Dreamweaver or Wordpress?

[Deon Lundy]

I'm trying to design my own sites and sales pages... which would you recommend??

Dreamweaver or Wordpress?

[ooliver186 ooliver186]

Dreamweaver is used for coding in HTML, CSS, PHP etc
Wordpress on the other hand is called a blog content manager. To setup a blog, you do not need any coding experience at all. If you have used a word processor before you can use Word Press of the multitude of other content managers that are out there.


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[Jay Garces Jr]

Hmmm... it really depends on your goals. I use them both.

I'm a Dreamweaver fanatic. Truly love it and have been using it for what... maybe 10 years now.

Anyway, I recently started transitioning over some of my sites to Wordpress. Why? It's because even though DW is a great tool - it starts to get really tough managing content that goes into the hundreds and thousands of pages.

DW is a designer's and coder's tool. And because I know how to code and design, I'll likely never give it up. But if you're a newbie - you might be better off with WP and whatever plugin can help you get the job done :)

Of course, if you're willing to learn how to use DW... then go for it! I've used to to make some kick-butt landing pages for clients.

[Deon Lundy]

I actually am pretty decent at using DW,

that is "Visuall" , I can get the site to LOOK the way I want but I can't get it to DO what I want (Interactivity) such as Scripts and Rotating banners.

I want to add a"On Exit" script redirect but I suck at Inserting Java-script lol

[Jay Garces Jr]

For an "On Exit" script, DW won't be able to help much... unless it's included in its library as a pre-packaged script of some sort. Kinda like the one they had for Netscape... their "Netscape Resize Fix" or something like that :)

Anyway, for JS - take a look at JQuery. JQuery makes javascript coding much easier IMO. You'll likely learn it in a day or two if you're willing to read up on it. Check out W3 Schools (http://www.w3schools.com).

For an "On Exit" type script, read up on the "OnBeforeUnload" Event. When that event triggers (when visitor goes to leave page) you can throw up Message asking visitors if they are sure they want leave.

Best!

[Felix Leech]

Personally the coding in Wordpress drives me round the bend but you get used to it, and it's a much kinder learning curve. The availability and ease of plugins is also excellent.

I say start with Wordpress, maybe once you've got some experience with it give Dreamweaver a shot on your next site then see which you like more.

[Mandy Matsumoto]

I don't have experience with Dreamweaver, but I have used WordPress several times. I find it to be very SEO friendly, and easy to set up and manage. Plus I love all of the plug-ins and options that are available for WordPress. They also make it very simple to add audio, video and images, which help in your SEO rankings. Just MHO. :-)

[Cheryl Johnson]

I honestly think that it would depend on what WP theme you'd be using. Some themes will let you do ANYTHING, and combining that with the crazy amount of plug-ins available for WP, there's no better option. It's faster, easier, and much less hassle!

On the other hand, some themes can be really restrictive. For those types, there's almost nothing that you can do with them that hasn't already been included in the theme, in which case, DW is better, because at least then you have some control. Non-wp sites are less likely to be hacked as well, or so I understand, so there's that benefit as well.

So I guess, in short, it depends on how complicated you want to make things and what theme you're considering.

I know that it was a bit vague, but I hope that this was helpful somehow! XD lol

[Aron Prins]

Hey all,

As mentioned before: Dreamweaver is an editor. It allows someone to edit PHP, HTML, CSS, Javascript files and so much more.
WordPress is officially called a CMS: Content Management System.

WordPress can even be combined with Dreamweaver as it allows WordPress theme files to be edited.
Let me know if you guys need any help, i'd be more then happy to help you directly.

Hope this helps!
Cheers,
Aron

[Ophelia Lee]

i mostly prefer dreamweaver so i suggest you for that. apart for that it depends on you.

[Asif Aziz]

Use WordPress. You'll be done setting up your site a lot quicker than if you used Dreamweaver.

Plus, there's more flexibility with WP, meaning you can add plugins to further build on & enhance your site. There a plugin available from almost everything from setting your internal link structure to SEO optimization. Just plug in & go!

You can also find a huge library of theme's to suit the feel & look of your site.

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[Steve Yakim]

Hey Guys,

I'm a Microsoft engineer so I use all Microsoft products. So I'm a Front Page user. I have only 2 blogs on the wordpress platform and I find that the wordpress platform is much harder to use. Not only do you have to deal with the inadequate editor wordpress has or dealing with all the plugins written by countless different developers so every plugin works differently and the interfaces very greatly.

After 8 years of coding and testing, I created my own CMS. One time I tried to add a editor to the system and I found that I might as well be using wordpress. So it is made so I can use any html editor and just copy/paste the code into the content management area.

I can manage multiple domains or one domain with multiple websites. I have one domain that is running over 6 hundred websites. So I'm not a big fan of wordpress.

Best regards,
Steve Yakim