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Updating a Pre-existing site on Dreamweaver CS4?
PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:00 pm
by That Dude
I just got Dreamweaver CS4 for the mac and haven't yet figured it out so I need a little help. Can somebody show me how to update a pre-existing php site from CS4?
PostPosted: Tue May 05, 2009 6:50 pm
by Maokun
This is also relevant to my interests because I'm exactly in the same position.
PostPosted: Wed May 06, 2009 4:32 am
by SnoringFrog
It would kinda depend on how the site is hosted (the site I work with is weird, and a pain, and would require a completely different process than what I'm about to tell you), but shouldn't you just have to download the .php files off of your site and then open them up in Dreamweaver?
I haven't used Dreamweaver itself, but from my experience with Adobe GoLive, it never really seemed to like php much. It would still work with the page and highlight code syntax and such, but in the "preview" mode the php ends up being ignored because there's no server to run it through.
PostPosted: Wed May 06, 2009 1:12 pm
by That Dude
Yeah I'm still having troubles in this area...I think that it's some problem with my old mac I'm working on. Some sort of problem with the OS I'm guessing.
PostPosted: Wed May 06, 2009 3:22 pm
by SnoringFrog
Can you not get to the .php files to download them?
PostPosted: Wed May 06, 2009 5:03 pm
by Kaligraphic
Suck down the existing site via ftp, make your changes (test if you can on a local dev server), and re-upload via ftp again. Then do your modifications on the local copy, and sync to the remote server whenever you have a new release.
This (oreilly.com) ought to help you get your dev environment working. Basically, you'll need to be running apache with whatever version of php is on the server, and mysql only if you need it for the site.
PostPosted: Thu May 07, 2009 8:25 am
by That Dude
The problem is that I'm not able to connect to the .ftp site from my computer, even though I have the correct ftp login info inputed.
PostPosted: Fri May 08, 2009 1:10 am
by mechana2015
That Dude (post: 1309904) wrote:The problem is that I'm not able to connect to the .ftp site from my computer, even though I have the correct ftp login info inputed.
That would be the problem you need to solve, probably through a discussion with the people serving the site, or making sure you're working on the right mode of FTP (SFTP can foul all kinds of things up, especially if they don't tell you to use it). Unfortunately, Dreamweaver has nothing to do with this part of the problem, unless you're using it for FTP access.
PostPosted: Fri May 08, 2009 11:16 am
by That Dude
Well one of my web contacts was able to figure the ftp problem out. So that's all fixed up. Thanks for all the help!