Get Dreamweaver to highlight .mako files as .html

Question

Ideally, I would like to be able to treat a site built using Mako templates in Dreamweaver, as I'm merely working on the design aspect. I imagine the work will go much faster if I could edit .mako files in Dreamweaver and have it render the file like it would with HTML.

I've set up AMP servers to develop in Dreamweaver, and I'm hoping I can use a Paster webserver in the same way. More-over, though, just for ease, I'd like to have an extension or a setting in Dreamweaver that would allow me to treat it like a normal HTML-based site - that's all .mako is, basically, is HTML (like PHP) with a .mako extension on it.

Currently, my Extensions.txt file contains this: HTM,HTML,SHTM,SHTML,HTA,HTC,XHTML,STM,SSI,JS,JSON,AS,ASC,ASR,XML,XSL,XSD,DTD,XSLT,RSS,RDF,LBI,DWT,ASP,ASA,ASPX,ASCX,ASMX,CONFIG,CS,CSS,CFM,CFML,CFC,TLD,TXT,PHP,PHP3,PHP4,PHP5,PHP-DIST,PHTML,JSP,WML,TPL,LASSO,JSF,VB,VBS,VTM,VTML,INC,SQL,JAVA,EDML,MASTER,INFO,INSTALL,THEME,CONFIG,MODULE,PROFILE,ENGINE,SVG,MAKO:All Documents HTM,HTML,HTA,HTC,XHTML,MAKO:HTML Documents SHTM,SHTML,STM,SSI,INC:Server-Side Includes JS,JSON:JavaScript Documents XML,DTD,XSD,XSL,XSLT,RSS,RDF:XML Files LBI:Library Files DWT:Template Files CSS:Style Sheets ASP,ASA:Active Server Pages ASPX,ASCX,ASMX,CS,VB,CONFIG,MASTER:Active Server Plus Pages CFM,CFML,CFC:ColdFusion Templates AS:ActionScript Files ASC:ActionScript Communication Files ASR:ActionScript Remote Files TXT:Text Files PHP,PHP3,PHP4,PHP5,TPL,PHP-DIST,PHTML:PHP Files LASSO:Lasso Files JSP,JST:Java Server Pages JSF:Fireworks Script TLD:Tag Library Descriptor Files JAVA:Java Files SQL:SQL Files ASX:Windows Media Advanced Stream Redirector WML:WML Files EDML:EDML Files VBS:VBScript Files VTM,VTML:VTML Files SVG:Scalable Vector Graphics Files

Note that the MAKO reference is on the first line, as :All Documents, and again in the :HTML Documents

