I hate dreamweaver

I'm trying to make something that I'm assuming is very, very simple. It's just a piece of my homepage, and instead of having it as a jpeg, I'm trying to duplicate it into html format, using dreamweaver. It's just a few pictures, and some text.
So, I did it? It basically looks the same. But, when I paste the HTML code in for my website, it shows up on my site all messed up? The font isn't the same as it shows up on dreamweaver, and the words/paragraphs are all
written
just like this all over the
page!
Also, I can't hyperlink a word and get it to stay the same font/color/size as the rest of the text!
WHY WHY WHY!?

 

You're probably not copying over the css as well.

I don't understand why you are copying and pasting the html, you know that you can save files with the .html extension....

But yes, dreamweaver does suck, and I would highly recommend that you learn CSS and HTML so that you know what you are doing, without relying on dw.

 

Wha??

And, what is CSS?

 

It's basically HTML's best friend (cascading style sheets) http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/. It formats the site, dreamweaver always makes a .css file somewhere. I think it's called style.css just copy it over

 

So... don't use it. The only thing dreamweaver can teach you is how NOT to write a website. Learn HTML, learn CSS, shred the dreamweaver box, burn the manuals, deinstall the software to recover disk space, and use the CD as microwave art...

Since as I keep saying, if Dreamweaver is a professional grade tool, I'm in line to become the next Mahatma.

 

I've been using DW for some time and I can say that it's a very useful tool. I don't think it sucks at all.

I do agree with you here. People need to learn HTML/CSS before using DW, otherwise they'll get a wrong impression about it and start complaining about how much it sucks. It is a good tool only you need how to use it properly.

 

learn HTML/CSS before using Dreamweaver

 

Thanks for your help

 

I personally love Dreamweaver.

 

aoa all designer
And, what is CSS and htlm.
please tell me detial.

 

you should try microsoft web expression, its a nice web edit software, i think its better than dreamweaver

sorry for dreamweaver lover but for me this is not again dreamweaver domination era

 

Dreamweaver is great. Until you go into design view...

 

Ooh look, someone brought up the glorified rewrite of Frontpage...

Or as I call it: Frontpage: Olestra edition - Now with less anal leakage!

I can see the warning label now:

This site was made in Microsoft Web Expression. Web Expression may cause abdominal cramping, loose stools and inhibits the coding of some scripts and stylesheets. Javascript and CSS frameworks have been added.

 

DW is a great tool, but as many mentioned here before - learn proper html/css before messing with editors such as DW. If you don't, you'll go in and get frustrated quickly.

 

Design view sucks... I don't use it. I use my browsers instead

BTW, I've heard that Adobe is about to launch CS4 and apparently DW's Design View actually works in this new version!

 

Dreamweaver is great if you know HTML and CSS, if you don't know HTML and CSS, then don't try to make a website.

 

I'm just wondering what the **** they did to presto (Opera's rendering engine) to make it so pages designed in it don't even work in Opera.

Though I wouldn't hold my breath on CS4 being any better code wise. WYSIWYGS vomit up garbage code - and likely always will because they lack the 'smarts' to know what's a heading, what's a paragraph, and what is neither of the above... much less that it's ****tarded to do **** like

<font color="white"><em>Because</em></font> <font color="white"><em>this word is</em></font> <font color="white"> <b>bold</b></font>

Wish I was making that up...

 

Learn some basic xHTML/CSS, and dreamweaver would help you a lot, and would function as you want it to.
It's got lots of shortcuts when you code, and helps you a bit with CSS.

 

Thanks everyone, you're probably right. HTML just seems sooo complicated, I wish there was an easier way. Literally, looking at it is like looking at Chinese or something. It's totally foreign to me

 

DeathShadow, I don't understand, what is wrong with WYSIWYG?

I've been building my site through 3dcart? And I've been using the WYSIWYG mode, and I like it. Can you explain more what it's disadvantages are?