fishin4snook
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What are your opinions on macromedia dreamweacer? What are the advantages that you don't get by using Frontpage 2000? [sig][/sig]
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Dreamweaver - Better than Frontpage?
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it helps you create cross-browser code. It does not insert porpietary tags, nor irritating <meta> tags, or useless p tags. It has some decent DHTML capabilities which all also create crossbrowser code. I suggest using Homesite:
and Dreamweaver together... use dreamweaver to create your layouts (after sketching them on paper) if you must, then use homesite to do any coding, or fine-tuning jared@aauser.com
and Dreamweaver together... use dreamweaver to create your layouts (after sketching them on paper) if you must, then use homesite to do any coding, or fine-tuning jared@aauser.com
How many HTML tags are there? Maybe twenty or thirty that are of any real use. About ten to fifteen on the average page. Clearly it is not hard to remember them since there are so few. You have to edit your code anyway with a WYSIWYG editor. So is it the typing that is bothersome? How many times do you design a layout for your site? Maybe once or twice a year? Clearly, there is not all that much typing. There would be more with a WYSIWYG editor because of all of the deleting and retyping that would be necessary. So, personally, I don't see the use of having one. It is so much more efficient to do it right the first time... do it manually. You get more flexibility and functionality from your code, and you are familiar with the entire structure of it since you created it, not an editor. I suggest forgetting the notion that you need Dreamweaver or Frontpage or any other editor besides Notepad.
Sincerely,
Tom Anderson
CEO, Order amid Chaos, Inc.
Sincerely,
Tom Anderson
CEO, Order amid Chaos, Inc.
From what I've read from the experts on this forum, if your a novice, and or not well versed in writing html code, go with FrontPage. I "hear" Deaverweaver is better, but it is much more difficult to learn, especially for those of us who arent trying become or arent already, html genuises.
To put up a quick webpage definitely use FrontPage. If you plan on becoming a web developer then go with DreamWeaver. I have been wanting to switch to Dreamweaver but I just don't have the time to learn it. Frontpage is easier. Check out my website if you want, done in frontpage.
DAve Waters
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nice site, but there are definite issues with using front page. within 3 minutes of placing it in Homesite, and using an extended find and replace mechanism to remove some useless styles that front page put in, I was able to reduce the page size by about 23% (39.58K to 30.53K)! That comes out to almost 3 seconds improvement on a 28.8; 3 seconds in the e-world is a long time, and people may leave your site rather than waiting those extra 3 seconds.
Dreamweaver never would have put those useless styles in unless I told it to. Dreamweaver is easy, and only takes a day or two to learn. It puts you in charge of your document, rather than the editor being in charge of you. If you really don't have the time to learn Dreamweaver, and you must use a wysiwyg, then Frontpage is a "decent" alternative. But when you get the time, you and you're clients will be a lot happier if you migrate to Dreamweaver, and eventually to Homesite.
Hope I helped, and keep up the good work!
jared@aauser.com
Dreamweaver never would have put those useless styles in unless I told it to. Dreamweaver is easy, and only takes a day or two to learn. It puts you in charge of your document, rather than the editor being in charge of you. If you really don't have the time to learn Dreamweaver, and you must use a wysiwyg, then Frontpage is a "decent" alternative. But when you get the time, you and you're clients will be a lot happier if you migrate to Dreamweaver, and eventually to Homesite.
Hope I helped, and keep up the good work!
jared@aauser.com
I use dreamweaver, and tried to use front page once to make a simple site. I never understood front page, and when I saw the code, it was a mess!. I am not going to use FP again in my life. DW is the best choice even for a simple page. What is the hard part in drag and drop?
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