Base a site on WordPress, for example, type followed by “wp” and the relevant hints for WordPress methods appear, narrowing as you type. All you need to do is point Dreamweaver to the folders containing your framework and hinting is set up accordingly. More impressive is Dreamweaver CS5’s new support for site-specific code hints, in particular for the big three open-source PHP-based content management systems: WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. The latter comes complete with a direct link to the PHP.net manual page. Core PHP code hinting has been dramatically improved, with on-the-fly parsing and filtering, support for objects, as well as functions and greater information in the Description pane. These not only follow modern best practice by including simplified selectors and starter code for menus, but are also full of helpful comments.ĭreamweaver’s choice of CSS layouts is available whether you’re creating static HTML-based pages or dynamic pages based on ASP, ColdFusion, JSP or PHP, but in this version there’s a distinct emphasis on PHP. When you’re ready to move on to the next stage – say, setting up a test server – Dreamweaver will prompt you for the additional information.ĭreamweaver CS5 has also overhauled its New Document command and it now includes a radically reworked range of CSS layouts. Previously, you had to jump through a number of hoops to define a site now, you need only set a name and directory to begin work. To stay relevant, the first thing Dreamweaver CS5 had to do was make it simpler to start designing websites, and it makes a good start. However, the nature of the web is always changing and, with the rise of server-based content management systems (CMS), there’s a real possibility that the desktop-based Dreamweaver may have had its day. Dreamweaver largely created the web as we know it, through its ability to create custom web pages and custom web applications.
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