I just activated my whole 10 MB of webspace through my service provider. Little did I know that I had to learn HTML to build a site. I mostly want to post photos of my Racecar and some FIRST stuff. HTML looks easy enough, but a little tideous to write a cool website with. Are there any editors out there that a novice computer hack like me can use to build a site with? Can you do it with Java? I hear some of the students throwing these terms around like I throw around connecting rod or Blower. If anybody has any suggestions, please let me know.
If I can build a robot in 6 weeks that should take 6 months, building a site should be a piece of cake, right?!
Dreamweaver is pretty adaptive for anyone. Try to stay away from excessive animated Gif’s and Java Applets because they are just plain tacky.
Flash is fun and easy once you learn it, and a whole site can fit compressed into the small space allocated
You could also just run a Server from your house if you need more space and you have a fast upload speed. (Apache, Any distro of Linux, or even simpler: Windows Server 2003)
When I was learning HTML I used (and still do use) Coffee Cup. I’ve never tried Dreamweaver but I do hate Front Page. Coffee Cup is really easy to use and you can make some cool stuff with it. www.coffeecup.com
i currently use dreamweaver mx for my website coding as it simplified some of my redundant tasks (i use it as a glorified text editor since notepad became a hassle)
I think it would be a good thing to start with as it is a wysiwyg editor that allows for more control and cleaner code than what front page gives you. Since you are also new in learning HTML dreamweaver also has reference help files on html code and css which can always help your site. It also has tutorials to help you get started and to show you some things that you can do. Plus, if you feel daring i think it has FTP built in so you can integrate it into your site (assuming you have FTP) Dreamweaver will grow with you as your skills get better. I would suggest getting that over anything else (besides notepad of course ;))
DON’T EVER USE FRONTPAGE! Ok, my reasoning is that its a crappy program that doesn’t write code to standards but instead uses fronpage extensions and half of your pages won’t display correctly without windows IE. I use dreamweaver and love it, its great for a complete site. I"ve made many with it and would never go back to anythign i’ve tried in the past.
Use dreamweaver. Theyre are trials on their website. Its worth buying it, but i hear that there are ways to make the trials last longer and stuff. I dunno, i bought it cause i do webdesign, and its real user friendlly. Dont go with frontpage. Frontpage blows.
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**Now there is no reason to just bash Frontpage, if nothing else you can use it as a text editor **
the version i had didn’t even do that right. its ment as a tool for people who want a little geocities site to show off their lint collection and 3 family photos, not a serious or advanced website. It does the job, but not efficiently. It’s all albout what the user likes.
Thanks Guys and or Gals! I kneww this was the right place to seek info on web design. I don’t think WideOpenWest will accept code from Front page on the included web space, so using it is not an option. Sounds like you guys like Dreamweaver. Think I will give it a try.
WOW does have some tuttorials. I read a couple of them, and writing code in HTML seems a little tidious. Like writing graphics in BASIC or simple trig functions in FORTRAN. I guiess I’m spoiled by some of the newer progs that do so much for you. I hated writing code for FORTRAN or BASIC. So much work for so little out put.
I’ll let you folks know how I’m progressing. This is one of the cool things about doing FIRST. There are so many people there to give you a hand when you want to explore something new. I wish the real world were more like this…
Dreamweaver will do just about anything you could ever dream of (no pun intended!), and if you get Fireworks also, it will do literally ANYTHING. The new www.robbayer.com was built using these two tools, so feel free to check it out. Total time to design: 2 hours (although I already had all the content typed up).
I heard it was possible to create a page using Microsoft Word? I haven’t had too much time to look at some of the links you guys have posted. Maybe when I’m done working on the Camaro tonite, I’ll log on and check this stuff out. Thanks again for all the cool suggestions!
You CAN make webpages in Microsoft Word, In fact i think most all of the office products have a feature that can export themselves into HTML files (Converting EXCEL spreadsheets to html is a pain by hand…) But if you ever have to go back and reedit the code later without word or with another program or heaven forbid with a text editor you will find yourself waiding through alot of extra content that you dont need to read or deal with. Also the filesize of WORD exported HTML is HUGE! Heck dreamweaver even has a function called “Clean up WORD Html” to clean up how sloppily microsoft exports it.
I find nothing wrong with pure text-editing… but notepad is IMO very, very (insert verys as needed) painful. At the very least, get a program with syntax coloration (I’m partial to HTML-kit, google it if you want, but there are alot out there.)
*Originally posted by HFWang *
**People ACTUALLY USE NOTEPAD?
I find nothing wrong with pure text-editing… but notepad is IMO very, very (insert verys as needed) painful. At the very least, get a program with syntax coloration (I’m partial to HTML-kit, google it if you want, but there are alot out there.) **
I use it because… the icon is right there in my quick launch bar. If I am suddenly inspired, or notice a bug in something, need to jot an idea down, etc, I click the notepad icon and less than a second later it pops up… free of any complication or glitter regularly present. Nothing more than a… notepad for me to write on. Reasons, times, and uses for everything.
