Comments on: Three Essential Thesis Theme Development Tools

By: Birdfreak

Birdfreak — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:59:46 +0000

I actually like Dreamweaver but that is partly because it comes packaged with the Adobe Suite and I didn’t feel the need for yet another program. For editing CSS, I love using Firefox’s plugin “Firebug” as it lets you easily apply real-time changes to a website without actually altering anything.

Filezilla works well for FTP for me.

By: Mary McRae

Mary McRae — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:04:36 +0000

I’ve been a DreamWeaver user since version 2.0 (currently on CS3). Since switching our main site to WordPress, and Thesis in particular, I have found DreamWeaver pretty much useless/overkill. I also recently switched back to Mac after a very long absence. Although I still have CS3 Web Premium Suite running in VMWare on Win7 on the Mac, I’ve taken a shine to CSSEdit and Coda which are native Mac apps and seem to do exactly what I need. I just won a copy of Espresso but haven’t had a chance to play around with it yet. I also use Transmit for FTP and haven’t had any problems; Photoshop, while I own a copy, I’ve *never* gotten the hang of

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:34:37 +0000

I agree that Dreamweaver is a little weak on CSS and PHP editing, but the point is that it is sufficient. CSSEdit does look really neat though. I think I’ll try it!

By: Danny

Danny — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:59:42 +0000

Cyberduck is a great (and free) alternative to Transmit which has been a bit flaky for me lately.

As far as editors go, no offense but Dream Weaver is pretty bad. Some great editors on the Mac are: TextMate (best editor ever, although you do have to be a hardcore user to learn to fully appreciate its abilities), Coda and Espresso.

For CSS, there is a little app called CSSEdit which is (IMO) the best CSS editor out there. All the mentioned editors can edit CSS, but CSSEdit is (as the name nicely implies) made specifically for editing CSS and is great for that use.