Comments on: Using Dreamweaver for WordPress Design and Development http://serverpress.com/news/using-dreamweaver-for-wordpress-design-and-development/ Developer and Designer Solutions for WordPress Wed, 16 May 2012 21:01:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stephen Carroll http://serverpress.com/news/using-dreamweaver-for-wordpress-design-and-development/#comment-199 Stephen Carroll Wed, 16 May 2012 21:01:39 +0000 http://serverpress.com/?p=2537#comment-199 Hi Larry, Thank you for your feedback! Unfortunately synching databases isn't covered (good idea for a new product feature), but overwriting a database is easy. This isn't something one normally does (as it begs the question of WordPress as a CMS). It is helpful for re-launching a site, as most of our users are designers and content is best left to the CMS re-visioning features. Keep in mind that you'll be destroying any postings, comments, transactions (if you are running a eCommerce site), etc. when you overwrite the database. DesktopServer's Export feature scrubs (replaces URLs) in your PHP,XML,JavaScript *and* <strong>the database</strong>. Granted, the former is a convenience feature as one shouldn't hardcode URLs in their PHP files and should use the WordPress template tags instead (that makes syncing theme changes easy). In the export file, you'll find a database.sql file that contains a database dump of your local site. You can run this on your live server (remember to specify the real domain and TLD when exporting) using your host's phpMyAdmin utility. See step 3 in my post on <a href="http://serverpress.com/news/deploying-your-website-using-cpanel/" rel="nofollow">"Deploying Your Website Using cPanel"</a> for how to do this. Hi Larry,
Thank you for your feedback! Unfortunately synching databases isn’t covered (good idea for a new product feature), but overwriting a database is easy. This isn’t something one normally does (as it begs the question of WordPress as a CMS). It is helpful for re-launching a site, as most of our users are designers and content is best left to the CMS re-visioning features. Keep in mind that you’ll be destroying any postings, comments, transactions (if you are running a eCommerce site), etc. when you overwrite the database. DesktopServer’s Export feature scrubs (replaces URLs) in your PHP,XML,JavaScript *and* the database. Granted, the former is a convenience feature as one shouldn’t hardcode URLs in their PHP files and should use the WordPress template tags instead (that makes syncing theme changes easy).

In the export file, you’ll find a database.sql file that contains a database dump of your local site. You can run this on your live server (remember to specify the real domain and TLD when exporting) using your host’s phpMyAdmin utility. See step 3 in my post on “Deploying Your Website Using cPanel” for how to do this.

]]> By: LarryTartisel http://serverpress.com/news/using-dreamweaver-for-wordpress-design-and-development/#comment-197 LarryTartisel Wed, 16 May 2012 19:14:54 +0000 http://serverpress.com/?p=2537#comment-197 Hi Stephen, Really... this is an excellent product! Thank you for working so hard on it. I have a question that I haven't been able to find the answer to yet. I would like to develop a site locally on my computer using desktop server and Dreamweaver cs5. I am doing this part of it fine, then uploading the site and DB to the live server (or sometimes dev server for my customers to preview and proof). Here's the question: I can sync a local site with a dev site online for the theme files, but not for the DB. I would like to work locally and post changes occasionally to my dev server online. I set up DW to sync the files online with my .dev site, but I have to manually export the DB, then perform and Find and Replace, then import the DB online. Do you know of any way that I could sync my .dev local DB with my online development server's DB? Hi Stephen, Really… this is an excellent product! Thank you for working so hard on it.
I have a question that I haven’t been able to find the answer to yet. I would like to develop a site locally on my computer using desktop server and Dreamweaver cs5. I am doing this part of it fine, then uploading the site and DB to the live server (or sometimes dev server for my customers to preview and proof).

Here’s the question: I can sync a local site with a dev site online for the theme files, but not for the DB. I would like to work locally and post changes occasionally to my dev server online. I set up DW to sync the files online with my .dev site, but I have to manually export the DB, then perform and Find and Replace, then import the DB online.

Do you know of any way that I could sync my .dev local DB with my online development server’s DB?

]]> By: Stephen Carroll http://serverpress.com/news/using-dreamweaver-for-wordpress-design-and-development/#comment-182 Stephen Carroll Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:56:22 +0000 http://serverpress.com/?p=2537#comment-182 Hello Weform, Thank you for writing! The affiliate program is in the works. A delay due to the pending WordPress 3.4 and enhanced multilingual support has placed the affiliate program on the back burner. As a registered user, you'll be notified as soon as it goes live. Thank you for your feedback! Hello Weform,
Thank you for writing! The affiliate program is in the works. A delay due to the pending WordPress 3.4 and enhanced multilingual support has placed the affiliate program on the back burner. As a registered user, you’ll be notified as soon as it goes live. Thank you for your feedback!

