I mess around with it alot at school, and i cant seem to get the tables to move where i want them too, just to the 3 options, Center, Right and left, Im really getting mad at this, because I want to make a nice layout, but tables wont move where I need them too,so i need some help if anyone cant post here. Another thing is, it worth getting that for making layouts?Its like 500 dollars and Im not gunna waste it.. And can tables be expandable without the template going to hell? Please help me out a bit here...Thanks

If you wnat to "Drag and Drop" then use something like geocities web builder, if you wnat to design sites properly, use Dreamweaver.

To alight things properly, there are a few ways, the easiest being to make a table with the cells arranged how you wnat the site to be. set teh vertical and horizontal alignments of te cells, and incert other tables inside the cells.

if you don't like dreamweaver, then use frontpage since it more user friendly. Its also helpful if you get a guide book on how you use these software. Take more graphing/imaging/webbuilder class in highschool.

if you wnat to make web-standard sites, use Dreamweaver, if you wnat to make sites that Micorsoft want ans orce you to make, use Frontpage, aslo frontpage does not support php and/or anything else other than basoic html .

Macromedia Ownas!
Microsoft sucks!

Yea, if you have dreamweaver don't bother with microsoft frontpage. It writes the code really messy. I have dreamweaver and in my opinion it was worth every penny. It may take a while to learn to use that program but be patient with yourself.

If you want to make 'web-standard' sites, do all your coding by hand.

I make all my websites in Notepad or Notepad++, wich means, I write the code by hand, that is the best way...
For example, you can check out one of my sites, also created using notepad: www.infernalclan.co.nr

Cheers!

KoYoda

If you are able to purchase it, or can get it through some people you know, Dreamweaver is worth using. It was pretty much everything you want in an HTML editor and there are extensions which you can easily connect to other programs like Flash, Fireworks, Freehand, etc. (That is, if you can dive into the full STUDIO package).

First, if you want to make good quality layouts, very flexible and fast loadin, then I suggest you to FORGET using tables.
Use divs instead. Tables slow down the page load, they make the code hard to read by search engines, thus decreasing the chance of getting a high page rank.
Divs are specialy designed for creating the layout, but some people tend to use tables instead, since they find it easier to design. It's a bit tricky when you try to switch from tables to divs, but once you get used to it, it's very easy to create your page layouts.
If you have dreamweaver, you might notice that the pre-made css templates in the program are made using 100% divs.
Good luck.