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September 21, 2004 at 6:55 am #2268RabidKittenParticipant
Alright, here’s the plan, Stan. My mother has conned me into helping a coworker of hers out with building a website…the thing is, he works 60+ hour weeks and has a life (Unlike most of us, heheheh) and so he would rather use an HTML Editor, at least starting off.
Thing is, I’ve never used an Editor. Notepad is my friend. So really, I need some opinions from the rest of you. I’d like him to get some writing experience, so nothing uber easy like Geocities where you get no code experience what-so-ever, but he -is- a beginner, although I’ve given him plenty of html basics tutorials to look over to get a feel and understanding for some of it.
So, let it rip fellows, any suggestions? I’ve searched through the BBB archives (Maybe a little hurried) and I’ve seen that Tiger’s in love with HTML-Kit, and I’ve seen a few like Cute-HTML and such, but I’d really value the rest of yours opinions in this matter.
September 21, 2004 at 6:59 am #37801ys8er2323Membertry php-nuke
you can see it here:
http://phpnuke.org/and a walkthrough section here:
http://phpnuke.org/modules.php?name=PHP-Nuke_HOWTOSeptember 21, 2004 at 8:28 am #37799shifterMemberI think perhaps you misread the question ys8er2323 (unless of course I did). I’m not to familiar with PHPNuke, but it appears to be some sort of portal management software. Not likely too helpful for someone looking for HTML Editing software.
Anyway, as someone who actually gets paid to make web sites, I cannot recommend Dreamweaver enough. It’s WYSIWYG functions are impecable without completely obliterating your source coding. You have the ability to design in the WYSIWYG environment, the source code environment, or a splitscreen of both at once. It’s pretty easy to use for beginners while still providing enourmous functionality for professionals. Of course there is a nice try-out available for download, but after your trial period you would of course need to “purchase” it to continue using it. But it’s the best damn HTML editor you’ll find in my opinion. 🙂
September 21, 2004 at 2:14 pm #37798detn8rParticipantOr if you’re on a tighter budget, why not MS Frontpage?
September 21, 2004 at 2:38 pm #37803AwesomeSauceParticipantQuote:quote:Originally posted by detn8rOr if you’re on a tighter budget, why not MS Frontpage?
Yes, MS frontpage is good for beginners. That’s what I use.
You could also download a free one from NoNags.
September 21, 2004 at 2:55 pm #37797Jeff HesterKeymasterActually FrontPage 2003 is a good choice. If you’re comfy working in the code view, you get the added benefit of color coding — useful for tracking down those missing semicolons or closing parenthesis. It handles CSS very nicely, and it doesn’t screw with your code (older versions would automatically “fix” your “mistakes”).
The design view is handy for quick-and-dirty layout, and there is now a split-screen option that gives you a sychronized view of code and design. You can easily publish via FTP (in the past the FrontPage server extensions were highly recommended). If you’re already familiar with any of the Office products (i.e. Word) you’ll find it pretty easy to get around. You can find more information about FrontPage here.
Microsoft has a “free” 30-day evaluation version, but you have to order on CD and pay $7.95 US shipping.
The other choice would be Macromedia Dreamweaver. Some people get very snooty about their choice of tool, and I know some hardcore Dreamweaver users that think FrontPage is for novices (it’s not). Dreamweaver is also a good tool, but unless you’re familiar with other Macromedia products (Fireworks, Flash, etc.) you’ll find the learning curve much steeper.
There is a free, 30-day evaluation available to download.
September 21, 2004 at 11:41 pm #37802ys8er2323Memberwhoops, php-nuke is to make everything easy to find and organized once you have your html.
September 22, 2004 at 12:02 am #37804AwesomeSauceParticipantFrontPage 2003? …… oh, dang.
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September 22, 2004 at 12:32 am #37806SpikeMemberYeah, I use Dreamweaver (not to its fullest capacity, although I should…) but it is a very nice piece of software. Together with Macromedia Fireworks (Web graphics, but can be used for regular graphics editing) they are a very powerful combination. I strongly reccomend Dreamweaver.
September 24, 2004 at 7:04 am #37805neo_ny_23Membertry 1. netscape composer http://wp.netscape.com/communicator/composer/v4.0/index.html,
or 2. yahoo site builder http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/,
or 3. frontpage ( if u feel comfortable with it and if u wanna spend money ).September 24, 2004 at 9:55 am #37800RabidKittenParticipantThank you very much all of you who had compitant answers, it really helped a lot. I ended up just giving the fellow the thread and telling him to find one he was comfortable with, I wasn’t about to go through each one…even though I already knew that yahoo site builder was crap. (Remember, I said it would be nice to have something that wasn’t uber easy and that you need to know a bit of code for…)
I appreciate it all very much so.
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