Good Software to make a website?

do you want to build a website from the ground up? or do you wish to buy an already made website which you can modify to suit your own needs?

if your building from ground up then Dreamweaver MX for HTML

and Flash MX for any flash graphics.

i dont know anything about pre made sites tho im affraid

 

I would say Dreamweaver MX 2004. I am not too well versed in HTML programming (getting better though), and Dreamweaver has the split screen so you can see the HML coding as your type normally. And after learning some tweaks, you can really make sites perform.

If you get Dreamweaver, I recommend you get the book, as it helps ALOT with some of the more subtle features of web design.

 

Emacs: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html (free) plus a little knowledge: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wdnut2/ ($30).

99% of the sites on the web have tons of bells and whistles they don't need, simply because the "authoring tool" includes them automagically. KISS: Keep it simple, stupid.

Every browser can read HTML.

- Cogito ergo Sum
- Stupido ergo conSumer

 

Front page from Microsoft is a simple webpage design software. You can add little things but it's not as powerful as dreamweaver. Front Page is like $150 retail.

 

Every browser does read HTML. But different browsers display the HTML interpretation differently. I built my site using Firefox, then took a look at it with IE, and it is alot different.

Some browsers, and actually OS', cannot interpret my shopping cart (like Mac OS X) Add To Cart buttons.

I used frontpage, and found Dreamweaver alot easier and better.

 

notepad.exe

 

hahahaha

 

Ditto, but most guys can't hand code. i 'cheat' the simple stuff (adding to already hand coded pages) with MS Frontpage, though if i was a newbie the Dreamweaver stuff is impressive.

 

yeah well i actually mostly use EditPlus ("you are on day 350 of a 30 day evaluation..." ) and my primary werk over the last year has been in ASP/SQL/JScript and it's served me well. whenever i try and copy a template i end up taking twice as long to rewrite it anyhoo as i try to figger out wot the hell it is i'm looking at, so it's easier to go from scratch.

 

randall - what are your requirements on the site? it might help to pay someone to provide you a template to work with and then you can come back with dreamweaver or frontpage and do edits from there. this is something I've done for clients in the past.

I use dreamweaver but I only use it for ease of the site manager. it is basically a bloated notepad for me and does nothing more than that. then I ctrl+shift+u and it uploads to the site, alt+tab to switch to the browser and then ctrl+r to referesh the page.

 

If you arent used to coding Front page is a good standardized package.
If you can code a little you might consider Dreamweaver.. However.. If you cant code.. I wouldnt get dreamweaver.. Its a little more complicated.

Other options. If you CAN code a little.. Buy a webpage "template" (monstertemplates.com) is good. then customize your template to meet your needs..

 

Depends on the what type of website you are building. I also use Dreamweaver MX. If you need some training materials, there is a ton of information on the web.

 

That's the problem with Java: You're relying on your code running on the client computer. Java and Activex run on the client browser. With CGI, the code runs on your server.

Which do you think is more (a)consistent, (b)managable, (c)secure?

I've only ever seen two or three sites running full java that do things that you can't do with Apache, CGI, and Perl (especially with the Perl5 html module).

The usual argument against CGI is the need for cookies to maintain connection threads. But perl/cgi can dynamically embed handles as hidden inputs on dynamically served pages.

But there's no "point and grunt" interface for perl.

 

i have Java disabled on my primary browser. it's only when i absolutely need it like for my web banking that i load up the browser with Java installed on it, otherwise i won't touch it, it opens too many holes in my system.

 

I have Java disabled as well on my PC, and it shows fine in IE and Firefox. But on my Mac, it shows the little blue square with ? in it. Shows that in IE, Firefox, and Safari. Possibly Camino as well, I will try that later today.

The button it still clickable, so the functionality is still there, just, you do not know what button you would be clicking.

 

Just keep it simple, no need for fancy websites, very pointless especially if you plan on selling something.

Remember function over looks, http://www.google.com has obviously gotten this concept down.

Forza,
Kevin

 

Are you sure? Java runs in a sandbox.

 

My website is written entirely using Notepad. Don't knock it - it works. Frontpage writes pretty bloated code imho.

The trick is not to focus on the tool, but what you want the end result to look/feel/flow like.

If you want nifty geegaws, go here: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/

Have fun,
JB

 

well i don't know much about Java, but all i know is that nearly every day i was getting virus alerts about something like "java.byte.class.verify" or something, and had major problems with it just going boonta on my system. haven't had that problem since i stopped using it for anything non-essential.