Dreamweaver CS5 Supports Content Management Systems!
For those of you ahead of the curve, I realize this post is a couple weeks late. However, I just got my first chance to play with CS5 today. I must say, the hype had me excited. I’ve been using Adobe products since version 6. And I’ve been using Macromedia products since… well… since Macromedia existed. I’ve said it before and I will say it again. Dreamweaver is my favorite program. Ever! Now with full CMS support in CS5.. it’s my favorite, favorite program!
Joomla, Drupal, and WordPress are supported out of the box… as far as code hints go that is. But, with the new live view and site-specific code hints, Dreamweaver can pretty much let you edit any type of dynamic content. It will even provide code hints for your own custom functions.
There’s not a lot of content out there yet explaining how these new features work. However, I found a youtube video that does a pretty good job of highlighting these features and how to use them. It’s an example using WordPress, but the concepts will work for any dynamic pages you throw at it. You can watch the video here.