Actually, doing complex tables in Studio is a quick and easy process, if you know how to use Studio and have a clear picture in your mind of what you want the table to look like. Check out the table wizard in Studio. Any time I need to build a complex table I use it and it's never failed me.
H. Howard Owens Internet Operations Coordinator www.insidevc.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: GoCatGo1956 > -----Original Message----- > From: Brook Davies [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 4:27 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: DreamWeaver UltraDev 4 and CF Studio > > Jon, > > I personally don't agree that a WYSIWYG editor is a necessity for web > development. Not at all. In fact, I think it is a crutch for many > developers because they never learn a solid foundation and good HTML. > > Designing complex table layouts is easy if you've been practicing and know > > HTML like the back of your hand. I've never met a table that I could not > make my bitch. I hand code almost everything, and consequently have a > very > intimidate (no jokes please) relationship with the resulting code. > > Brook > > > At 07:05 PM 16/11/01 -0500, you wrote: > >I've used UD and Studio together since UD 1 came out and before that DW > and > >Studio. Personally designing complex table structures from scratch by > hand > >takes way too much time. That's what CF is all about, RAD... > >I've done some site designs in DW that would never have been possible by > >hand simply because of the time it would take to perfect a table > structure > >that was extremly complex. > > > >Hopefully after all of the people still using NS4 upgrade, we can finally > >totally get rid of tables alltogether and use css, but until then, > designing > >a site to look exactly like you want will require complex table design. > Take > >a look at msn or cnn's home page. I'll go out on a limb and say that hand > >coding either one of those site designs is impossible, and I can > guarantee > >that neither of them were done by hand for sure. > > > >Half of the time I dont even save a design in UD though, I just do the > >design then paste the code into Studio and start refining it. After > refining > >the design if I change my mind and need to change the table structure > >drastically, I'll just copy back into UD, click a button, then copy back. > > > >Unless you follow the Yahoo site design school of thought, a WYSIWYG > editor > >is a necessity imho. > > > >jon > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Larry Juncker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 5:39 PM > >Subject: RE: DreamWeaver UltraDev 4 and CF Studio > > > > > > > Thanks - That was kind of what I had come to the conclusion of, > Worthless > > > unless you totally use WYSIWYG > > > > > > I like to see what I am coding, so I guess I just stick with Studio. > > > > > > I guess I still don't see why they have the link to UD in Studio > either, > > > what purpose does that solve? > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
