[themes] Dreamweaver Cheese

[Peter Apokotos]

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 http://www.apokotos.com 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.


On Aug 7, 2007, at 5:18 PM, Eric Lawrence wrote:

> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> eric
>
> http://www.mambosolutions.com/dw_tutorial/#dw_extension
>
> Further up in the thread I alluded to the idea that many people  
> chose Joomla
> because it had a Dreamweaver extension.  For an advanced user like  
> yourself
> this extension will probably not be helpful.  The question is could  
> it pull
> the next level of design talent towards Drupal?
>
> Cheers,
> Kieran
>
>
> On Aug 7, 2007, at 2:32 PM, Kieran Lal wrote:
>
> > Further up in the thread I alluded to the idea that many people
> > chose Joomla because it had a Dreamweaver extension.  For an
> > advanced user like yourself this extension will probably not be
> > helpful.  The question is could it pull the next level of design
> > talent towards Drupal?
>
>
> I largely agree with Laura (that Dreamweaver is useless), but there
> is non-trivial learning curve for dealing with phptemplate, and
> creating a drupal theme.  If work towards this extension would
> flatten that learning curve I think it's a positive step. Needing a
> button to insert <?php print $primary_links ?> into your template,
> and knowing that $primary_links even exists are separate issues.  I'm
> much more interested in solving the latter ;)
>
> blake hall
>
>
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