What should I download to build my own website

I meant that you have a live view of your database called "Live data view"
Also, good catch! I cant believe i forgot FTP.

Now I see where you're coming from, and just in case you havent read my other posts in this thread, please do so as they explain my view of DW. In short, I am like you I assume. I do everything manually for more control and to be on top of things better. But it almost sounds as if you're trying to invalidate dreamweaver as a useful tool.

It's not optimal, but it works. And is useful for very many webmasters out there. that's all I'm getting at here

 

Mallory, I OWN a copy of that book, and while it was good at first, it just went down-hill from there (at least for me). Of course, that nice shiny Mentor badge at SitePoint is keeping me from speaking further about it...

 

Perl? Elegance? Beauty? Only if he defines innately obfuscated as elegant and beautiful.

cheers,

gary

 

Heh, cause there's more than one way to do it : ) But the Perl Monks say it can be done : )

Dan, by downhill, do you mean how it was written or how your brain tries to wrap around it? Apparently being able to think for CSS means awful for programming, it seems.

NM, I'll PM you if you can't speak publicly.

 

Totally unnecessary. If you need to view data during development, use the DBMS client and query for the results you need. This is the kind of thing done during DB schema development, and is not a front end function. A good text editor like Emacs allows you to run the application from within a buffer, if you like.

I guess I am. Its site management tools might be considered helpful if it were not for creating vendor lock-in with proprietary methods. A good site management plan is platform agnostic.

In the same way a crutch is helpful. HTML and css are too simple to require a crutch unless one has decided to remain crippled. (Or, just likes to spend money on unnecessary software.)

cheers,

gary

ps. Sorry about the delay replying. Somehow I missed the updates. --g