Extending Dreamweaver Overview > Installing an extension |
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Before you program your own extension, download and install a pre-existing extension from the Macromedia Exchange Web site. Taking time to do so helps in a couple of ways. You can get a good idea of how many extensions programmers there are in the community. You may have need for a particular extension that has been created already, or that is close enough to review and revise for your own purposes.
Once you find an extension you are interested in on the Dreamweaver Exchange site, installing an extension is easy.
To install an extension, take the following steps:
1 | If you haven't already done so, install the Extension Manager. You can download it from the Macromedia Exchange Web site. |
2 | Log on to the Macromedia Exchange Web site. |
3 | From the Macromedia Exchange Web site, select an extension you'd like to add. Pick a simple extension, one that will not drastically alter your Dreamweaver development environment. Click the download link on the extension detail page to download the extension package. |
4 | Save the extension package in the Downloaded Extensions folder of your installed Dreamweaver folder. |
5 | From the Extension Manager File menu, select "Install Extension" (Commands > Manage Extensions). |
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The extension is automatically installed in Dreamweaver.
Some extensions need Dreamweaver to restart before you can access them. If you are running Dreamweaver when you install the extension, you may be prompted to quit and restart the application.
Go to the Extension Manager (Commands > Manage Extensions) in Dreamweaver to view basic information on the extension (for example, where to access it within Dreamweaver).
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