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Scott · 18-04-2006, 06:57

Joomla - how do I incorporate this CMS into my own design?

Anybody got any good links or something?

Cheers

lyndon · 18-04-2006, 07:04

Theres a free dreamweaver plugin - http://developer.joomla.org/sf/frs/d... eaver_ext_1_0
and a tutorial here http://www.mambosolutions.com/dw_tutorial/

Scott · 18-04-2006, 07:06

why thank you good man

Dusteh · 18-04-2006, 07:29

Its incredibly easy to skin, as long as you know what you are doing in the first place when it comes to webdesign

BUT - just check out its horrific code output, and try showing your client how to manage new content.

I think in the future they are looking to streamline its content structure and incorporate tableless design. I think in a couple of years it will be worth looking at.

Scott · 18-04-2006, 07:32

the dreamweaver plugin doesn't seem to want to work for me - I click and nothing happens

Dusteh · 18-04-2006, 08:46

Its easy enough to hand-code it. You don't need the DW plugin at all. Just pull apart an existing template to see how the tags work.

Scott · 18-04-2006, 08:55

i'm no good with php

seen.to · 19-04-2006, 00:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueSteel

i'm no good with php

It's pretty easy to learn when you throw yourself in at the deep-end with a project like this mate. I'd never used it when I first 'skinned' (hate that word/phrase) an osCommerce site and knew fuck-all about PHP... Now I know a little bit more than fuck-all.

Good luck

Dusteh · 19-04-2006, 04:54

You don't need to know PHP at all, just where to drop in the tags that insert the code, and a few variables if you want areas to not show up when they are empty. You can get all of that quickly by studying 2 or 3 existing templates.

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lyndon Venti Macchiato Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Wales, UK Posts: 1,154	Theres a free dreamweaver plugin - http://developer.joomla.org/sf/frs/d... eaver_ext_1_0 and a tutorial here http://www.mambosolutions.com/dw_tutorial/

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Dusteh Sir digby chicken caesar Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,292	Its incredibly easy to skin, as long as you know what you are doing in the first place when it comes to webdesign BUT - just check out its horrific code output, and try showing your client how to manage new content. I think in the future they are looking to streamline its content structure and incorporate tableless design. I think in a couple of years it will be worth looking at.

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Dusteh Sir digby chicken caesar Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,292	Its easy enough to hand-code it. You don't need the DW plugin at all. Just pull apart an existing template to see how the tags work.

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Dusteh Sir digby chicken caesar Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,292	You don't need to know PHP at all, just where to drop in the tags that insert the code, and a few variables if you want areas to not show up when they are empty. You can get all of that quickly by studying 2 or 3 existing templates.

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