1 Reply Latest reply: Jun 23, 2014 12:07 AM by Ben Pleysier RSS

    Building a html framework site in DW or as a package

    ottz0 Community Member

      I have been using Dreamweaver to build a bootstrap site but I can't get my head around building this in DW as apposed to creating a package and using Node.js and bower. This is also a question for other front end frameworks.

       

      Firstly, I download bootstrap from their site using the old school way of downloading the zip folder and extracting it in a folder that I have created in DW.

       

      However it contains all extra files such as json, .gitgonre, package.json, Gruntfile.js - Is this safe to delete? Is this part of their bootstrap package or part of the new site that I am building?

       

      Also where is the best location to start building? Should the bootstrap files be isolated in it's own folder, so it can be updated later if needed? Then start a new theme on the outside with your overrides, css and custom js?

       

      Also why would you want to use Bower to install bootstrap? Why does DW not come with this functionality? Why would I want to use Bower anyway and would you then use it in conjunction with DW?

       

      Would I create a web app in a folder and point DW to this folder to build, then I can use bower to keep packages up to date? If I use bower to keep packages up to date where do I store my site files as to not override css and site files?

       

      Am I over thinking this or just don't get the point?

       

      Thanks