web design programs

[gwlubin]

I'd be interested to know which site design packages folks round here use.
I have been using NetObjects Fusion 3 for the last 5 months. It's a wonderful tool for managing larger sites, but I have had loads and loads of problems with it.
For smaller sites and stand-alone pages I really like Web Express. I am also currently evaluating another prog called Namo Web Editor which has excellent table editing functionality. You rarely see Namo mentioned so I'll give a link for it here. http://www.namo.com hope that you are allowed to do this.....

Graham

[Benson]

Dreamweaver is cool

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ICQ#8418658-alba gu brath!

[hearts]

hey benson...

i have been thinking about dreamweaver..

so i gotta question for ya..

tell me what ya like about it? *please?*

thanks.............

[gwlubin]

I have tried Dreamweaver. I don't know what it is, but I can't get my brain round it.

What do you like about it Benson?

Graham

[justme]

I prefer EZpad 2.0 - they just came out with version 3.0 but I still prefer 2.0 - perhaps 'cause I haven't gotton used to the new one yet.

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Steve

[Justin]

I *just* redid my whole site like 2 minutes ago using my favorite, free, lightweight HTML editor. It's called Notepad.exe and it comes with Windows. I think there's something similar that comes on the Mac, also free.

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Sorry, had to do it. The site isn't anything special, anyway, but I just prefer hand coding. I actually got it to look exactly the same in both browsersaurs (NS 4.x or IE 4.x). Except for the forms, but oh well.

But as far as WYSIWYG editors, I didn't mind Alaire Homesite too much, as it can be used as a text editor / browser, and it reminds me of Visual Basic, trying to be smart and completing words for me. That can be annoying, too.

I just don't think you can do certain things with WYSIWYG editors unless you tweak the code later by hand and DO NOT re-open it in Frontpage or the like. FP, anyway, will bork anything it doesn't recognize, and that stinks. I don't know if there are editors that recognize JavaScript and CSS, though, but that would be cool. But I know FP is incapable of doing my little table tricks (1 pixel wide TD's with a single pixel transparent GIF inside so Netscape will show it). I think FP makes IE only code. It's all a scam!!!

Ok, I am being paranoid. I'm done now. Just felt the need to rant a bit on this.

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Justin Nelson, SFE Inc.
http://www.vdj.net

[Tom]

Hey Justin,

Here's a freeware one that's better than Notepad - called EditPad. I use it constantly. Best thing is that you can have multiple files open and also its good search & replace function

http://www.jgsoft.com/editpad.shtml

[Jacob Stetser]

Well, on the Mac side, I use Golive Cyberstudio to rapidly set everything up. It's the most awesome WYSIWYG web development tool I've ever used... speeds up development by tenfold.

They were recently purchased by Adobe. Expect a Windows version sometime this year.

But I'm like Justin. Nothing leaves my hands without being given the once-over in BBEdit. I _always_ tweak my code in a text editor. I'm compulsive that way http://www.aota.net/ubb/wink.gif

Jake

[Benson]

Dreamweaver is not perfect, but I came from Frontpage so to me it's great! Anyway, I like the "modularity" of it, so customized functionality can be added. There are several nice Dreamweaver sites on the web where you can download "plug-ins" that make Dreamweaver do lots more. It also seems well-suited to DHTML and CSS. Rarely does it alter the markup!

[gwlubin]

I have been using Namo to build my site here. Works fast and produces simple clean html.

I would recommend it highly.

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Graham
www.loobie.com
"Was she so loved because her eyes were so beautiful, or were her eyes so beautiful because she was so loved?"
Anzia Yezierska

[meikel]

Hi,

I'm still using HomeSite 1.2 for my site. It's basically a text editor with lots of assistants and shortcuts for the typical HTML stuff. Even now that I own UltraEdit, I stay with HomeSite for the shortcuts and assistants. The only drawback is that this old freeware homesite does not allow more than one file open at the same time. I think, that's not any more true in the newer commercial versions.

Meikel

[Shaytar]

I use Arachnophilia. I tried UltraEdit, and it was good, and tried NoteTabLight, but it doesn't do code highlighting.
Then I found Arachnophilia, which is careware, and I love it. It has many built in features and shortcuts.

/me says "try it, you might like it" http://www.aota.net/ubb/wink.gif

Shaytar