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Hi to all. I have been reading BB for about three months and have found the info and advise very helpful. I now have a question of my own. What is the best(and easiest) web site software for the novice. I want to build my own but need a click and drag kind of program. Thx
-------------------- Mike Miller M & S Custom Stripes and Graphics Nederland, Tx MMiller2@gt.rr.com Posts: 3 | From: Nederland, Tx | Registered: Nov 2001
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I use aolpress which is free at www.aolpress.com... at least it was... it is simple and easy to understand.. paste and type.. then you can click another button that shows html code for uploading.
-------------------- Dave Payne Posts: 17 | From: Northern Virginia | Registered: Jan 2002
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sitegem.com is easy and fun. If you are like me and don't really use your site as a huge selling tool.
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Beats me, I've always used MS Frontpage, reckon cause I got used to it some years ago. As I recall though, I did briefly use Netscape composer and liked it alot. The reason I quit was because the Netscape browser blew chunks, not composer.
-------------------- Ed Harris Designs&Signs Lexington, TN
"Give me chastity and give me continence, but do not give it yet." -- Saint Augustine" Posts: 213 | From: Lexington, TN USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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MIke, I use Homestead,,,,,,,,it is not Free, but the price is reasonable..and the learning curve is simple..They have two choices,,,,,personal or business...Check out my site for Sample http://artbyshep.homestead.com/index.html
Shep'
-------------------- Arvil Shep' Shepherd Art by Shep' -------- " Those who dance are thought to be mad by those who cannot hear the music "
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Right on Shep! I too use homestead. Very easy and they handle everything from doman name, hosting, e commerce, and they also give you the program to build it. I'm sold. I've tried front page, but this was what I needed. AND it is fairly cheap for what you get. Good luck....
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Kent, WA USA Posts: 47 | From: Kent, WA, USA | Registered: Oct 2001
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Just bought Fusion MX from Netobjects. I have played around with a lot of these programs but this one feels more intuitive. Drag and drop and can edit in html.
-------------------- Wright Signs Wyandotte, Michigan Posts: 2787 | From: Wyandotte, MI USA | Registered: Jan 1999
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if you're already using PhotoShop or Illustrator you can create basic web pages directly in those programs. for that matter, you can create web pages in Word. with all of those you choose "save as HTML" in the file menu (or perhaps export>html).
where the web gets tricky (uhm, trickier) is linking multiple web pages and managing all those pages and all those graphics.
these days you might find it faster, easier and cheaper to hire a collge or high school kid to create your web pages... you design it and they build it.
-------------------- :: Scooter Marriner :: :: Coyote Signs :: :: Oakland, CA :: :: still a beginner :: ::
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I also use Homestead, very easy and there is a lot of help and info if needed. My site isn't completely finished but you can see it at www.murraysigns.com
-------------------- Mike Murray Murray Signs Freeport IL Posts: 193 | From: Freeport IL USA | Registered: May 1999
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Microsoft FrontPage Express is included with Windows. It may or may not already be installed on your machine but you can install it from the windows CDROM.
There are also lots of freeware and shareware HTML editors available at www.download.com, one called "Hot Dog" was one of my favorites when I first switched from using Notepad.exe to write the HTML by hand.
I tend to stay away from FrontPage though, it puts all kinds of junk code in your pages along with special tags that arent even compliant with current standards set for web developing. Same deal with Word - in fact, I recently helped another letterhead get some broken pages to work. The pages were created in Word and the HTML code was so nasty it scared me.
I use Macromedia's Dreamweaver.. it flat-out kicks butt.. produces clean HTML code and can fix your mistakes as well as cleaning out junk code from other HTML editors.
Adobe GoLive is another good one, but I still prefer Dreamweaver.
Dreamweaver and GoLive both have working demos available for download so you can try them out before buying.
Dreamweaver : macromedia.com GoLive : adobe.com
-------------------- "If I share all my wisdom I won't have any left for myself."
Mike Pipes stickerpimp.com Lake Havasu, AZ mike@stickerpimp.com
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to write the HTML by hand.
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