edoplaza Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Hello, I use Dreamweaver, and most of the time, I work with template pages. However, when inserting some php and other scripts (a Flash video, for instance), the template page code gives me a hard time. Do you recommend the use of template pages or not? Is there another safe way to build sites with repeating codes? I feel more and more that these Dreamweaver ?useful? features are not that useful... Regards, Eduardo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtual Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 There is nothing better than hand coding your HTML and CSS, that way you know exactly what is happening and where, sometimes not quite why depending on which browser you're testing in . I certainly would not recommend using DW to write code. I use Dreamweaver, but only in code view and I write my own code. I use it because there are some features like snippets (my own of course) which is great for repeating both HTML and CSS code, colour coding, find and replace, ease of preview in different browsers, and keeping all the codes, files and upload info in one place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PicnicTutorials Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 As you've noticed, templates can cause problems. For repeating sections, you'll want to use SSI's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuCoder Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 You are better off learning code and hand coding your sites. I only use DW to view my code markup (Live Code) and to use the feature Live View to see my work as opposed to saving an HTML editor and going back and forth (Not only that - but can test in all browsers with a click of a button). IMO - honestly - it is quicker to hand code code in DW as opposed to copy, paste or insert this and that. Not only that - but have you seen the mess DW leaves in their coding (this comes the term What You See Is What You Get) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edoplaza Posted September 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Thanks for your answers! Also, I am looking for a tutorial on how to create the accordion effect shown in this page (upcoming events, right side): http://ww w.mus.cmich.edu/ Is that JS? CSS? Also, once I have the accordion, is it possible to add and update information inside using php? Thank you very much, Eduardo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edoplaza Posted September 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 I think I found it, it's something called mootools Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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