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rmyles

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Is the only way to edit the php files through a text editor? I'm used to designing with frontpage and I'm new to php. Is frontpage of any use to me with OSC? According to the Doc for 2.2 pretty much every php file has duplicate html. Well I can't seem to find any such files...

 

Any help would be appreciated!

 

Ron

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They are all PHP files, although there is HTML code within those files. I don't know how Front Page handles PHP, but any good web tool should be able to edit PHP files. If you have problems with Frontpage, I suggest downloading Textpad or UltraEdit.

...Alex

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Hey...I was wondering about it too.

Can someone recommend a good PHP Editor?

 

I have dreamweaver and Editplus. Both are ok but lacking some features.

 

Mattice and Linda...and other Oscoomerce experts here, please recommend some of your favourites. It does not have to be freeware, I don't mind spending some $$$ to get good editor.

 

oh..any of them allow you to preview ?

Thanks.

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I use Dreamweaver MX, it also has the handy database tool so you can check the contents of the database within your program. Pretty cool.

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The Author of this post wrote:

...According to the Doc for 2.2 pretty much every php file has duplicate html. Well I can't seem to find any such files...

 

Yep, it does sound a bit confusing, what they are actually saying is :

 

 

You will find common html code within most php files.

 

So if you change a line of html in default.php , you will have to find the same code in other .php files and replace with your custom version.

 

When the browser processes the php file it leaves the html intact.

 

I use Dreamweaver MX because it has a find and replace tool

which can replaces lines of code within files in a whole folder

(rather than opening each file individually)

 

Regards,

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Maguma Studio, they just released version 1.0.5... It's very good and it's free. Unless you are working on a live php enabled server, you'll want to download the full version which includes local php 4 engine.

Landis.

According to MS, I'm "the only one having that problem." What?

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Maguma Studio is bug-ridden - awful script. If you can locate it's predecessor (called PHP Coder Pro! - filename is r2p3setup.exe) it is a much more stable program.

 

In fact: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-...G=Google+Search - you might find a downloadable version somewhere...

 

Well worth getting hold of. Make sure you thoroughly virus check any file you download from untrusted sources.

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Burt, what version of Maguma are you using... After .0.9.3, it seems to be pretty good. It has "PHP Toolbox" and MX beat for pure php. Oh, and there is always Notepad.

 

Landis.

According to MS, I'm "the only one having that problem." What?

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Studio Desktop 1.0.4...awful bug ridden script.

 

I upgraded because they "bought out" PHP Coder. Now I've gone back to the original freeware script I was using, which is far more stable, and a better coding environment (in my opinion) :)

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