Ok, I would like to be able to work on my site while I see it, Kind of like Dreamweaver.

I know DW is for html and WP is php. I know mostly for WP you need to use their dashboard and work in their, but is there a program for PHP like dreamwaver?

Thanks

It's called notepad :). There's also Zend Studio which is pretty nice.

You should also know that html and php are completely different, you should start snooping around php.net if you plan to learn php.

If you're talking about designing a wordpress site, you don't have to mess with the php/html if you don't want to. You can start from a blank template (no design, just code) and css away. All you need to customize it and make it look the way you want is a graphics program and a text editor to create the css file.

I know DW is for html and WP is php.

Dreamweaver can do both, but to preview the PHP you need a testing server. That can be a real server on the net, or something like Xampp on your local Windows computer. It will mean having a browser window open while you code and setting DW to upload on save, but certainly not a big deal.

ok, if I add changes in DW, how do I add them back to my WP site without going into WP Dashboard?

I haven't used WP, but isn't it simply editing files on the server using the dashboard? I don't recall if they are stored in the DB or not, but I don't believe so. In that case, it's just a matter of uploading, overwriting the existing files.

So if I copy my css for say sidebar in my dashboard to dreamweaver, it still won't show.

just manually edit the WP files and upload and view in your browser

edit in DW?

yes, just edit sidebar.php located in "wp-content\themes\default"

that cannot be done, simple because all pieces of content and templates are parsed at the moment you request it in your browser, not sooner.

what you CAN do is make a Site in dreamweaver, set up a testing server and edit the template files in dreamweaver. hit ctrl-shift-u after saving to instantly upload the files to your server and after that hit F12 to view the site.

I dont exist that sorts of program.

No such software as you descibed.Notepad is the only way to edit.

Not true at all, and I wish all Notepad fanboys would stop telling newbie's to use it, because it just sucks. No line numbering, no syntax highlighting, no error reporting, no compatibility checks, no manuals, tips and tricks, no built-in FTP client, no code previews, no intellisense and code completion/suggestions etc etc. Notepad is for your everyday editing, not for constructing a complete site, because with all the templates and files, it'll drive you mad and you lose oversight.

So, yes, Dreamweaver and WordPress can work perfectly together, especially with the TagStention module for Dreamweaver, which will give you a very extended WordPress Template snippet library for use in Dreamweaver code view. It also works on Dreamweaver CS3: http://solutoire.com/tagstention/