New User questions about global search and editing

I have been developing web sites using html and css. I’m just finishing up my first MODx site and i have found a few productivity issues that raise the following questions:
- is there a way to globally search for or change text throughout the MODx site. I understand that in MODx much of the code is in the SQL database so this may be a silly question.
- My workflow had been to edit all files in Dreamweaver because of all the nice features its editor has and then copy the text to MODx. Is there a better way?

Thanks in advance,
Steve

I think you’d need to do an SQL search and replace.

Depending on what it is you are trying to change, I think the idea with cms, and ModX in particular, is that anything that is meant to be re-used in multiple places is placed in a chunk, or snippet, and then you only need to change it in one place.

Quote from: signcarver at Feb 03, 2010, 12:59 PM

- is there a way to globally search for or change text throughout the MODx site. I understand that in MODx much of the code is in the SQL database so this may be a silly question.

Yes, with DocFinder module:
http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/board,348.0.html

- My workflow had been to edit all files in Dreamweaver because of all the nice features its editor has and then copy the text to MODx. Is there a better way?

If that workflow suits you, continue using your favorite editor with "Its All Text" firefox add-on...

Perfect Eol - exactly what i was looking for.

Thank you!