Dreamweaver or WP

Gdiddy,

It is impossible to compare the two....

Dreamweaver is essentially a pricey Web Design and Development tool...

WordPress is essentially a Content Management System...

From a business perspective, even if you were a Web Development "Guru"..... It would not make sense to "reinvent the wheel" in Dreamweaver.... especially when you look at all the low cost plugins available for WordPress.

WordPress is open source and infinitely customizable....

As for scaling, I would worry about that with WordPress after I had a very popular and profitable business... and WordPress would not be able to handle all the traffic when hosted on a real WP host like WPEngine... It could be several years before you "outgrow" WordPress on WP Engine even if it is a "smash hit."

When I've encountered people "complaining" about WordPress scalability, I immediately follow up with a question asking them about their hosting....

Many end up "confessing" WP is running on a $7 a month "shared hosting" account... Do you honestly expect to run a high traffic web site on an overloaded $7 a month "shared hosting" account?

In my opinion, way too many people waste lots of time worry about "scaling" and other trivial things before they have proven they have a financially viable business....

Look at Groupon...... It started with flyers... Then, "advanced" to being a FileMaker Pro web site.... Finally, it became a "full blown" web site. They proved the concept first... and worried about technology second.

All the Best,

Rich Beck BCIP, MCSD, MCIS

Dreamweaver is just an editor for code.
While wordpress is CMS.

Go with WordPress, learn HTML PHP & CSS, and you can customize a WordPress site for the appearance you want, and the CMS will allow you to maintain it with much less effort than DW.

DW & WP look the same from the non-nerd’s perspective, they are in fact very different from each other:

DW is a web design program that you install on YOUR computer. WP is a content management system (basically a bunch of php pages) that you install on your web server – not your home computer.
A website built with Dreamweaver can be uploaded to any web server. When you build a website with WordPress, the website and WordPress become one. You need to have WordPress running to run the website, because the website is dynamically being generated by the WordPress engine.
DW is like a set of power tools, that can speed up the web design process. WP is like a Lego game, where all the pieces are already made, and all you have to do is snap them together.

… Finally, WP is free and DW is a commercial product that cost hundreds of dollars. So you might want to see which one you prefer.

Hi, As i understand you want full control over your site. so like update content add images, add slider etc... i think. so why need to learn Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver is a code editor with some advance feature. So i suggested you to learn about WordPress you can check lynda.com video tutorials. i think that will help you Watch the Online Video Course WordPress Essential Training

Thanks,
Mazdi

thanks for everyone who answered the question i learned something

Hello,
They are the difference between Wordpress and Dreamweaver:-


Dreamweaver is a web design program that you install on YOUR computer. WordPress is a content management system that you install on your web server - not your home computer.


A website built with Dreamweaver can be uploaded to any web server. When you build a website with WordPress, the website and WordPress become one. You need to have WordPress running to run the website, because the website is dynamically being generated by the WordPress engine.



Lastly, WordPress is free and Dreamweaver is a commercial product that cost hundreds of dollars.

I hope you may now clear about the difference between Dreamweaver and Wordpress. Thanks.

If you are simply looking forward to build HTML/CSS website. Then learning dreamweaver and to code will be much more complex than learning WP.

WordPress is free (as in freedom), easy to use and has plenty of resources to learn from. most of these resources are completely free.
Checkout easywpguide.com and download the free PDF book to get started with WordPress.

Next, if you want to have custom look and feel for your website you can download any free or premium themes (there are thousands available).

BONUS: If you want to have complete control over the look and feel of your site (without learning to code) go for themes like Divi by Elegant Themes, or PageLines DMS or Headway.
You simply need to have a basic understanding of a web page's layout and structure. These themes are premium themes but are worth every penny.

For e.g. I have personally used Divi. It's available only to members and a year's membership costs only $69. Divi comes pre loaded with a lot of home page layouts, team/staff page layouts, shop page layout, slider layouts, various header and navigation layouts. With a few clicks you will be able to create a stunning website.

PS: I am not an affiliate for Divi or associated with Elegant Themes. I am a WP theme developer and coach.

Hope this helps.

Thanks!

Yeah....WordPress is essentially a Content Management System,

Please forget dreamweaver even exists.

Wordpress is a CMS, but ANY web work will be helped by learning basic HTML and CSS (not hard at all, I promise)