PaulW Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Ok so the company website leaves a lot to be desired, quite boring actually. I have a lot of experience with authoring DVD/CD but am looking for some direction on what program/application I need to learn in order to re-design our website and also maintain and update it in the future. Thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves2Shoot Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 My vote goes to Macromedia Dreamweaver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 If you are in Microsoftland and want to spend money, Dreamweaver. If you run in a Linux look at Quanta http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomfturner Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 I know I'm probably in the minority of developers, but I like "clean" sites developed as plain HTML/DHTML. I would suggest the Werbach barebones guide, and javascript.com. You can go to w3c.org for the XSL/XML standards. Do some menus, and add some grafics in. It's amazing what you can do with a little know how. HTML-kit is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 I may as well chime in for Macromedia Dreamweaver as well. Did my own site in that. I used to build pages from absolute scratch (which was a great way to learn), but Dreamweaver makes it soooo incredibly easy with its design (graphic interface) view. However, you can access code view as well and do tweakings from 'inside' the layout if you like (which I have done on occasion), so the options are good for manipulating your creations either cosmetically or surgically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2ipsc Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 I know I'm probably in the minority of developers, but I like "clean" sites developed as plain HTML/DHTML. +2 on that. My favorite tool is Macromedia's HomeSite - clean, standards-correct, easily maintained code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AikiDale Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Check out this Site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Plain old HTML and banging out code by hand is great if you really want to maintain web sites. If it's just a side-job, get-it-done kind of thing, get one of the tools to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooter Grrl Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Dreamweaver is the ONLY way to design websites. Trust me ;p If more people would buy it and use it, I'd be out of a job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 I like straightup html (and php) nowadays, but recognize the power inherent in a site management tool like Dreamweaver, or even Adobe GoLive. Don't wanna' learning curve, get Dreamweaver, or GoLive, do an ftp import and BAM!, website in a can, pretty as can be. Wanna' be be a real hardcore coder and learn the nuts and bolts, do it with a text editor, an ftp client and some elbow grease. My advice if you want to keep your life simple is to use the management application (I like GoLive, myself). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 I remember being introduced to HomeSite some time ago... I thought, however, that HomeSite had been discontinued....... Or was it that Macromedia had bought up Allaire.....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2ipsc Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 I remember being introduced to HomeSite some time ago... I thought, however, that HomeSite had been discontinued....... Or was it that Macromedia had bought up Allaire.....? Macromedia bought up Allaire. As far as I know, HomeSite's still available (believe v5.5 was the last). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ankeny Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 I have been teaching Web site development and html at our local high school for 10 years. Of all the development tools, Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 is about the most intuitive and it has a shallow learning curve. In fact, Macromedia Studio 8 is just plain nifty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ38super Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 I remember being introduced to HomeSite some time ago... I thought, however, that HomeSite had been discontinued....... Or was it that Macromedia had bought up Allaire.....? Macromedia bought up Allaire. As far as I know, HomeSite's still available (believe v5.5 was the last). At one time a few years back HomeSite and ColdFusion were slated to be dropped, then thay had a change of mind for some reason. Now it has all been bought by Adobe so who knows what the future has in store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Heiter Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 +1 for Dreamweaver. I have no problem developing websites in notepad or VI and I've done plenty of it but these days the code view in Dreamweaver is the way to go. It incorporates all the features of Homesite and adds a lot more. There are no problems with clean code in Dreamweaver using the code view. If you want to see dirty, try Frontpage or even pages generated out of MS Word. Homesite was so good that Macromedia scrapped their own app in favor of using Homesite as the development core for Dreamweaver. Adobe did the same thing. Develop in Homesite, have your clients purchase Contribute, and you really can't go wrong. Actually, these days it's hard to go wrong period. I think a monkey could make a great looking website or just buy one cheap. http://www.templatemonster.com/category/last-added/ I've been doing it for years and I can't come close to giving you a site this nice for under $100. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulW Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 Ok now my next dumb question. Can I design our website, since we already have server space from a service provider, put said website on server space and it is now usuable. I'm decent with Macromedia Director. Those that can compare the learning curve for director and dreamweaver what would it be? Thanks a bunch guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves2Shoot Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Yep, just put in your ftp server info in the site info, and the learning curve shouldn't be that steep, no matter what they say about you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 The Director curve is much steeper than the Dreamweaver curve. DW is a snap in comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ankeny Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Paul: I have taught classes in both Dreamweaver and Director. George nailed it, Dreamweaver is simple compared to Director. Dreamweaver is so simple a caveman could do it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reneet Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 +1 Dreamweaver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 ...so simple a caveman could do it... Oh no...now Bonedaddy is going to be offended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTOSHootr Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 What is Macromedia Fireworks good for? I have it along with Dreamweaver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Boudrie Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Fireworks is a graphics editing editing utility which is good for creating buttons, logos, etc. It also has some photo editing capabilities (but no where near as much as Adobe Photoshop) sufficient to scaling photos, changing JPEG compression, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 ...so simple a caveman could do it... Oh no...now Bonedaddy is going to be offended. No he's not --- he'll be buying a copy of Dreamweaver and transform himself into a web designer extraordinaire, which will really just give him more time to shoot..... and to pick the bones out of his teeth..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulW Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 Awesome, so All I need is Dreamweaver, that must cost what $10 - $20? LOL just kidding. Looking forward to the challenge. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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