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rrd
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stuck!

Post by rrd »

hi guys.. newbie to php so please excuse me if this sounds silly.

i currently use dreamweaver to do alot of my website design. i sometimes purchase templates and edit them on dreamweaver (WYSIWYG) style.

now for the million dollar question - i have downloaded a test oscommerce template. i can update the catalouge and all however i want to make changes to the template. if i open it in dreamweaver it just brings up a blank screen with little php icons. What can i do so i can make all my changes offline and uploead it back to my catalouge in .php once completed.

i have changed the file extnsions to .html and NO it doesnt function properly. It doesnt seem to pull the data when i do that.

Any ideas on a php editor with a (wysiwyg) feature.

much appreciated.
psaha
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Re: stuck!

Post by psaha »

Well! question was not clear for me!
I think you have to install Apache and Php; then try in localhost.
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Eran
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PHP is a programming language. You can't edit it in a WYSIWYG. You will need to learn some basic PHP to edit those templates, and switch to the code view in Dreamweaver..
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papa
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And changing your file extensions means it will probably not be parsed. Unless you edit Apache's httpd.conf.
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