TricksJune 19th, 2008

Dreamweaver Syntax Highlight Tip

I use Dreamwweaver CS3 for all of my code editing, and I currently have the pleasure of working with the new Magento Shopcart Software. While adding Shadowbox to the cart, I ran into the small problem of Magento template files that use the rare .phtml file extension. As Dreamweaver by default does not color code the syntax, it makes it difficult to read the php code that makes up the template file.

Here is how I added syntax highlighting to a specific file type that is not listed by default in Dreamweaver. Read the rest of this entry »