Best software for making good lookin' webpages...

[AtomicDude512]

I have Frontpage 2000 but I want to know if there is anything better for making presentable webpages. Any suggestions?

Thanks! 🙂

 

[NeoMadHatter]

dreamweaver from macromedia

 

[kevinthenerd]

I use a combination of things. Adobe Imagestyler, CuteHTML, and Animagic GIF. They're all old programs, but I've yet to see things better for a DHTML geek like me.

 

[AtomicDude512]

Thanks for the opinions guys! 🙂 Ill look into both...

 

[rh71]

The top 2 are usually Macromedia DreamweaverMX and Adobe GoLive6.

 

[AtomicDude512]

Originally posted by: rh71
The top 2 are usually Macromedia DreamweaverMX and Adobe GoLive6.

Well! I have Adobe GoLive 6 laying around here somewhere! Hehehe, if these can produce pretty bang-up webpages im gonna buy a manual for GoLive ASAP. Thanks for the tip!

 

[filmmaker]

Originally posted by: NeoMadHatter
dreamweaver from macromedia

I generally use Notepad and write my own code, but I must concur with this program being good for beginners

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: AtomicDude512
I have Frontpage 2000 but I want to know if there is anything better for making presentable webpages. Any suggestions?

Thanks! 🙂

It's not the software that makes great webpages, it's who uses it.

 

[TheWart]

Originally posted by: MrChad

Originally posted by: AtomicDude512
I have Frontpage 2000 but I want to know if there is anything better for making presentable webpages. Any suggestions?

Thanks! 🙂

It's not the software that makes great webpages, it's who uses it.

[ME] Strokes beard in deep thought [/ME]

 

[Kappo]

Originally posted by: filmmaker

Originally posted by: NeoMadHatter dreamweaver from macromedia

I generally use Notepad and write my own code, but I must concur with this program being good for beginners

Cool, I like knowing that I can code 25 times faster as a noob than a "pro" 😉

The best thing you can get for making a good looking webpage is knowledge. Software really has very little to do with creating a good looking site (barring images).

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Kappo

Originally posted by: filmmaker

Originally posted by: NeoMadHatter dreamweaver from macromedia

I generally use Notepad and write my own code, but I must concur with this program being good for beginners

Cool, I like knowing that I can code 25 times faster as a noob than a "pro" 😉

The best thing you can get for making a good looking webpage is knowledge. Software really has very little to do with creating a good looking site (barring images).

Isn't is so stupid sounding when someone advocates a lousy free text editor as a good tool, and a $400 professional software package as "good for beginners"? It really makes you question any advice people give you on these forums when you read things like that.

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Kappo

Originally posted by: filmmaker

Originally posted by: NeoMadHatter dreamweaver from macromedia

I generally use Notepad and write my own code, but I must concur with this program being good for beginners

Cool, I like knowing that I can code 25 times faster as a noob than a "pro" 😉

The best thing you can get for making a good looking webpage is knowledge. Software really has very little to do with creating a good looking site (barring images).

Isn't is so stupid sounding when someone advocates a lousy free text editor as a good tool, and a $400 professional software package as "good for beginners"? It really makes you question any advice people give you on these forums when you read things like that.

Yeah. I would hardly call Dreamweaver "good for beginners." Professional web designers don't necessarily use basic text editors. In fact, I would think that professional web designers regularly use the features that come with programs like Dreamweaver.

 

[AtomicDude512]

Hey guys, is Adobe GoLive 6.0 for $57 a good deal? Is it worth it to go from 5.0 to 6.0 being as I have 5?

Thanks!

 

[EeyoreX]

It's not the software that makes great webpages, it's who uses it.

The best thing you can get for making a good looking webpage is knowledge.

Word. Squared.

I use HomeSite only because I like the checking it does and they way I can format my workspace. DreamWeaver is nice, but I hardly call it "noob friendly". My girlfriend is getting a Master's in Human-Computer Interfaces and does serious web design work. She bought DreamWeaver, used it, and found it had many issues that she had to go and fix via hand coding. Fortunately her first experience with web disgn was the same as mine. Notepad. I also recommend people actually learning html code. I think one should know the basics of web building (ie what each tag does etc) then begin to use these other tools. Just my opinion.

\Dan