I am currently working with the software program Dreamweaver. I am creating a blogging site, but I want to add a "comment box" and "Blogging area" to add to the website. No one else I talk to is familer with doing this, or even knows what Dreamweaver is! Please help! P.s: This is my first time ever posting on here so please understand if this is not "professional". I'm a noobie!
Dreamweaver is just creating the code , for commenting you'll need to learn PHP and MySQL or use Wordpress .
Let's forget about Dreamwaver for now. - Check that your webhost supports PHP/MySQL (chances that it doesn't are very few anyway). - Go to www.wordpress.org and download the latest version, unzip and upload the files to your website, inside a /blog directory, for instance. - While upload is in progress, go to your host admin panel, and create a database. Take a note of the hostname, db name, db username, and password as you'll need them during the WordPress setup. - When file upload is finished, open a browser and go to yourdomain.com/blog/ and you should see the WordPress setup start page. Follow the instructions to complete the installation, that's it. Dreamweaver will now be useful if you wish to edit any of the blog theme files that are located under /blog/wp-content/themes/"current_theme". You are most probably talking to the wrong people then. Learning PHP/MySQL is a long way for a newbie, I'm sure the deadline for his website to go live isn't years away from now
I tried, but I can't find a way for me to concept it all in a way for me to understand. I am currently downloading WordPress though... is PHP code? Or sort of like a installation of how things? I'm clueless....
Yes, WordPress is PHP code. It's also MySql driven. Understand that if it were that easy to start writing PHP code then web developers would be out of jobs. Time and dedication is required there, so good luck!