<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I use Dreamweaver not because I don't know the code. The problem I have is that if I set up or stand for more than five minutes I loose the feeling in my legs. My back and head aches from my injuries. And I have to inform you but you can create templates based off of XHTML and CSS in a WYSIWYG. Most problems I have with writing templates in a WYSIWYG web coder is the CMS is not as pliable as needed and not the other way around. So far Drupal is the best for me. My site <A href="http://www.apokotos.com">http://www.apokotos.com</A> is not finished but it was created on my own and in GoLive and it is a Drupal PHP Template Theme. Controlled by divs and css. Anything else that is not up to spec comes from a module or Drupal itself.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Aug 7, 2007, at 5:18 PM, Eric Lawrence wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">A Dreamweaver extension could serve the purpose of luring people in the right direction. I was the typical designer who started out with the Dreamweaver crutch before I discovered the joys of xhtml/css . Most people that use Dreamweaver use it because they don't know any better and you can't really change that until they sink their teeth into a project and find out that it is really holding them back. <BR><BR>I explored Mambo/Joomla! before Drupal back in the day because it did have a Dreamweaver extension and that made me feel like I was on familiar ground. I've seen other designers do the same for similar reasons. In the end the extension would not be that useful but I see valuable PR opportunity. <BR><BR>The perceived value of the extension would be transferring the wysiwyg power of Dreamweaver to Drupal theming but the true value would be it's role as a a helper tool/ or visual quick-start to visually understand the components of what makes a theme in Drupal. <BR><BR>eric<BR><BR><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><A href="http://www.mambosolutions.com/dw_tutorial/#dw_extension">http://www.mambosolutions.com/dw_tutorial/#dw_extension </A><BR><BR>Further up in the thread I alluded to the idea that many people chose Joomla<BR>because it had a Dreamweaver extension. For an advanced user like yourself<BR>this extension will probably not be helpful. The question is could it pull <BR>the next level of design talent towards Drupal?<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR>Kieran<BR><BR><BR>On Aug 7, 2007, at 2:32 PM, Kieran Lal wrote:<BR><BR>> Further up in the thread I alluded to the idea that many people<BR>> chose Joomla because it had a Dreamweaver extension. For an <BR>> advanced user like yourself this extension will probably not be<BR>> helpful. The question is could it pull the next level of design<BR>> talent towards Drupal?<BR><BR><BR>I largely agree with Laura (that Dreamweaver is useless), but there <BR>is non-trivial learning curve for dealing with phptemplate, and<BR>creating a drupal theme. If work towards this extension would<BR>flatten that learning curve I think it's a positive step. Needing a<BR>button to insert <?php print $primary_links ?> into your template, <BR>and knowing that $primary_links even exists are separate issues. I'm<BR>much more interested in solving the latter ;)<BR><BR>blake hall<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">themes mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:themes@drupal.org">themes@drupal.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/themes">http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/themes</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>