Janine,

I purchased the entire Studio 8 suite that was included with the Adobe CS2 Web Bundle a few years ago and have just recently begun learning Dreamweaver 8 by using your entry-level Total Training DVDs. First off, THANK YOU for such wonderful, clear, and precise instruction! It has made all the difference between gearing up and giving up.

I am presently in the planning stages of a new website and exploring options. My question is: can you set up a blog or an RSS feed within a website by using Dreamweaver 8? The terms don’t even come up in the DW help files. And if not, can you set up a blog or add an RSS feed within a website by using the newer version of Dreamweaver CS3?

Thanks for your help,
Debra

Hi Debra,

Although you can use Dreamweaver to edit the templates used with most blogging programs, and you could, in theory, use Dreamweaver to create a dynamic site that works much like a blog, most people seem to do one or the other: create a custom site with Dreamweaver or create a blog with a tool such as WordPress or TypePad.

I’ve seen many people combine the two by simply linking from one to the other. I do that myself. My site at www.DigitalFamily.com was created in Dreamweaver (of course), but if you go to the Dreamweaver section and follow the link to my FAQ Blog, you’ll come to a blog I created by using WordPress.

It is possible to include a section of a blog, such as the most recent post, in a custom Dreamweaver site, but you do need some experience with the programming language used in the blogging program.

If you want to learn more about WordPress, here are a couple of articles on my site that might help you:

What’s the difference between a Web site and a blog?

How to edit a WordPress blog with Dreamweaver

 Hope that helps you sort through the options and find the best solution for your site.

Janine