Webdesign

[Kae]

I'd like to get a webeditor. I'm thinking of Dreamweaver Ultradev or Frontpage2000. Did anyone ever try one or both of them and could you give me a piece of advice.


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Kae
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[ixl]

I use Front Page 98 to write the site. I haven't gotten around to upgrading to FP2000 but a lot of people do use it successfully.
It has its quirks, but automates a lot of things. If I were writing in bare HTML I'd still be trying to get this site up and running. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif

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[Paleo Pete]

Front Page works well, although it uses a bit of unusual HTML, does a nice job though.

Several others are out there that work very well too. Haven't tried FP2000, still using the one before FP 98 in fact...

Corel makes an HTML editor that's supposed to work well, there's one called Coffee Cup that has gotten good reviews, and I think it's free, and you can check around at download sites and get trial or shareware versions of several of them. Tucows and download.com should have lots listed.

Front Page Express is included with Win 98 and works pretty well, usually sufficient for most people just to do a homepage that doesn't require lots of snazz...Mine for instance, posted below, was originally done with FP Express, then later on updated with FP. Try it, and if you don't need to get into anything serious, it might do the trick without any downloads or expenditures.

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[crussty]

I was just wondering if there were any recommendations from anyone about reading material that teaches how to write web pages, mainly html. I would like to create my own web page in the near future, but lack the knowledge to do so, and would like to teach myself.


thanks, Jay

[buck52]

crussty
I bought this book and have learned a great deal from it.
I'm very new to this and I'm sure there are many books out
there as good. I just happened to pick this one. http://www.peachpit.com/books/catalog/69696.html

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[sleddog]

Originally posted by Kae:
I'd like to get a webeditor. I'm thinking of Dreamweaver Ultradev or Frontpage2000. Did anyone ever try one or both of them and could you give me a piece of advice.


There are two 'streams' of HTML editors: WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) and text-based. WYSIWYG editors work similiar to modern word processors; you click buttons or use menus to get what you want. No real knowledge of HTML is required. With a text-based editor you work with the HTML code directly. A text-based editor facilitates writing HTML, leaving the structure and design entirely in your hands. A WYSIWYG editor generates HTML according to it's own built-in rules.

Frontpage is a WYSIWYG editor, perhaps the best (of a bad lot http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif ) An excellent text-based editor is Allaire HomeSite, though recent releases have been found buggy by some people. Personally I use HomeSite 3 and wouldn't ever consider switching to anything else (and I've tried a lot).


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[Fish]

Crussty,
A good place to learn how to write HTML is http://www.htmlgoodies.com It's good for the starter and advanced. You can buy the book that is a replicate of the site. HTH.

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[monkeyboy]

Another great site to checkout is www.webmonkey.com (http://www.webmonkey.com) which has a great deal of information about webdesign.

[crussty]

Thanks guys, I'll make sure I check both sites out.


crussty

[Malfisher]

I have used FP2000, and the standard FP Express in Windows, but my personal favourite is MS Publisher, I think there might not be many that like to use it, but it is a personal thing really, I like the desktop publishing interface. Regards, Mal

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[Paleo Pete]

I like Publisher pretty well too, except that I can't find a way to regulate the screen size. Did up a page on a 14" monitor, and when I looked at it on a larger monitor it didn't resize to fit, it stayed the same size and on the left side of the screen. Might be a setting I never found, not sure...the background went screensize, but the text and graphics stopped at about the 14" monitor point.

For other purposes, Publisher is excellent. Flyers, newsletters, business cards, ad layouts for newspaper or yellow pages, greeting cards, you name it, Publisher does it well. Only thing that gave me problems was learning to work in all frames. Everything has to go inside a box, or frame...once you get that part in your head, it's great.

And it prints paper airplanes too! http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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[Oz]

First off please dont go waste your money on any html editor, even though dreamweaver and frontpage are extremely good there are great ones for free on the net. Go to Evrsoft.com (http://www.evrsoft.com/download) and get 1st Page 2000. It is by far the BEST html editor on the market. It has features such as built in dhtml scripts, over 450 java scripts you can add at the touch of a finger, and different modes of operations from Easy to Hardcore. I guarantee if you check it out you will fall in love with it like I have.

As far as a good HTML webpage go to EchoEcho (http://www.echoecho.com) and check that out. They have tutorails on everything from HTML to Flash and Java to CGI. Great site and easy to follow. If you're interested in buying a book on HTML i recommend SAMS Teach Yourself HTML4 in 24 Hours. I recommend SAMS Teach Yourself books for anything you want to learn. If you need anymore help or have some html Q's you can't find the answer for just email me at Oz@sc.rr.com or ICQ me at 49568534. Good luck and happy learning!

-Oz

[sea69]

nice post oz

Welcome to our world.. lol

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[Hydro]

I have both.
Front page 2000 its for biggners.

DreamWeaver 4 is more advance. You can make built in flash buttons and text, You can switch to text mode, wysiwug mode, ro both at the same time. I suggest you get Dreamweaver 4 if you have the money or from a friend.

Dreamweaver has all futures frontpage does and more (correct me if i am wrong).

hope this helps

[JellyBelly]

I'm with Hydro, I love Dreamweaver 3 Fireworks 3 Studio. Combine that with Flash 5 and you can buid some cool stuff. I am going to school right now, so I am pretty new to web design. Check out my first site at http://dreamwater.org/music/driven/ and tell me what you think. It's a site for my buddy's band Driven. I made it with the Macromedia products listed above.

[Diz]

I am a web designer and I use both Microsoft Frontpage 2000 & Macromedia Dreamweaver. Frontpage is easier to use than Dreamweaver but Dreamweaver has more advanced features especially if you are using shockwave or flash. I would suggest learning HTML first before using these WYSIWYG html editors. There are benefits to hand coding, but it takes forever. You can try a free trial version of Dreamweaver at http://www.macromedia.com. Feel free to e-mail me with any questions. derrick07@aol.com

[Big Al]

I use FrontPage 2000 and it is OK. Still at times you need to know HTML as FP will from time to time do little weird things that can be a real pain. Dreamweaver and Fireworks is the deal but has more of a learning curve.

Big Al