied to my regular
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