Sprnknwn

Sep 30 2005, 08:44 PM

Dreamweaver is far better than Frontpage. Yep, Frontpage may be easier if you are used to MS Word and that, but youŽll find that it puts a lot of trash code on your html files.

I think that you have more control with Dreamweaver but anyway the best option is to check the code by yourself if you know it, because both of them can write lines that arenŽt necessary.

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Murder-Ink

Jul 19 2008, 04:28 AM

some use photoshop and just basic html, atleast thats what my friend does and he's good at it

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rwperkinsjr

Jul 18 2008, 10:03 PM

Dreamweaver is the best design suite on the market. It is pricy but well worth it if you design or update sites frequently. In my opinion Dreamweaver is actually easier to use than frontpage. I tried frontpage and as stated above it sucked. I guess since I started with Dreamweaver and actually don't use Microsoft products except Windows XP, (upgraded to XP after I bought a Vista laptop. Hated slow going Vista. Ubuntu is the Best or Kbuntu, mythbuntu or edubuntu etc etc.). Sooner or later the free os's are going to catch Windows. With a couple more releases Ubuntu will probably be the one.

So in summary if you can afford it the entire CS3 Suite would be the best way to go. BTW Adobe now owns Macromedia so it is Adobe Dreamweaver now.

AND... Dreamweaver 8 works with zero problems using WINE in Ubuntu. Just thought you would like to know....

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FLaKes

Jul 18 2008, 10:02 PM

I have moved over to ubuntu about 2 months ago and I am almost extremely happy with my webdesign and programming. Gimp is really awesome when you get used to it, its like a photoshop although not as neat, but it can still produce awesome images depending on your skill. For the rest of the programming (js, php, css) I use the text editor. Its not wysiwyg but thats ok, because I am already used to doing it without seeing wysiwyg. My only complaint though, is that I need windows xp to see webpages in internet explorer, to see how they look in versions 6 and 7 (ie tab does not work under firefox linux!!! :@). Sometimes I also need to use flash, so I really cant go linux all the way. Its nice to have both OS though, hopefully I will get a mac soon, so that I can have all 3 os

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bad_boy

Jul 18 2008, 05:02 PM

Hello,
It is best when combinate more programs, say I made a navigation in the DHTML sothink manager, Layout I made in Photoshop, and into the site in Adobe Flash.Na end all I make in dreamweaweru.But Unfortunately, I have used the free hosting, so my site more no on the web.

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optiplex

Jul 18 2008, 08:10 AM

Well, to make my design I use photoshop. I read some tutorials, think, design it and then slice it.

After I slice it, I edit it with dreamweaver, so I can add content and style.
And then for the coding part(in PHP) I mainly use phpDesigner, because its easy, nice, and debugs the script.
But you can also code in dreamweaver, so it doesnt really matter which one I use to code. And both of them
has a FTP editor, so you can easily upload/update your designed page.

- optiplex

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