Do I want Dreamweaver?

[Semidevil]

actually, do I even need dreamweaver? I"m not a professional web developer, and just need to create basic webpages for fun..whether it be storing information, tables, buttons, music, pictures....

just the basic stuff.

I do have a webpage now(see sig), and I just created it using FrontPage.......so I mean, What can dreamweaver do for me actually? Does it make stuff easier, or does it add more functions so I dont have to type by hand?

 

[asm0deus]

if you like frontpage it doesnt offer that much more. I love DW though, just depends on what you get used to. It makes stuff alot easier for me, but I bet frontpage does alot of the same stuff.

 

[viramor]

dreamweaver is for the more advanced web designers, not something you could just pick up and start using. Frontpage however is probably more user friendly, just that it puts alot of extra junk in the code. There are numerous other WYSIWYG editors out there as well that you can dl for free.

 

[Stifko]

Do they still make HoTMetaL Pro and if so, is it any good ???

 

[Injury]

HELL NO.

WYSIWYG editors mostly suck. Unless you are handling a large site with a ridiculous amount of daily updating, then you are better off just learning to use CSS and Server-Side includes for menus and such.

Coding the HTML by hand gives you cleaner, easier to read code with less finicky errors.

If you have a good design and everything works right with it, then you are less likely to see problems as you add more and more pages.