What software do you use for web design?

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dquan97

Lifer
Jul 9, 2002
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I hope no one EVER says "Microsoft Word"...

I use Dreamweaver after toiling in Notepad for a couple years...definitely much easier and I can use my HTML knowledge to tweak the code
 

littleprince

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Jan 4, 2001
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I dont understand whats the obsession with people and notepad. Using an editor like dreamweaver as mentioned already elinates wasted time and effort or unclosed tags when your tired. Why someone would want to type "<P>" or &nbsp all the time beats the crap outta me when pressing enter or space bar will do. Need to tweak your code? hit F10.

To me, notepad is what schools make you learn on so they know you can refer to html tags in a book or something... Its like saying a typewriter is better than a word processor just coz you OWN the type...

What do I find best about dreamweaver over notepad? Use of templates. Most sites have basic layouts and different content. Especialy since the move away from frames. What happens when you have 10 pages and you want to add a word to the heading? Change in template, changes all pages. done....
 

Rand

Lifer
Oct 11, 1999
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Originally posted by: littleprince
I dont understand whats the obsession with people and notepad. Using an editor like dreamweaver as mentioned already elinates wasted time and effort or unclosed tags when your tired. Why someone would want to type "<P>" or   all the time beats the crap outta me when pressing enter or space bar will do. Need to tweak your code? hit F10.

To me, notepad is what schools make you learn on so they know you can refer to html tags in a book or something... Its like saying a typewriter is better than a word processor just coz you OWN the type...

What do I find best about dreamweaver over notepad? Use of templates. Most sites have basic layouts and different content. Especialy since the move away from frames. What happens when you have 10 pages and you want to add a word to the heading? Change in template, changes all pages. done....

It makes them feel knowledgeable that they can do it all by hand, perhaps some of them full superior knowing they control everything.

Personally I find it pointless. You can edit the code manually with the barest of ease it either FrontPage or DreamWeaver and both can VASTLY cut down on the manual cding you'll need to do.
 

Sunner

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Oct 9, 1999
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Quanta.

Abso-fscking-lutely great tool.

Of course Im too lazy to work on my site much, which is why it still looks the way it does :)
 

Barnaby W. Füi

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Aug 14, 2001
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Originally posted by: littleprince
I dont understand whats the obsession with people and notepad. Using an editor like dreamweaver as mentioned already elinates wasted time and effort or unclosed tags when your tired. Why someone would want to type "<P>" or all the time beats the crap outta me when pressing enter or space bar will do. Need to tweak your code? hit F10.

To me, notepad is what schools make you learn on so they know you can refer to html tags in a book or something... Its like saying a typewriter is better than a word processor just coz you OWN the type...

What do I find best about dreamweaver over notepad? Use of templates. Most sites have basic layouts and different content. Especialy since the move away from frames. What happens when you have 10 pages and you want to add a word to the heading? Change in template, changes all pages. done....

Then you still have redundant documents on your webserver. If you used SSI or perl or php or python or (insert language here) you could just have "header.foo", "footer.foo", "css.css", "menu.foo", and include them when they're served.
 

ProviaFan

Lifer
Mar 17, 2001
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Dreamweaver + Photoshop on Windows, and vi on Linux (wanting to try Quanta, though). GIMP just doesn't cut it for me, so I still use Photoshop on my Windows box to make graphics. :confused:
 

TheOmegaCode

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Aug 7, 2001
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Personally, I use vim and/or notepad because I feel comfortable using them, not because I think I'm an uber l33t h4x0r. Frontpage, Dreamweaver, and Emacs are just to cumbersome for my liking...