[madmacgames]

Ok here is one for you all:

How can i get DWMX to open a file with a non-standard extension and properly apply syntax coloring?

I name all my "template" files *.tpl for simplicity - its easy to tell different types of files this way. Most of my .tpl files are either strictly HTML or HTML mixed with a bit of PHP here and there... When I try to open them with DWMX, it just sees them as a text file and does not color the code or let me use the preivew view. I suppose I could name them all *.tpl.php but would rather stick with *.tpl

Any ideas?

[philzilla]

i think you need to edit Dreamweaver MX/Configuration/DocumentTypes/MMDocumentTypes.xml

check the Help file: Contents > Overview > Extending Dreamweaver > Extensible document types in Dreamweaver

[madmacgames]

thanks for the tip.. worked like a charm

PS. also had to goto dreamweaver -> preferences -> files types/editors and setup a new filetype for .tpl with dreamweaver as the editor in order for dreamweaver to auto open .tpl files from inside itself using the site browser.