Here's my MMDocumentTypes.xml document, which includes near the last entry. <?xml version="1.0"?> <documenttypes xmlns:MMString="http://www.macromedia.com/schemes/data/string/"> <documenttype id="HTML" internaltype="HTML" winfileextension="html,htm,shtml,shtm,stm,tpl,lasso,xhtml,mako" macfileextension="html,htm,shtml,shtm,tpl,lasso,xhtml,mako,ssi" file="Default.html" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/html"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_0" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_1" /> </description> <dtdcontext>html</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="ASP-JS" servermodel="ASP JavaScript" internaltype="Dynamic" winfileextension="asp" macfileextension="asp" file="Default_js.asp" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/html"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_4" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_5" /> </description> <dtdcontext>html</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="ASP-VB" servermodel="ASP VBScript" internaltype="Dynamic" winfileextension="asp" macfileextension="asp" file="Default_vb.asp" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/html"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_2" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_3" /> </description> <dtdcontext>html</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="ColdFusion" servermodel="ColdFusion" internaltype="Dynamic" winfileextension="cfm,cfml" macfileextension="cfm,cfml" file="Default.cfm" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/html"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_6" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_7" /> </description> <dtdcontext>html</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="CFC" servermodel="ColdFusion" internaltype="Dynamic" winfileextension="cfc" macfileextension="cfc" file="Default.cfc" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/html"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_56" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_57" /> </description> <dtdcontext>none</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="JSP" servermodel="JSP" internaltype="Dynamic" winfileextension="jsp,jst" macfileextension="jsp,jst" file="Default.jsp" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/html"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_8" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_9" /> </description> <dtdcontext>html</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="ASP.NET_VB" servermodel="ASP.NET VB" internaltype="Dynamic" winfileextension="aspx,ascx,asmx" macfileextension="aspx,ascx" file="Default_vb.aspx" writebyteordermark="true" newdocumentname="WebForm" mimetype="text/html"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_12" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_13" /> </description> <dtdcontext>html</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="ASP.NET_CSharp" servermodel="ASP.NET C#" internaltype="Dynamic" winfileextension="aspx,ascx,asmx" macfileextension="aspx,ascx" file="Default_cs.aspx" writebyteordermark="true" newdocumentname="WebForm" mimetype="text/html"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_10" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_11" /> </description> <dtdcontext>html</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="PHP_MySQL" servermodel="PHP MySQL" internaltype="Dynamic" winfileextension="php,php3,php4,php5,phtml" macfileextension="php,php3,php4,php5,phtml" file="Default.php" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/html"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_14" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_15" /> </description> <dtdcontext>html</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="JavaScript" internaltype="Text" winfileextension="js,json" macfileextension="js,json" file="Default.js" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/javascript"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_16" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_17" /> </description> </documenttype> <documenttype id="VBScript" internaltype="Text" winfileextension="vbs" macfileextension="vbs" file="Default.vbs" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/vbscript"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_18" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_19" /> </description> </documenttype> <documenttype id="Csharp" internaltype="Text" winfileextension="cs" macfileextension="cs" file="Default.cs" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/cs"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_20" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_21" /> </description> </documenttype> <documenttype id="VB" internaltype="Text" winfileextension="vb" macfileextension="vb" file="Default.vb" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/vb"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_22" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_23" /> </description> </documenttype> <documenttype id="Java" internaltype="Text" winfileextension="java" macfileextension="java" file="Default.java" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/java"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_24" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_25" /> </description> </documenttype> <documenttype id="DWTemplate" internaltype="DWTemplate" winfileextension="dwt" macfileextension="dwt" file="Default.dwt" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/html"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_26" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_27" /> </description> <dtdcontext>html</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="EDML" internaltype="XML" winfileextension="edml,edm" macfileextension="edml,edm" file="Default.edml" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/xml" > <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_28" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_29" /> </description> <dtdcontext>none</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="CSS" internaltype="Text" winfileextension="css" macfileextension="css" file="Default.css" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/css" > <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_30" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_31" /> </description> </documenttype> <documenttype id="XML" internaltype="XML" winfileextension="xml,xsd,rss,rdf,dtd,vtm,vtml,csn,config,mxi" macfileextension="xml,xsd,rss,rdf,dtd,vtm,vtml,csn,config,mxi" file="Default.xml" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/xml" > <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_32" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_33" /> </description> <dtdcontext>xml</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="Actionscript" internaltype="Text" winfileextension="as" macfileextension="as" file="Default.as" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/as" > <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_34" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_35" /> </description> </documenttype> <documenttype id="Text" internaltype="Text" winfileextension="txt" macfileextension="txt" file="Default.txt" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/plain" > <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_36" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_37" /> </description> </documenttype> <documenttype