]]> By: weform http://serverpress.com/news/using-dreamweaver-for-wordpress-design-and-development/#comment-181 weform Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:52:18 +0000 http://serverpress.com/?p=2537#comment-181 Man am I a happy camper. You really took a lot of the leg work out of my workflow. You mentioned that you're not a marketer, are you considering some kind of affiliate program. I'm a (mostly SaaS) VAR and just can't really imagine being able to really help my design customers without suggesting ServerPress/Dreamweaver. Man am I a happy camper. You really took a lot of the leg work out of my workflow. You mentioned that you’re not a marketer, are you considering some kind of affiliate program. I’m a (mostly SaaS) VAR and just can’t really imagine being able to really help my design customers without suggesting ServerPress/Dreamweaver.

]]> By: Stephen Carroll http://serverpress.com/news/using-dreamweaver-for-wordpress-design-and-development/#comment-176 Stephen Carroll Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:13:28 +0000 http://serverpress.com/?p=2537#comment-176 Hello Virginia, Please use the free public forum: <a href="http://serverpress.com/topic/getting-started-step-8/" rel="nofollow">http://serverpress.com/topic/getting-started-step-8/</a> Muchas gracias! Hello Virginia,
Please use the free public forum: http://serverpress.com/topic/getting-started-step-8/

Muchas gracias!

]]> By: Virginia http://serverpress.com/news/using-dreamweaver-for-wordpress-design-and-development/#comment-175 Virginia Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:08:13 +0000 http://serverpress.com/?p=2537#comment-175 Hello, I just settle DescktopServer (free) as indicated in the URL "http://serverpress.com/news/getting-started-with-desktopserver/" and when I reach the point 8 'by clicking the hyperlink "not working. Browser opens and tells me that the link is broken. Currently working with WP from my server, ie I make changes live as I have WP installed on the server, and if I had to play some document the issue, I came down FTP, modified it, saved it and went right back up . Could it have something to do with me not working so I just installed? Or do I have to install the paid version? PS: I apologize for any errors, do not speak English and I use the google translator :) thanks Virginia Hello, I just settle DescktopServer (free) as indicated in the URL “http://serverpress.com/news/getting-started-with-desktopserver/” and when I reach the point 8 ‘by clicking the hyperlink “not working. Browser opens and tells me that the link is broken.
Currently working with WP from my server, ie I make changes live as I have WP installed on the server, and if I had to play some document the issue, I came down FTP, modified it, saved it and went right back up . Could it have something to do with me not working so I just installed? Or do I have to install the paid version?

PS: I apologize for any errors, do not speak English and I use the google translator :)

thanks
Virginia

]]> By: Stephen Carroll http://serverpress.com/news/using-dreamweaver-for-wordpress-design-and-development/#comment-143 Stephen Carroll Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:35:41 +0000 http://serverpress.com/?p=2537#comment-143 Are you running the Premium version and have the "Enable Dreamweaver" checkbox checked? For additional support, please post in the Dreamweaver support forum and be sure to include your OS (Vista, Lion?) at http://serverpress.com/forum/premium-support/dreamweaver-support/ Thanks! Are you running the Premium version and have the “Enable Dreamweaver” checkbox checked? For additional support, please post in the Dreamweaver support forum and be sure to include your OS (Vista, Lion?) at http://serverpress.com/forum/premium-support/dreamweaver-support/

Thanks!

]]> By: garnhamdesign http://serverpress.com/news/using-dreamweaver-for-wordpress-design-and-development/#comment-142 garnhamdesign Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:28:16 +0000 http://serverpress.com/?p=2537#comment-142 I must be doing something wrong, because it looks no different than if I were to open my file while not running the program. It's a white background with a list of php icons and broken images. Is that the best I'll get? I must be doing something wrong, because it looks no different than if I were to open my file while not running the program. It’s a white background with a list of php icons and broken images. Is that the best I’ll get?

]]> By: Stephen Carroll http://serverpress.com/news/using-dreamweaver-for-wordpress-design-and-development/#comment-141 Stephen Carroll Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:18:17 +0000 http://serverpress.com/?p=2537#comment-141 Hi Sean, as the article says "Although DesktopServer’s extended features will also work with Dreamweaver CS3′s older, dated embedded browser (aka Live Data mode)", your experience will be poor at best. The embedded browser in CS3 is using an engine that is closer to Netscape 3.0. Thats over 16 years old! The newer versions of Dreamweaver leverage the webkit engine for an experience closer to Chrome/Webkit/iOS/Android. Hi Sean, as the article says “Although DesktopServer’s extended features will also work with Dreamweaver CS3′s older, dated embedded browser (aka Live Data mode)”, your experience will be poor at best. The embedded browser in CS3 is using an engine that is closer to Netscape 3.0. Thats over 16 years old! The newer versions of Dreamweaver leverage the webkit engine for an experience closer to Chrome/Webkit/iOS/Android.

]]> By: garnhamdesign http://serverpress.com/news/using-dreamweaver-for-wordpress-design-and-development/#comment-140 garnhamdesign Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:04:13 +0000 http://serverpress.com/?p=2537#comment-140 A newer version of DW is high on my priority list, but until then, I am still using CS3, and it doesn't seem to be rendering my files. Is there a way to use this with CS3? This would save me a lot of time. A newer version of DW is high on my priority list, but until then, I am still using CS3, and it doesn’t seem to be rendering my files. Is there a way to use this with CS3? This would save me a lot of time.

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