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Sorry Dan, but I just have to agree w/ Arizona Web.
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Originally Posted by Arizona Web
:cry: NOO!! Don't do it dude! FrontPage is the most evil of evil web poop.
However, it will most likely not be the case for her. She wants to do a basic web site and doesn't want to be overwhelmed by learning so many unnecessary things. She's probably got some Word experience, and going to FrontPage is just a logical step. It's easy to use and generates decent code for simple web sites. That's why I highly recommend it.
For any professional designer I would recommend Dreamweaver MX 2004\TopStyle 3.1\Photoshop CS. Best combo ever.
Right inscissor, I think everyone was missing the point that the original poster didn't want the learning curve required for something like Dreamweaver. That's why I suggested SiteSpinner. Really quick to learn (like about half an hour) and generates very decent code (unlike Frontpage). Not everyone is up to the professional level and not everyone ever needs to get there.
I need to check my ColdFusion Calendar because I think Christmas is coming soon! ;)
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OK OK, I digress.
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I'd have to go with cscgal on this one... Dreamweaver is a sweet program, and you sound pretty smart, so being completely honest with you, I bet if you just spend one day on dreamweaver just playing around you'd pretty much know the basics of it. As for creating graphics and such, I'm a fan of Adobe Photoshop... it's an incredible program.
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All of you sound like real professionals so how about a word from someone who started knowing nothing at all! I use Dreamweaver and it is really easy to use...just a question of spending a few hours and it will all click into place. Insert your layers and insert your images (and, yes, Photoshop is the best .....I am really lazy and use Photoshop Elements!) and your text. Everything is so flexible and the layers can be moved around to create a pleasing design. Of course, I may be doing everything wrong but it seems to work! Easy to upload to your domain too from Dreamweaver. I only have Dreamweaver 3 and would love a more advanced version, but,for my purposes, it suffices.
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Originally Posted by samaru 
Personally, I recommend you stay with Dreamweaver. It has so many features that other authoring tools don't have. Then again, all those features may be overwhelming. For people starting off, for those who don't want to be web developers/designers, I recommend FrontPage. It's very easy to use because it resembles Word, which you've probably used. FrontPage doesn't have as many features as Dreamweaver, but certainly has more than PageBuilder.
For graphics, I recommend Photoshop.
With due respect, you may be right as well as wrong because it dependes on how skillful you are with a software. I just started learning how to use dreamweaver just some couple of months while having been using Frontpage for the past 5 years ( I started with FP2000). In fact, FP turned me to a dedicated web designer and gave me the opportunities to understand the windows better. I could use it in conjuction with dreamweaver where I wish to get something done with it.
My reason for turning to dreamweaver is to learn using it to upgrade my application usability and so, if I have any issue with it, be expecting my call for assistance.
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Originally Posted by alihamilton
All of you sound like real professionals so how about a word from someone who started knowing nothing at all! I use Dreamweaver and it is really easy to use...just a question of spending a few hours and it will all click into place. Insert your layers and insert your images (and, yes, Photoshop is the best .....I am really lazy and use Photoshop Elements!) and your text. Everything is so flexible and the layers can be moved around to create a pleasing design. Of course, I may be doing everything wrong but it seems to work! Easy to upload to your domain too from Dreamweaver. I only have Dreamweaver 3 and would love a more advanced version, but,for my purposes, it suffices.
If there is anything proving stubbornly difficult, be expecting my shout!
Thanks for the encouragement.
but we all have to start from somethin right? 
As it turned out... I did take the time to learn Dreamweaver and went on to create several web pages for other orgs as volunteer support and as a way to build up web building skills.
I now use it at work and maintain our company site. More recently work has agreed to purchase the Adobe Web Premium suite for me to use which will have an updated version of Dreamweaver, Photoshop and all the other cool bells and whistles. I can’t wait!
Thanks for all the suggestions; it was great to read all the responses.
I now use it at work and maintain our company site. More recently work has agreed to purchase the Adobe Web Premium suite for me to use which will have an updated version of Dreamweaver, Photoshop and all the other cool bells and whistles. I can’t wait!
Thanks for all the suggestions; it was great to read all the responses.
Thank you,
:lol: AJE
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