Web Page Building

[shadoe]

I have just changed internet providers, and I have gotten some web space to put up a web page, and I wanted to know what software poeple use and recomend, any tips that you might have, etc.

 

[MythosaAkira]

I have just changed internet providers, and I have gotten some web space to put up a web page, and I wanted to know what software poeple use and recomend, any tips that you might have, etc.

I use Paint Shop Pro for graphics, and plain old Notepad for XHTML and CSS.

A good resource for web development is W3Schools Online Web Tutorials. Great site with tutorials, reference information, etc.

 

[pogre]

Good recommendations here. I would add a fun little editing tool that makes throwing tags and scripts and all the good stuff a breeze. Plus it is freeware!

Check it out Evrsoft's 1st Page

 

[Aeolius]

I'd go with Adobe GoLive, as it has an intuitive GUI and does not require you to know source code. Granted, if you use the Mac OS, get a .Mac account. Making web pages is a snap, with .Mac.

 

[Dimwhit]

Phew! 4 responses and no one yet has recommended MS Frontpage. Good.

I use Dreamweaver. GoLive is pretty good, too. But you can't beat good old handcoding, especially for simple sites. I've just been too lazy lately, and Dreamweaver actually puts out some pretty clean code.

 

[ladyofdragons]

I have to put in a push for the freeware editor I use: HTML-Kit (http://www.chami.com). It's not WYSIWYG, but it does code highlight, and makes tags, CSS and all sorts of stuff a simple menu/button function. I'm no XHTML/PHP/CSS/JS lightweight, and it covers most of the functionality I need without being massive like Dreamweaver.

 

[Zulithe]

If you want to code by hand but find notepad a bit limiting (no highlighting, etc) UltraEdit is nice, and it doubles as a hex-editor (comes in handy!!)

www.ultraedit.com

I have Dreamweaver MX 2004. It's great but, bloated!!

For some good free WYSIWYG editors, you might want to try:

Mozilla 1.5 which has composer, it's own HTML editor, pretty good for beginners www.mozilla.org

If you run Linux, Bluefish is excellent

For graphics, Photoshop/Paint Shop Pro/Gimp

 

[Zulithe]

Hmmm was just trying a google search to see what other good WYSIWYG editors are out there these days and I found this: WebDwarf! It's also an SVG editor (huh... wow, surprised I never heard about this... maybe cause it isn't any good? I'm about to download it)

You might want to try it http://www.virtualmechanics.com/products/dwarf/index.html
And hey, it has the word 'dwarf' in it's name, that's gotta account for something

 

[Psionicist]

Any texteditor is more than good enought for HTML. For more complex tasks such as PHP and an editor with syntax highlighting is a good idea.

 

[2d6]

I use Textpad for coding , it is "aware" of several languages and does the neat syntax highlighting. I like it for light JAVA work too.

Paint Shop Pro for graphics.