Dreamweaver CS3 and Leopard

[philjohns]

From doing a quick google search it seems anyone using Leopard, cant use Dreamweaver CS3 at the moment to build websites AND then upload them to a server via the inbuilt FTP.

Im looking for many of many things here...

Is there a way around this problem as I want to use Contribute which seems like it can only be used WITH dreamweaver

Can I use contribute with a different website builder...i.e. one as simple as Taco HTML Edit....?

Any light shed on these issues is really appreciated...

Phil

[tommylogic]

For the FTP issue, why not just use the FireFox plugin FireFTP.

[philjohns]

Maybe i was slightly unclear in my first post. The FTP bit isnt a problem for me uploading websites as I use an external one anyway. HOWEVER...I udnerstand it as you can only use Contribute for the upkeep of websites that have been built and uploaded using Dreamwever......am I correct?

Thanks for trying tho Tommy ;)

[tommylogic]

Its all about "Editable Regions" Contribute works off "templates". The designer set's up the templates like regular web pages, then saves it as a .dwt (dreamweaver template) file extension. I suppose it would be possible to write the page without dreamweaver, but not easy.

I have a video on my page "Get Started with Contriubte CS3". About half way down there is a link for "Creating Dreamweaver Templates for Contribute CS3" A nice little video that should answer most of the questions you may have.

[philjohns]

Thanks, i had a look at that a while ago and it was helpful.

Ive made a template using dreamwevaer before and a page and then uploaded it using an external ftp client, but then when I try to connect using contribute it wont becuase it wasnt uploaded using dreamwevaer

[tommylogic]

yeah, that shouldn't matter as long as you have to enable Contributed from within Dreamweaver before.. I don't understand what the issue was with Dreamweaver & Leopard to begin with.

[philjohns]

The FTP wont work in Dreamwevae

Maybe i'll ahve another fiddle over the weekend with contribute

[tommylogic]

Yeah, just read a discussion about Leopard... you try setting the FTP timeout from 2 seconds to 10? Some people said it was that simple of a fix.

[ryanmc@adobe.com]

We have received reports of this behavior for some Leopard users, however it has only affected a very small number of users.

This TechNote describes the problem a bit:
Dreamweaver CS3 could not connect to FTP site after Leopard (Mac OS X v10.5) upgrade

If upgrading to 10.5.2 does not resolve the issue, then the other workaround is to use the IP address of the server and/or try clearing the DNS cache by using the following command in Terminal: sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

Ryan M
Adobe Dreamweaver

[tommylogic]

well.. and there you have it. Adobe on the ball... and apparently "watching" your every move.. muhahaha