I am brand new to Dreamweaver and need help with this question. My Town's main
web site was originally set up using Dreamweaver 6 and a Windows based PC. I
would like to help maintain the site along with another staff person. I have a
MacBook Pro and she has a Windows machine with Dreamweaver 6 loaded. The
question is can I interface with my MacBook Pro and a newer version of
Dreamweaver or do we both need to use the same operating system? Thank in
advance for any help you can offer!

bjack43 wrote:
> I am brand new to Dreamweaver and need help with this question. My Town's main
> web site was originally set up using Dreamweaver 6 and a Windows based PC. I
> would like to help maintain the site along with another staff person. I have a
> MacBook Pro and she has a Windows machine with Dreamweaver 6 loaded. The
> question is can I interface with my MacBook Pro and a newer version of
> Dreamweaver or do we both need to use the same operating system? Thank in
> advance for any help you can offer!
>


You don't need to use the same operating system at all.

As long as you both have the site folder defined in Dreamweaver on your
respective computers whether that be a PC or a Mac, Xp or MacOs you can
happily exchange files. The key is to obviously keep the same site
structure. i.e, any files sent or exchanged must go in the same folder
from whence they came.

Thats about it.

The nice thing about HTML is that it is operating system independent. So this
means that it will be the same whether you create it on Mac or Windows.

The differences you may notice though are in the rendering of the pages.
Previously in MX there was still some styling done via the HTML code. Now CS3
has much more of an emphasis on CSS for styling ( see tutorial if you are
unfamiliar - http://www.w3schools.com/css/ ). So DW may create slightly
different code. While the code is CS3 using CSS is correct sometimes the
design view of the older version may look slightly different then the design
view of the newer version although the site will look correct when it is
uploaded. This is just because they have modified the design view slightly to
accommodate for the changing in web standards. Nothing too much but just so
you don't get scared if something looks slightly out of place.

But for someone starting out with DW, most people will recommend that you read
over the above tutorial just to get a grasp on CSS. And don't be afraid to ask
questions if you run into any while setting up and getting ready. And if you
are wondering I use a Mac and there are plenty of Mac users on this forum to
help you out if you need it.

bjack43 wrote:
> I am brand new to Dreamweaver and need help with this question. My
> Town's main web site was originally set up using Dreamweaver 6 and a
> Windows based PC. I would like to help maintain the site along with
> another staff person. I have a MacBook Pro and she has a Windows
> machine with Dreamweaver 6 loaded. The question is can I interface
> with my MacBook Pro and a newer version of Dreamweaver or do we both
> need to use the same operating system? Thank in advance for any help
> you can offer!

You can both work on the website (I suggest you use some sort of CVS, or at
least enable check-in/check-out in DW).

The only issue I can see with the website is that if the website uses DW
templates, you may have difficulty. Template functionality is greatly
different between MX and CS3...


HTH,

Pete.
--
Peter Connolly
http://www.kpdirection.com
Utah