what to use in building a website?

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    Pardon my naivete, but in building a website, what should I use: CMS (like Drupal or Joomla) or WYSWYG editor (like Dreamweaver, Frontpage, etc)?

    Hoping to be enlightened by your advice. Thank you! :)
     
    Buhawi, Apr 16, 2008 IP
  2. dcristo

    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    Depends on your coding knowledge. CMS's can be good depending on the flexibility you need.
     
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    fedarik Well-Known Member

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    Wordpress is lot more easy compared to others, If you don't have through knowledge in programming go for a CMS. Also it takes less time to setup a CMS than hand code a portal.
     
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    Unless you're going to start out big, I'd start out with WordPress. There are many sites out there that aren't blogs, but still run on it. It's super-easy to set up.

    The latest Macromedia version of Dreamweaver was disappointing to me. And, I read that Adobe has made it bigger and slower. FrontPage 2003 isn't as bad as people say, though previous versions really screw up CSS.
     
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  5. Buhawi

    Buhawi Well-Known Member

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    Considering that I'm a newbie in website building, what should I use then? I'm more inclined to go for what's free to use as I'm still testing the waters.
     
    Buhawi, Apr 17, 2008 IP
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    sounds like a perfect candidate for wordpress.org - btw. it's not just for newbs!
     
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    Buhawi Well-Known Member

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    How do I exactly go about using wordpress? Where do I get a free download? Installation instructions?Can I use wordpress for a regular site (not a blog)?

    Is wordpress a WYSWYG editor or a CMS?
     
    Buhawi, Apr 17, 2008 IP
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    putawan Peon

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    for long term I think you must know about HTML. I suggest that you buy new book about how to write HTML code then try to learn about editplus or dreamweaver. If you completed this step I think you can use any CMS in easy way.
     
    putawan, Apr 17, 2008 IP