Professional web designing software for beginners

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by convivial, Oct 17, 2008.

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    Can someone please tell me is there any good cheap professional web making software which is easier to handle and can be operated even by a novice. I am not talking about the one which works on templates...The one with which I cud start from scratch...

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    convivial, Oct 17, 2008 IP
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    stevetp Peon

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    I think the main one is Dreamweaver however it is not cheap. You could grab the 30 day demo and see if it your thing. I would suggest learnign HTML though, then you'll have no software expense at all, just open up notepad.
     
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  3. convivial

    convivial Active Member

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    I am not new to html I know all of its basics but i want a sotware with which i cud save my time and just drag drop already made stuff.
     
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    webdesigners Banned

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    you can use rvsitebuilder if you don't want to waste time for coding.
     
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    try dreamweaver or better still frontpage.
     
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    i would say go for dreamweaver or microsoft frontpage.

    ms frontpage is part of msoffice which is found in normally all computers including home pc's.

    both are used worldwide.

    vineet
     
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    deathshadow Acclaimed Member

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    Professional and "web design software" do not even belong in the same sentence. That people are even SUGGESTING Dreamweaver, or worse Frontpage, shows that most people don't even know what professional IS.

    Given that DW is the BEST of the current crop gives you an indication just how big a steaming pile of manure most every WYSIWYG based tool is - and if you don't use it for the WYSIWYG you will still pick up hundreds of bad habits from it... From pointless javascript like the mm_swap nonsense, to outdated methodologies like tables for layout.

    You want to do professional work, pick up a flat text editor (hell, even notepad will do, though crimson editor or notepad++ is better), install at least one example each of the alternative browser engines (webkit, gecko, presto) and all three of the current generation mainstream browsers (IE6, 7 & 8 - if your machine can't handle that install sun Virtual Box) so you can actually TEST your pages properly instead of relying on some half-assed preview pane, and then LEARN HTML and CSS.

    ... and I don't mean learn decade out of date methodologies like tables for layout and presentational markup. HTML is to say what things are, and should not contain anything involving appearance if it can be avoided. Appearance? That's CSS' job!

    "design software" is just a sleazy corner cut by people who generally aren't qualified to do the work they are doing, and certainly has nothing to do with professionalism. As a recently departed friend was fond of saying, the only thing about Dreamweaver that can be considered professional grade tools are the people promoting it's use.
     
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