Tips on building sites

[Arkitech]

Can anyone recommend web building software? I'm thinking of working on my first one this month and I would like to design something with colorful graphics, a real attractive looking site that someone with even a slow connection can appreciate. Any input you can give me I'd appreciate.

 

[RSI]

Microsloth Frontpage and Macrocrap Dreamweaver are the best

.... programs for newbies, that is. Real men use Notepad.

-RSI

PS: If you want to give notepad a shot, just go to http://www.htmlgoodies.com and get started on learning some HTML, it really isn't tough at all.

 

[Viper GTS]

Second the vote for Notepad. Granted you'll actually have to (Gasp!) learn some code, but the end results will be much more efficient than anything FrontPage or the like will produce. Plus it's good to know some code even if you do plan on using FrontPage, 'cause frequently you'll want to tweak something...And FrontPage won't be able to figure out what the hell you want. The solution? Notepad, of course...

Viper GTS

 

[jonnyGURU]

All hail Notepad.

I use Notepad (Wordpad when the site gets to big) to do my HTML.

I'll occasionally open the site in Netscape Composer to color up some tables or to check spelling.

Why Composer? Not just because it's free, but because it doesn't molest my code beyond all recognition.

 

[JoeKing]

yeah learn some html, but DREAMWEAVER is easily the best html editor/producer out there. And don't pay much heed to those "real men" that only use notepad.... they'll spend 11 hours on a page that can be done in 2 with the help of a good editor I've also noticed that most webpages that are proudly created with notpad don't always look the best, but you may not be going for a clean nice looking page layout though, who would?

--edit--

Oh yeah and if you want somthing colorful and quick to load, start messing with tabels right away. While it might seem confusing at first, you can do a lot with it. And just stay away from embedding LARGE inmages in your website.

Also as a service to the viewers........STAY AWAY FROM FRAMES!!

 

[Imaginer]

I use to use notepad but I have gotten lazy.



<< .And FrontPage won't be able to figure out what the hell you want >>



Just go to the tab underneath the window and click HTML. You can edit their junk if you can sort through the bloat code.

 

[Russ]

People with way too much time on their hands use Notepad.

Russ, NCNE

 

[hubbs]

Notepad gets the job done for me. I've built my website from the bottom up and haven't used any copy paste on the whole thing. Building sites is actually one thing I'm not too shabby at

 

[jyrixx]

do yourself a favor, learn html.. then you'll see why notepad is far superior than any editor.. (unless you don't have much time, in which case, editors can be better). if you need to use big images, make sure you split them up.. so one big image = 2 smaller ones.. use tables to position them.. TABLES ARE YOUR FRIENDS!
good luck!

 

[Celstar]

Sure notepad will get the job done if you dont mind having a site that looks like a 10 year old did it.

 

[slicksilver]

I personally like FP and Dreamweaver.....they are the best....FP is damn good when it comes to managing web sites and Dreamweaver for power editing......I would recommend you learn HTML and then switch on to these tools so that you can edit them to your style. Notepad??.......I kinda find it foolish to find people using notepad to create web pages &quot;today&quot;..... I would say that Homesite is a better option....That's just my opinion and I respect the opinion of others in the forum......

Best of luck

Raj

 

Dreamweaver 3.0 rules. Sure, coding in Notepad is fun for like your first three sites, but soon coding HTML by hand begins to suck. Oh yeah, and real men use vi, but that's neither here nor there

 

[Justin]

I use EditPad. Nice layout and lots of nice features like line numbers, syntax highlighting, spell checking etc.

 

[Ornery]

I sometimes just slap something together using Outlook Express and then tweak that. Here's a QUICK example...

 

[Ornery]

• Done!
  http://www.buckeyeweb.com/braden/QUICKTips.html

 

[jonnyGURU]

Celstar, are you implying that:

http://www.jonnyguru.com
http://webhelp.org
http://webhelp.org/linux
http://webhelp.org/vw
http://www.brightwellphoto.com
and http://www.accreditednow.com

all look like they were done by 10 year old??

Gee thanks!

 

[Celstar]

Erm.. okay a 14 yr old kid

 

[jonnyGURU]

That's better!

 

[Celstar]

lol

 

[thirdkind]

Notepad is for masochists. If you're hand coding, the only real choice is HomeSite. Also has a decent WYSIWYG editor if you're so inclined.

Here's a review I wrote about it on my site for some in-depth info (which I coded in HomeSite, btw):

http://www.codebloat.com/reviews/homesite45/homesite45.shtml

And here's their home page:

http://www.allaire.com/homesite

 

[Mday]

i have been caught using word to manipulate code... saving it in plain text format of course. mostly because of the replace and find options.

i also use visual page that came with systemworks.

notepad is too limiting but i use it sometimes.