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A question for wordpress experts

by Anoopchawla
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Hey everybody, I am planning for starting a web designing service for local small businesses, basically I will be giving them sharp wordpress sites for really cheap, but I was wondering what tool should I use to edit the wordpress sites.

Can I use dreamweaver to edit and give wordpress sites a new look?

The reason I ask this is because clients can be pretty fussy sometimes regarding the layout of the site and as you know it can take hours to come up with perfect template.:confused:
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  • Profile picture of the author failideas
    yes you can use dreamweaver to edit wordpress themes and give them the look you want
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  • Profile picture of the author failideas
    at adobe.com you have a good tutorial on how to do that
    this part 1
    Editing a WordPress theme with Dreamweaver CS5

    and this is part 2

    Editing a WordPress theme with Dreamweaver CS5
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  • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
    Or you could just one of the many theme frameworks (I use Atahualpa) which allow you to design custom sites. I make all my client sites in Wordpress these days and some you wouldn't know are Wordpress unless you looked at the code (or scrolled to the bottom, as I rarely remove the Wordpress link)
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    • Profile picture of the author LA Grouch
      Originally Posted by rosetrees View Post

      Or you could just one of the many theme frameworks (I use Atahualpa) which allow you to design custom sites. I make all my client sites in Wordpress these days and some you wouldn't know are Wordpress unless you looked at the code (or scrolled to the bottom, as I rarely remove the Wordpress link)
      Totally agree. I have been using Atahualpa 3.5.3 for the majority of my client sites. It is extremely customizable and free.
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  • Profile picture of the author Janet Andersen
    I have been using Artisteer to create wp themes from scratch, and find it very user friendly. Once created you can edit them any time you wish. I believe it costs about $50.
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    • Profile picture of the author Cataclysm1987
      Originally Posted by Janet Andersen View Post

      I have been using Artisteer to create wp themes from scratch, and find it very user friendly. Once created you can edit them any time you wish. I believe it costs about $50.
      I agree. This is way, way easier than Dreamweaver.

      Dreamweaver is more for editing raw html whereas artisteer is designed specifically with Wordpress in mind and allows you to quickly format, resize and reshape literally the entire blog.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gama Seva
    Why not make your initial services for free like installing a basic theme on a reseller account web hosting then UPSELL them for theme customization and hosting if they like to get more space, bandwidth, email addresses etc.

    You don't need to do the customization or theme editing yourself, try to leverage other people's skills so you can focus on customer relations.

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  • Profile picture of the author joeshmo1946
    There is also no shortage of free and paid wordpress themes. But for tweaking it like you say I would use artisteer like everyone else mentioned. Pretty substantial learning curve with Dreamweaver.
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    • Profile picture of the author SteveJohnson
      Originally Posted by joeshmo1946 View Post

      There is also no shortage of free and paid wordpress themes. But for tweaking it like you say I would use artisteer like everyone else mentioned. Pretty substantial learning curve with Dreamweaver.
      'Everyone else' didn't mention it. If you're at all concerned about efficient and proper coding, artisteer is junk. But if you don't much care what you sell to clients, go right ahead.
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      • Profile picture of the author cjreynolds
        Originally Posted by SteveJohnson View Post

        'Everyone else' didn't mention it. If you're at all concerned about efficient and proper coding, artisteer is junk. But if you don't much care what you sell to clients, go right ahead.
        We have an Artisteer fan!

        But seriously, I concur with those disparaging Dreamweaver for editing WP sites - it's a great tool, just not the right tool for this.

        Besides, one of the strengths of WP is that it provides "business-friendly" layouts that make sense - If you're really good at design and have been doing sites for IM for awhile, you might be able to come up with a layout superior to the ones in most WP themes. Otherwise, you'll probably end up with a site that looks good to you...
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      • Profile picture of the author Anoopchawla
        Originally Posted by SteveJohnson View Post

        'Everyone else' didn't mention it. If you're at all concerned about efficient and proper coding, artisteer is junk. But if you don't much care what you sell to clients, go right ahead.
        Who said I don't care about the efficiency of my sites and my customers, I want to build long term relationship since I would like to upsell them in future.
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        • Profile picture of the author gel code
          Originally Posted by Anoopchawla View Post

          Who said I don't care about the efficiency of my sites and my customers, I want to build long term relationship since I would like to upsell them in future.

          You have a good head on your shoulders if all business people thought like this !
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  • Profile picture of the author metaarticles
    Its very difficult to use Dreamweaver to edit wordpress themes. You are better off using theme frameworks.
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  • Profile picture of the author magiclouie
    Originally Posted by Anoopchawla View Post

    Hey everybody, I am planning for starting a web designing service for local small businesses, basically I will be giving them sharp wordpress sites for really cheap, but I was wondering what tool should I use to edit the wordpress sites.

    Can I use dreamweaver to edit and give wordpress sites a new look?

    The reason I ask this is because clients can be pretty fussy sometimes regarding the layout of the site and as you know it can take hours to come up with perfect template.:confused:
    We have been doing this for quite sometime and I highly recommend the headway theme. You can easily change the layout, adjust the color scheme, add clickable links on the header, and almost everything you want to do, but of course you need to learn how headway works first.

    Headway Drag and Drop WordPress Theme

    We are using the wp-twin too in cloning the site.

    Hope that helps!

    Cheers,
    Louie Tugas
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  • Profile picture of the author oluwadahunsi
    There are many templates out that you can customise to your Best look. Just type "custom" in the Wordpress templates search box. It will show up lot of templates that allow customization. Hope it helps
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  • Profile picture of the author sts2k
    Dreamweaver is very clunky and it is not a proper tool to edit wordpress themes. Unless you actually know what you are doing, no editor is going to help you. The best is to purchase couple of woothemes theme and then learn to customize them as they are mostly point and click, unless you know some programming.
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