I’d like to get peoples feedback on pros/cons using PHP Includes vs. Dreamweaver templates when developing “template” based sites.
I’m trying to develop a standard practice in-house at our company. Prior to me being here everything has been done using DW templates. I however prefer php and not even relying on any built in DW features.
So here’s a few off the top of my head:
PHP Pros
• don’t need to upload the entire site when updating a template item
• transfers easily to other developers (don’t need DW to edit things)
DW Pros
• easily edit each pages’ meta data and titles (although php can do this with a little coding)
• designers don’t need knowledge of PHP (IMO they should)
• integrates well with Adobe Contribute if a client needs it
• don’t need php installed on server (but really, what server nowadays doesn’t have it)
As far as pros/cons when working on same project with multiple designers I can’t say since we haven’t had much experience. But I can say, when i had to update a DW template that was on someone elses local that was quite a pain.
Hopefully this invokes some good feedback.
