What software would you use for website making? I mean in visual.
So far I am thinking of getting Adobe Dreamweaver because I heard it's alright.
Any other suggestions?
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notepad++
Nvu. (visual)
Microsoft Expression Studio if you want to pay/ use the trial. It's very good combo for graphical WYSIWYG/manual coding.
Anyone who rates me with a disagree thinks that he is so pro for using notepad++ :rolleye: (Ever wonder why nobody who does it for a living uses just a text editor)
Depends if you want the code to be valid and nice to look at, or some bloated shit that's propably not valid. For first: notepad, for second: any WYSIWYG editor.
What I mean is, you'll be better off learning HTML + CSS than just using a program, imagine if game developers would use some "game maker kits"...
[QUOTE=Torekk;19052963]Depends if you want the code to be valid and nice to look at, or some bloated shit that's propably not valid. For first: notepad, for second: any WYSIWYG editor.
What I mean is, you'll be better off learning HTML + CSS than just using a program, imagine if game developers would use some "game maker kits"...[/QUOTE]
What a crazy world
Really, the best way to develop websites is with a text editor and a web browser to preview the design as you make changes to the .html and .css. I'm not being elitist or anything, I struggled for years trying to use Dreamweaver to make websites. Of course, it's not easy to start out with a code view, but it really pays off.
I found this nifty work-in-progress Windows port of textmate called [url=http://textshell.co.uk/]textshell[/url], which I'm using right now.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure if the developer has abandoned it or not, because it hasn't really 'caught on' yet, but it is by far the closest us Windows users have to textmate - one of the text editors of choice among mac web designers. Textshell also costs money; 15GBP. It's got a 120 hour trial period, which isn't much really, but enough to get a feel for the program. I do intend to pay the $27 AU for it, because I really enjoy using it.
In terms of free text editors, [url=http://www.activestate.com/komodo_edit/]Activestate Komodo Edit[/url] is a good choice; it's built on the Mozilla Codebase and has some similar UI traits to Firefox, and has a customiseable user interface. I was using it up until discovering textshell.
Then, you'll be wanting to get firefox addons like [url=http://getfirebug.com/]firebug[/url] and the [url=https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60]web developer[/url]. Firebug is great when you're inspecting CSS and visually shows you the position, width/height, padding and margins of div elements, which can be invaluable trying to solve layout issues, and the web developer add-on adds a range of useful functionality for inspecting a website.
If you insist on using a visual WYSIWYG editor, then Dreamweaver is probably the way to go. I've also heard good things about Microsoft's Expression Web. Ultimately though, I never felt comfortable with WYSIWYG editors; I'd have trouble getting the preview to look how I wanted it, only to preview in IE or Firefox and have it look slightly different again. Rather than manipulate the code directly, I would try and make adjustments based on the preview, which wasn't even showing me how Firefox/IE rendered it.
Firefox + Firebug + Text Editor + Photoshop is a good toolset for web development/design.
If it's a one off thing, you could use Dreamweaver just fine.
However, if its something you plan on continuing to make websites (career, hobby, etc) do go and take the time to learn it yourself. WebKit and Firefox have some great developer tools.
If you are on Windows, I'd go with notepad++. If OS X, get TextWrangler.
[url=http://w3schools.com/]W3Schools[/url] is a really good place to learn HTML and CSS. Along with some JavaScript and PHP.
And if you need a free webhost for your personal projects, I'd pick [url=http://www.000webhost.com/]000webhost[/url]. About as good as it gets for free.
Good luck!
[QUOTE=Ibutsu;19053995]And if you need a free webhost for your personal projects, I'd pick 000webhost. About as good as it gets for free.
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x10hosting.com is pretty good aswell
[QUOTE=leontodd;19054394]x10hosting.com is pretty good aswell[/QUOTE]
x10 are shockingly bad. They have terrible uptime and don't do regular backups so my friend lost all his data on it.
Windows:
Notepad.
Firefox.
Photoshop/Gimp.
optional: Additional browsers for testing.
Mac:
Testwrangler.
Firefox.
Photoshop/Gimp.
optional: Additional browsers for testing.
Linux:
leafpad/textedit.
Firefox.
Photoshop in Wine/Gimp.
optional: Additional browsers for testing.
All you'll ever need.
[QUOTE=Dr Egg;19054713]x10 are shockingly bad. They have terrible uptime and don't do regular backups so my friend lost all his data on it.[/QUOTE]
I used to be a mod there.
[QUOTE=compwhiziitothemax;19082801]I used to be a mod there.[/QUOTE]
Well that might be the reason it went down the shitter
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