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Using both C5 and Dreamweaver CS5 on the same site?

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Question: Can two editors code the same site, one using C5 and I using DW CS5? Will DWCS5 be able to open his C5 new pages for edits? Will he be able to see/open the DW pages for editing?

Background: I use DW and take care of video, menu, search, guest pages etc. The other editor has been using Sitebuilder and I think he would do better with C5. Our new host supports Sitebuilder and C5. I think I can create a template for him to use in C5 to match the site and include our javascript menu bar. I expect I will have to manually code his new pages into our existing javascript menu.
 
guythomas replied on at Permalink Reply
guythomas
If you are going to build the concrete5 theme with dreamweaver, that is certainly possible. You would just need to add the appropriate PHP code for defining the areas. Then you would simply save the css that dreamweaver generates as the main.css file.

You will not be able to open pages generated by concrete5 for editing in dreamweaver. The various "elements" or blocks thjat the content creator / editor adds to your original template are laid out within the areas you defined in the template. If you wanted to manipulate those with css, it would be best to use the "design" features of concrete5 to add custom css to individual blocks.

-Guy
Beachwalker replied on at Permalink Reply
Thanks very much. We're moving to a new host and will be experimenting with new content managers.