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WordPress Dreamweaver Extension

21 Apr, 2008 Plugins

I actually forgot about Dreamweaver Extensions and was reminded by a collegue when he sent me a cool WordPress extension that makes use of nifty menu’s to drop in often used WordPress query’s, loops and other handy tags. As I looked through the functionality provided by this extension, I was left hmm’ing… I was sure there was a better one to be found. Fortunately I found one…

Solutoire.com TAGStention is one of the better WordPress Dreamweaver Extensions available and the one that I’m currently using now. Normally I make use of a growing cheat-sheet file that has all my often used WordPress tags, loops and commands. This TAGStention addition to Dreamweaver looks to be replacing this file of mine with some simple menu clicks.

Here’s some of the features that I find very useful.

When making your header.php file, this handy menu. With your cursor in the right place, you can, with a few deft clicks, insert all your vital header information.

When making a dynamic theme that can be moved or applied on/in any domain/folder, using WordPress’s bloginfo() tag proves very handy. TAGStention provides a bloginfo wizard that’ll allow you to choose the tag you want to insert – perhaps a little cumbersome, but useful nonetheless.

There’s still many ways that I think an extension like this can be improved and so I’m currently looking at developing my own extension. I’ll be sure to post about it here when its finished.

You can download TAGStention here.

12 Comments

  1. I finally decided to write a comment on your blog. I just wanted to say good job. I really enjoy reading your posts.

    Tina Russell

  2. Also consider using http://www.themedreamer.com/demos as it provides updated CodeHints for WordPress 2.5.1. But its most compelling feature is unlocking Dw’s WYSIWYG editor to quickly navigate and see template tag changes without having to mess with the server.

  3. this one is very detailed extension.. gonna try.

  4. Thanks for the info. Gonna try it soon. Now searching for dreamweaver latest application. Hope can find one out there.

  5. Good recommendations. Thanks.

  6. Getting Dreamweaver tomorrow and I love WordPress, so finding this post today was very timely. Thanks for the heads-up!

  7. Looks like the project is dead. It doesn’t work under CS4 and there is not a new version.

  8. i have CS% and I need to edit the WordPress in real time live format. any suggestion? any software?

  9. Very good extension which I liked
    However, some tags do not exist in this extension

  10. I am sure this piece of writing has touched all the internet users, its really really good paragraph on building up new webpage.

  11. This is a good extension. I’m looking for updated version of similar extension.

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