Generic Question

[OneSource]

Hi.

I'm ready to do my website, but I don't know where to start. I don't want to just do it in "Notepad" (that would be the hard way, right?), but I don't want to shell out any dough either. So I need your advice.

I know that there is (or was) a free 30 Day Trial Version of Dreamweaver. I'm thinking about using it to do my website, but I wanted to check with this forum to see if anybody knew of a better alternative. Of course, everything has to be legal.

Thanks.

[JoshT]

Well, Netscape Composer and Frontpage Express are free...

I prefer glorified text editors (Allaire Homesite!). A free one that's supposed to be pretty good is 1stPage:

http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0...st-5-4.1422921

[OneSource]

Thanks for the useful info.

I have one more question. I do have a copy of Visual InterDev and I will want to do some DB stuff on the website in the future.

Could (and should) I just do the website in Visual InterDev from the beginning? If I do use an HTML editor like you suggested to do the website, will it be easy to add some ASP pages later that I create in Visual InterDev?

Actually, that's 2 questions but I'm sure you guys won't hold it against me.

Thx.

[JoshT]

Yeah, Visual Interdev works well with ASP (that's really what its for). I switch between Homesite for the HTML/CSS and Interdev for ASP/Javascript when I work. I don't use the WYSIWYG part of Interdev, though, just the source code text editor.

But so you know where I'm coming from, given a choice between Dreamweaver and Notepad, I'd pick Notepad...

[OneSource]

I think that I know where to begin.

But so you know where I'm coming from, given a choice between Dreamweaver and Notepad, I'd pick Notepad...

Not a big Dreamweaver fan, huh?

Thanks for the feedback, JoshT.

[JPicasso]

there are a lot of freeware and inexpensive shareware products out there...

Tucows, freeware.com, and somewhere on zd.net(I forget the specific link)

are a few places to start looking.

Most shareware runs about $20-30 and some have good tools incorporated like
tag colors and HTML tag toolbars and such.

the biggest help is finding one with line numbers. (most do)

Good luck and happy HTMLing.

[OneSource]

[JoshT]

Take a look at this link. It looks promising to me.

http://www.w3.org/Amaya/

[OneSource]

Thanks.

[filburt1]

Originally posted by JoshT
Well, Netscape Composer and Frontpage Express are free...

I prefer glorified text editors (Allaire Homesite!). A free one that's supposed to be pretty good is 1stPage:

http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0...st-5-4.1422921

Arachnophilia is at download.com. It is the end-all be-all of non-WYSIWYG editors. If you want WYSIWYG (once you get one you can't go back to just raw HTML), get Dreamweaver 4.

[sail3005]

do you use WYSIWYG arien?

Another good one is edit pad, and there is a link to it in this thread: http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=507047

[filburt1]

Originally posted by sail3005
do you use WYSIWYG arien?

Yes, I use Dreamweaver 4, but I know HTML enough to make it by hand.