Web Design software
Wilgrove
20-10-2006, 06:24
Does anyone know any good Web Design software that is cheaper than Dreamweaver? Dreamweaver is $400, and I just can't pay that much for a website I'm not even going to make money off of.
Nvu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvu)
How do you plan on hosting said website?
Wilgrove
20-10-2006, 07:02
?
I'm looking at either GoDaddy or XMission for hosting.
Unabashed Greed
20-10-2006, 07:04
Try Macromedia Homesite. That's what I use, and it works really well. Cheap too.
Try Macromedia Homesite. That's what I use, and it works really well. Cheap too.
Nvu is absut $100 bucks cheaper.
What's the website gonna be about?
Wilgrove
20-10-2006, 07:20
What's the website gonna be about?
The website is going to be about General Avation, and what I actually plan on doing is not only submitting my own articles and General Aviation news, but also have users submit their own articles and news, either by posting them on the forum first (my forum not here) or submitting to to my e-mail for review, and I'll put it up. The website will hopefully promote General Aviation and it's kind of my way of contributing to this great hobby of mine.
Pledgeria
20-10-2006, 07:35
Try Namo WebEditor 2006 (http://www.download.com/Namo-WebEditor-Suite/3000-2048-10009532.html). It does almost everything Dreamweaver does, but for only $100.
Divine Imaginary Fluff
20-10-2006, 08:26
Get yourself a good text editor, such as GVim or Emacs/XEmacs. Then learn HTML and CSS. You'll do a better job than any half-arsed WYSIWYG editor.
Get yourself a good text editor, such as GVim or Emacs/XEmacs. Then learn HTML and CSS. You'll do a better job than any half-arsed WYSIWYG editor.
Unfortunately, he is right.
Wilgrove
20-10-2006, 09:13
Thanks for all of the imput. :)
Pure Metal
20-10-2006, 09:24
Nvu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvu)
How do you plan on hosting said website?
i hear that's really good.
use Dreamweaver and Frontpage myself (FP is useful if only for quickly doing forms etc)
edit: useful sites for your project:
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/
http://www.webmonkey.com/
i hear that's really good.
use Dreamweaver and Frontpage myself (FP is useful if only for quickly doing forms etc)
edit: useful sites for your project:
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/
http://www.webmonkey.com/
It's what I used when we were supposed to code a website in Dreamweaver.
Inviktus
20-10-2006, 10:17
Get yourself a good text editor, such as GVim or Emacs/XEmacs. Then learn HTML and CSS. You'll do a better job than any half-arsed WYSIWYG editor.
And aside from that, if you ever want to start using scriptcode, you'll be glad you know your way around the internal structure of a website by using a text-editor! Imo, the easiest transition from pure HTML to HTML with script is by using PHP, by far the easiest, straightforward and because of its open code nature also cheapest option available.
Especially if you want to let users submit their own articles, it doesn't hurt to include some manner of auto-processing, which PHP is a master in. Also, there's a lot of really good websites on PHP coding with very helpful people, both amateur and pro, stopping by and sharing ideas.
If you need any kind of guide on building websites, http://www.w3schools.com/ is a good place to start, for php http://www.phpbuilder.com/ is pretty nice, alternately you can just "php guide" or "html guide" into google and see what you come up with.
Have fun and don't get too addicted on the <BODY> to </BODY> :p
Does anyone know any good Web Design software that is cheaper than Dreamweaver? notepad
And if you want to get fancy, something like HTML-kit. WYSIWYG editors are for people that don't know what they're doing.
Pure Metal
20-10-2006, 11:49
It's what I used when we were supposed to code a website in Dreamweaver.
downloaded it and will give it a whizz :)
notepad
And if you want to get fancy, something like HTML-kit. WYSIWYG editors are for people that don't know what they're doing.
i don't know what i'm doing but still manage to make half-decent sites thanks to WYSIWYG :D
(ie i know i "don't know what i'm doing" but i don't care ;))
i don't know what i'm doing but still manage to make half-decent sites thanks to WYSIWYG :D
(ie i know i "don't know what i'm doing" but i don't care ;))Well, as I said, that's who they're for ;)
downloaded it and will give it a whizz :)
I had no idea how to use it, by I did end up with a reasonable looking site in the end.