You can use any tool to build your site. I build all mine in BBEdit, style it with CSSEdit and then take out all the greeked filler and replace with standard concrete5 block code. Just use the folder structure required and it will work flawlessly, with tweeks to the css if needed.
Steve

This is a little help for you.

http://concrete5-japan.org/dreamweaver/en/...

You still need to know the basics of HTML & CSS coding. And the basic of how to convert HTML site to concrete5 theme.

As long as you can "read" HTML a little bit... it will save your time.

I am just not really understanding how to exactly add them to the template and then upload it to my site.

Hello. I have looked extensively for directions on setting up a concrete 5 site in Dreamweaver CS5 and have not been able to find the answer. I need detailed instructions on how to install and set up a site with the database connected using xampp. I have tried everything I can on my own and cannot seem to get it to work. Do you happen to know where I can find this information?

Thank you.

Jeff Sullivan

I'm a beginner with Concrete5, but experienced with Dreamweaver/Fireworks.

My workflow goes like this:

1) proof to client using Fireworks (x3 options)
2) build approved concept in Dreamwever using css
(use two css files - main.css for layout and typography.css
for type styles - which will then show up in Concret5's editor)
3) get client approval & then convert to php theme for concrete5
(instructions herehttp://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/designers/make-a-the... andhttp://www.concrete5.org/community/forums/themes/simple-guild-to-bu... (click on green paper clip icon to download pdf icon)

4) suggestion of using cssedit to tweak css is well worth trying - I know I will.

Cheers

Thank you. My big problem is that I want to edit my css and files in Dreamweaver and I cannot even get a concrete site to work in Dreamweaver. I am looking for step by step instructions on how to install and set up a site to modify and test in Dreamweaver and I cannot figure it out. I have tried everything and have come close a couple times, but still no luck.

Are you using Windows or Mac?

For Mac, use MAMP + custom installation
For Windows, you can use Web Platform Installer

MAMP
http://stiern.com/tutorials/installing-concrete5-locally-on-mac-os-...

I need more people' assistance since I don't use Windows

Windows
http://www.microsoft.com/web/gallery/concrete5.aspx...
(Where is the installed folder for this?)

Anyway, then register

Mac
/Application/MAMP/htdocs/

or Windows directory to Dreamweaver. Then you can build the test environment.

Hi there - thanks for replying sully210 and katz515.

I am working on a Mac using MAMP Pro to install the hosting environment (which simplifies the setup of multiple sites for different website projects/clients). Hosting details can be copied from MAMP Pro's startup webpage for your Concrete5 install.

I then return to Dreamweaver and setup a project definition and a testing server, followed by creating a theme folder, into which I put my approved html with css etc.

This allows me to proof my html pages from dreamweaver, but when I turn them into PHP docs, I can no longer use roundtrip preview (get access denied from concrete). Once I have added the php code to my css links, dreamweaver's css panel only shows the link text, not the css styles. Hence CSSEdit being a good suggestion for tweaking of php theme files in Concrete5.

I would like to do more in dreamweaver, but there seems to be a point after which one has to manually jump from file to file, loosing dreamweave's wisiwig previews (via roundtrip).

Is there a better way?

Hi markonedesign, I don't know if you got this all figured out and I assume that maybe you have since it's a year later. When you hit DWs live preview try redirecting to "localhost" just like you would if were to preview in a browser.

I personally use Espresso (also from the folks @ MacRabbit) and even previewing a php file in there you have to route the in-tool browser to localhost so that the database and php files can be viewed properly.

Hope you got it all worked out.

Thanks for the tip - I will try it ASAP! Cheers


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Fantastic first video, not done any of it yet but you make it look easy to follow.

Question 1. why remove the extension from computer when finished.?

Also not looked at any other video's that you have on your linked site so wanted to ask:

Question 2. are there any follow-up video's to show editing of the other elements - Footer, Header, body, main background image inserting.

Question 3.
Any video for page widths and lengths for background images for instance a non repeating image, how big to make it full screen.

Thanks,

I have created a HTML template and used CSS to call in the images and located them within my template I have also used CSS to set fonts and positioning of text area locations. Is it still possible to take your snippets example and create the concrete5 template.

You can try this YouTube Video Tutorial.

http://youtu.be/F2C9cqEff3k

This guy does a very good job at explaining the basics...from start to finish.

Enjoy!