Mixing DreamWeaver created HTML pages with Concrete5 - can it be done and how.
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Hello all. Just got Concrete5 installed and ready to learn.
Working with a designer who likes the edibility ease and plug-able functionality. However, he wants to create HTML pages in DreamWeaver and use them on a Concrete5 site.
He uses Flash on his pages for navigation and affect.
Basically, he wants most of his site to be DreamWeaver created HTML with Flash but to incorporate some of the available add-ons like the Galleria Image Gallery.
Can this be done? Is there a better approach that will let him develop in DreamWeaver but post to the Concrete5 site?
Thanks all!!
Working with a designer who likes the edibility ease and plug-able functionality. However, he wants to create HTML pages in DreamWeaver and use them on a Concrete5 site.
He uses Flash on his pages for navigation and affect.
Basically, he wants most of his site to be DreamWeaver created HTML with Flash but to incorporate some of the available add-ons like the Galleria Image Gallery.
Can this be done? Is there a better approach that will let him develop in DreamWeaver but post to the Concrete5 site?
Thanks all!!
A possible solution may involve deploying the c5 site, creating a DW template from a blank page and pagetype default, and a copy/paste of the DW developed content, sans template.
This would give your designer the freedom to use DW tools while maintaining c5's proprietary structure.
It wouldn't be a perfect solution, but it would let you do things like use DW's page structure to create a flash nav placeholder for the purpose of visualization, while putting a similar autonav template on the site.
That way, when it comes to slicing and css layout and whatnot, you can take the same copy and paste approach to your theme.
The easy way to use flash is to give it an id and paramaterize it; you should be able to use the same swf to catch whatever label/link combo you need it to display - just remember to leave a decent placeholder so it can gracefully degrade.
Alternatively, you could integrate your c5 installation, db and all, with DW, but that would take some tools and a bit more than we have time for here.
This would give your designer the freedom to use DW tools while maintaining c5's proprietary structure.
It wouldn't be a perfect solution, but it would let you do things like use DW's page structure to create a flash nav placeholder for the purpose of visualization, while putting a similar autonav template on the site.
That way, when it comes to slicing and css layout and whatnot, you can take the same copy and paste approach to your theme.
The easy way to use flash is to give it an id and paramaterize it; you should be able to use the same swf to catch whatever label/link combo you need it to display - just remember to leave a decent placeholder so it can gracefully degrade.
Alternatively, you could integrate your c5 installation, db and all, with DW, but that would take some tools and a bit more than we have time for here.
I've used (Macromedia) Dreamweaver since version 4, now using CS6 and Coda2.
Working with DW is easy to produce decent code if done by hand.
Converting to C5 is just as easy.
Just err on caution with 'Flash', no good for IOS?
You can do nice things with HTML5 and CSS3 for navigation and effects.
Please DO NOT use DW 'Templates' with 'Editable Regions'.
Bottom line: DW is great if used properly, you can code and test locally with MAMP or XAMPP.
Go and have some fun
Steev
Working with DW is easy to produce decent code if done by hand.
Converting to C5 is just as easy.
Just err on caution with 'Flash', no good for IOS?
You can do nice things with HTML5 and CSS3 for navigation and effects.
Please DO NOT use DW 'Templates' with 'Editable Regions'.
Bottom line: DW is great if used properly, you can code and test locally with MAMP or XAMPP.
Go and have some fun
Steev
While Dreamweaver and Concrete5 are 2 different things, you may want to also check out the following links.
http://www.concrete5.org/community/forums/themes/suggestion-wanted-...
http://concrete5-japan.org/dreamweaver/en/...
Tim
http://www.concrete5.org/community/forums/themes/suggestion-wanted-...
http://concrete5-japan.org/dreamweaver/en/...
Tim
Hey Tim,
We're talking about now, not then!
They don't work anymore?
Anything older than six months is out of date!
DW and C5 WILL work if done properly...
We're talking about now, not then!
They don't work anymore?
Anything older than six months is out of date!
DW and C5 WILL work if done properly...
You're right, of course. I only mentioned it because the developer indicated he was considering updating it as of April this year. Or, since it's MIT, could someone take the code and do some of their own updating.
What was done was good.
You can create your own 'snippets'
You only have create as similar thing, then 'save as'.
You can create your own 'snippets'
You only have create as similar thing, then 'save as'.
Also, I would avoid using flash for your navigation, for 2 reasons: one being that I don't believe it would work too well with Concrete, and the second being that flash doesn't work on many mobile devices. It is best to stick t jquery / CSS navigation.
Anyway, there is a useful How-to on how to convert a theme (basic HTML templates) over to a working Concrete theme.
http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/designers/making-a-t...
I hope it helps.