Do you use a Web Design Program for your Web Page Design?

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I am in the process of wanting to design a web page for my new Free Computer Support web site. I used to run an MSN group called Free Computer Support, but we recently moved to an invision free site. I don't have a webpage for it at this time, but do want to make one. Last night, I was in Microsoft FrontPage 2003 attempting to design a web page. I want a navigation bar on the left side of my page, but Frontpage wouldn't let me add one in there. Is there a way around this or would you recommend that I use a different program? I have joomla which I haven't figured out how to install yet, and I am not that great with HTML or coding either.

 

Hi.

Program i use is Dreamweaver, it is a little better than frontpage.

However this is not what i would recommend for a beginner, you should learn code in hand first, just making a simple webpage in notepad. Save it .html.

There is no automatic way to make a side navigation bar in HTML.. alot of people use Tables in creative ways to achieve the look. Although its frowned upon to do this in HTML writing circles, but for a beginner i suggest thats how you start.

Joomla is complicated, i would not advice a complete beginner to start with it.. if you really want a CMS i found wordpress at alot easier to install.

good luck.

 

If you are at all serious about your site, you have a choice:

1. You may hire a web developer to do the work.
2. You can learn html, css and maybe javascript, and do it yourself. It's not brain surgery—I just tell my clients it is.

cheers,

gary

 

I am using programmers notepad to make HTML templates. It has no options to view design mode. If you are starting to learn html and css, I will recommend you to hand code it. Using some software like Dreamweaver etc, don't give you a firm grip over your template.

 

I use Dreamweaver because it's convenient. Just hit F12 and it lets you preview what you've done so far and the tabbed interface helps a lot with keeping your screen tidy.

When it comes to minor modifications, I just use Notepad.

 

I started with FrontPage, but I found it to not be as good as Dreamweaver. Though to be perfectly honest, if your truely interested in learning the code, I would suggest working purely in notepad to start with, to better help you learn the code, then work with Dreamweaver.

 

To pcdoctor
If you know nothing about HTML, and don't want to learn it, I would say that your best option to make your website is to use an automated tool, i.e. a website generator. To use even a visual editor like FrontPage you must have some idea of what you are doing.

 

try ezgenerator its really simple nd with lots of predefined templalates.....all d best!!!

 

I would recommend the html lessons at http://www.w3schools.com and taking it slow!

 

Understatement of the year award

 

I learned HTML in college, it is good to have the foundation, but I use Dreamweaver all day everyday. Learn basic HTML, then go out and buy Dreamweaver!

 

Dreamweaver is good. But the things you can do with codes, You can hardly do with Dreamweaver or Frontpage. Its best if you learn html and css.
For Me, It was kind of fun learning codes.

 

Well at thestart for messing around I was using easyweb publisher
ao as you can imagine the results were limited
but what I would suggest like some have above , me is to start making simple pages with hand written code first and progress that way -you will get te feel of whats doing what yourself-
From there with more study I would start working with frontpage or dreamweaver

A nice little too for html editing tool i use is coffecup

 

I use MS Visual Studio - nice and I mainly use it because I work with ASP.NET.

for PHP under linux I use citePHP

 

Dreamweaver lets you do everything in code view if you desire.

 

In which case, it's an expensive text editor.

cheers,

gary

 

LOL, personally I can't understand why any one would want to type everything in by hand once they know how code works. I generally use dreamweaver in split view.

 

if you plan on making multiple websites or just have a site that a massive amount of pages. Go with dreamweaver. The find and replace feature and sitewide link checks are sweet. It is a powerful coding tool as well. I like the new support for php and the built in support for mysql. You will find it is worth its price tag when you find and replace code on 300 pages in less then a minute.
I cant stand to use frontpage myself being used to dreamweaver. So if you are just making a few pages and want to learn code. use notepad. else download a 30 day trial of dreamweaver at adobe.com

 

I am old school so do a lot of my editing in text editors, but like the Dreamweaver Macromedia package especially for the graphic design, css and how it ties it all together. I bought it used and is one of the better software purchases I have ever made.

 

I am a beginner in webpage design and have used dreamweaver and frontpage in my work. I would recommend that youe begin with frontpage, as it is similar to MS Word / Excel in their functions ( Cut, Copy, Paste, et al ). When you really get the hang of it, then move on to Dreamweaver, if you so desire. In my opinion, it is all up to what you want and willing to do ...