site building software

[englender]

Hello
I haven't done any site building for several years, I would like some advice
or input on site software most useful in building AVS sites. I have Web
studio 4.0 Dreamweaver 3 years old never could master it. So now I need a quick program that doesn' require a lot of brainpower. Got any info please contact Mark at englenderme2000@aol.com if you have any good ideas!

[gaydemon]

Depends what you are looking for, something to maintain sites or to create sites?

Dreamweaver is really worth learning, once you get the hang of it its invaluable. All of gaydemon.com (http://www.gaydemon.com) (not the forum) is created with Dreamweaver and Fireworks only.

The trend now i think is creating blogs, and it comes down to what blog software you want to use and what templates. Most popular is probably WordPress (http://www.wordpress.com) . You could in theory create and maintain Free and AVS sites though WordPress, but that would require a lot of tweaking and modifications, but ive seen it done.

If you are talking about maintaing lots of smaller sites, then ive heard Site Organizer (http://www.cheapestadultscripts.com/so/) is good. Never tried it myself though.

[Mickey]

i normally go with GoLive from adobe - i started out with that when it was still owned by the orginal company and just never really found a program for this stuff that i could bent to my will as i can GoLive..

[DirtyRatStudios]

I still use Dreamweaver 4 and can only echo what GayDemon said: it's worth learning how to use it.

It's also worth learning about CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) as they can be a big timesaver when you want to tweak the design of sites. For new sites you can have a basic template and then completely change the look just by editing the CSS file.

[dzinerbear]

I probably wouldn't bother with GoLive, even though the poster said positive things about it. GoLive is an Adobe product, Dreamweaver is a Macromedia product; and Adobe bought Macromedia. Since Dreamweaver is the flagship product, I can see Adobe eventually phasing out GoLive and then you'll be stuck.

I've heard good things about Coffee Cup (http://www.coffeecup.com/html-editor/) but I've never used it myself.

Michael

[basschick]

hey, thanks! i forgot all about coffee cup. just downloaded it - man, this sucka is easy to use if you know just a little about webpage building! in fact, i'm thinking i'll buy a copy.

golive is officially over. from adobe's golive page:

Ending development and sales on April 28, 2008

Adobe plans to stop development and sales of Adobe® GoLive® 9 software, its legacy web authoring application, on April 28, 2008. We will instead focus development and sales resources on our market-leading web design and development application, Adobe Dreamweaver®. Dreamweaver plays a pivotal role in the web and cross-media workflows supported by Adobe Creative Suite® software, as well as in Adobe's platform for rich Internet applications, including Adobe Flex® and the Adobe AIR™ runtime. Concentrating on Dreamweaver will enable us to better serve the needs of customers who want to create engaging websites and applications.

[HunkMoneyLuke]

I am an old school coder, I still use HomeSite (from Allaire, which was purchased by Adobe years ago and quickly killed).

[dzinerbear]

golive is officially over. from adobe's golive page:

Ending development and sales on April 28, 2008

There you go, I'm psychic.

Michael

[InsaneSimon]

I'm a big fan of Dreamweaver. I use it just to code directly html/php. I hate WYSIWYG software. They produce dirty code, sometimes hard to edit.

[BabyMaker]

frontpage and notepad :D i still love it hehe

[basschick]

you can edit code or go wysiwyg with coffeecup. and their wysiwyg is also code, but like with wordpress, you click click what you want and the code appears on the page.

anyway, i always go through my pages in notepad, just in case...


I'm a big fan of Dreamweaver. I use it just to code directly html/php. I hate WYSIWYG software. They produce dirty code, sometimes hard to edit.