id="WML" internaltype="XML" winfileextension="wml" macfileextension="wml" file="Default.wml" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/xml"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_38" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_39" /> </description> <dtdcontext>wml</dtdcontext> <dtdcontext>required</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="TLD" internaltype="XML" winfileextension="tld" macfileextension="tld" file="Default.tld" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/xml"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_58" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_59" /> </description> <dtdcontext>jsp_tag_library</dtdcontext> <dtdcontext>required</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="LibraryItem" internaltype="HTML" winfileextension="lbi" macfileextension="lbi" file="Default.lbi" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/html"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_40" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_41" /> </description> <dtdcontext>none</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="DWTemplate_ASPVB" internaltype="DWTemplate" dynamicid="ASP-VB" winfileextension="dwt.asp" macfileextension="dwt.asp" file="Default_vb.dwt.asp" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/html"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_42" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_43" /> </description> <dtdcontext>html</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="DWTemplate_ASPJS" internaltype="DWTemplate" dynamicid="ASP-JS" winfileextension="dwt.asp" macfileextension="dwt.asp" file="Default_js.dwt.asp" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/html"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_44" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_45" /> </description> <dtdcontext>html</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="DWTemplate_CF" internaltype="DWTemplate" dynamicid="ColdFusion" winfileextension="dwt.cfm" macfileextension="dwt.cfm" file="Default.dwt.cfm" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/html"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_46" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_47" /> </description> <dtdcontext>html</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="DWTemplate_JSP" internaltype="DWTemplate" dynamicid="JSP" winfileextension="dwt.jsp" macfileextension="dwt.jsp" file="Default.dwt.jsp" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/html"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_48" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_49" /> </description> <dtdcontext>html</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="DWTemplate_AXCS" internaltype="DWTemplate" dynamicid="ASP.NET_CSharp" winfileextension="dwt.aspx" macfileextension="dwt.aspx" file="Default_cs.dwt.aspx" writebyteordermark="true" newdocumentname="WebForm" mimetype="text/html"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_50" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_51" /> </description> <dtdcontext>html</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="DWTemplate_AXVB" internaltype="DWTemplate" dynamicid="ASP.NET_VB" winfileextension="dwt.aspx" macfileextension="dwt.aspx" file="Default_vb.dwt.aspx" writebyteordermark="true" newdocumentname="WebForm" mimetype="text/html"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_52" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_53" /> </description> <dtdcontext>html</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="DWTemplate_PHP" internaltype="DWTemplate" dynamicid="PHP_MySQL" winfileextension="dwt.php" macfileextension="dwt.php" file="Default.dwt.php" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/html"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_54" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_55" /> </description> <dtdcontext>html</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="ASComm" internaltype="Text" winfileextension="asc" macfileextension="asc" file="Default.asc" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/asc"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_60" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_61" /> </description> </documenttype> <documenttype id="ASRemote" internaltype="Text" winfileextension="asr" macfileextension="asr" file="Default.asr" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/asr"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_62" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_63" /> </description> </documenttype> <documenttype id="XSLT" servermodel="XSLT" internaltype="XSLT" dynamicid="XSLT" winfileextension="xsl,xslt" macfileextension="xsl,xslt" file="Default.xsl" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/xsl"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_66" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_67" /> </description> <dtdcontext>xslt</dtdcontext> <dtdcontext>required</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="XSLT-fragment" servermodel="XSLT" internaltype="XSLT" dynamicid="XSLT" winfileextension="xsl,xslt" macfileextension="xsl,xslt" file="Default-fragment.xsl" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/xsl"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_68" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_69" /> </description> <dtdcontext>none</dtdcontext> <dtdcontext>required</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="MAKO" internaltype="HTML" winfileextension="mako" macfileextension="mako" file="Default.mako" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/html"> <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_74" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_75" /> </description> <dtdcontext>html</dtdcontext> </documenttype> <documenttype id="SVG" internaltype="XML" winfileextension="svg" macfileextension="svg" file="Default.svg" writebyteordermark="false" mimetype="text/xml" > <TITLE> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_72" /> </TITLE> <description> <MMString:loadString id="mmdocumenttypes_73" /> </description> <dtdcontext>svg</dtdcontext> <dtdcontext>required</dtdcontext> </documenttype>
</documenttypes>

Any help with this would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

You need to add the .mako extension to the Extensions.txt file and also assign it a file type in the MMDocumentTypes.xml file. There is a TechNote that covers both of these instructions and also provides the file locations.

Answer 2

As JCL1178 noted, instead of making a new XML entry in MMDocumentTypes.xml, try adding MAKO to the first HTML entry under winfileextension and macfileextension. That worked for me.

Did you make sure to remove it from the "open in code view" extension in Preferences?

Open in Code View

The Open in Code View preference identifies file extensions that do not allow Design view. After following the instructions in this TechNote, be sure to remove the file extension (if it is listed) from the Open In Code View preference to allow file editing in Design view. To set this preference, choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Dreamweaver > Preferences (Mac OS), and locate the File Types / Editors category.