How do you customize your pages?

[silentace]

I know HTML/CSS and I understand that all the tpl files are used to combined into a nice final page... but how do YOU edit them? (I am asking what your preference is, not how to actually edit them). I normally use dreamweaver (only the code side because of the nice coloring/suggested tags) for my html/css but I am wondering if there is a better way.

 

Is there any pointers when it comes to integrating a site? My thought was that should just create a normal html/css homepage and then throw a couple links to the actual whmcs code for stuff like ordering and such. I assume that is what a lot of people do but still I am curious if anyone has some pointers for a novice to WHMCS.

[uberhost]

I normally use dreamweaver (only the code side because of the nice coloring/suggested tags) for my html/css but I am wondering if there is a better way.

 

I use phpDesigner, but from what I remember of DreamWeaver it would be similar to programming in DW on the code side.

 

Is there any pointers when it comes to integrating a site? My thought was that should just create a normal html/css homepage and then throw a couple links to the actual whmcs code for stuff like ordering and such.

 

That is what most people do. I use WHMCS as a wrapper for our entire site, but that was just a matter of preference.

[silentace]

Is there anyway to view what your editing without loading it onto your server and then pulling up the page? The biggest pain I have is if I change one thing I then have to upload and reload the page to see how it looks.

[uberhost]

You can request a localhost license for development purposes (see Matt's post here).

 

You'll also need something like xampp so you can run Apache, MySQL, PHP, etc, on your local machine.

 

Hope this helps,

Rick

[WHMCS John]

I like Editpad; tabbed text editing is so handy!

[Zorro67]

Notepad++ works for us, we set it as the default FTP editor so we edit locally, and click to upload any/all changed files

 

And you get the nice colour coding

[jaygreentree]

I use phpDesigner, but from what I remember of DreamWeaver it would be similar to programming in DW on the code side.

 

 

 

That is what most people do. I use WHMCS as a wrapper for our entire site, but that was just a matter of preference.

 

I Also use phpdesigner for all my coding needs. it uses almost no memory compared to dreamweaver so it doesn't slow my computer down much if at all.

[turtlepirate]

I pretty much use DW for all of my design projects. I'm in the planning stages of creating my new business site with WHMCS. Since the majority of my site will revolve around selling websites I was thinking about just creating links that lead to WHMCS code w/ WHMCS having the same look of my site. I hope that's how it will work, haven't messed with WHMCS yet. WHMCS won't be a huge focal point to my site, just links to ordering, support, and client area. I won't be using the full features of it that hosting companies usually use since hosting isn't my primary focus.

[kshdzines]

This might help...I had trouble with viewing the actual page the client sees while I was editing the CSS as well. Then...I noticed in the admin area, when I was viewing the client summary, "login as client" is at the top on the right side with all of the other links. I logged in, and stayed logged in, while I was editing the template. Every time I made a change to the css file I would just refresh the page and the changes showed up right away... It worked great. Just a thought for you... Oh, by the way, I did my editing right from cpanel.

Edited July 13, 2009 by kshdzines

[dswp]

I do my editing in a plain ol' text editor - so I can edit php, js, html, etc all in one. I use Crimson Editor - open source.

[Gears]

I personally use Notepad++. I first copy the default template folder and paste it as a new template folder. Then I load the appropriate files into Notepad++ and viola...

[RenatoMN]

I'm currently using the Gedit (Gnome Editor). I navigate on FTP through nautilus, just double-click files, Gedit open it with code coloring, I just click save (or press ctrl+s) and it's save remotely!