"Maybe you need to consider a more basic web authoring program than Dreamweaver. It can be almost as user hostile as Quark XPress, and as spectacularly effective, too."
I'm knee-deep in Dreamweaver right now, but I'm curious. Does anyone have suggestions for free or inexpensive web-authoring programs? Also, it seems that the wave of the future is CSS, which is replacing a lot of HTML tags (e.g. font tags) and a lot of the ways people used to do websites (e.g. tables). Do any available shareware or freeware WYSIWYG's incorporate this new emphasis on CSS? BTW, for books: I went to the big Barnes and Noble in Bethesda and looked through every single Dreamweaver book they had. Unfortunately, they didn't have the Dreamweaver Bible for Dreamweaver 8, but I did find two outstanding titles: 1. "Creating a Web Page in Dreamweaver 8" by Nolan Hester (Peachpit Press). Just the basics; short, cheap, clear, and well produced. 2. "Ten Ton Dreamweaver" by Geoff Blake (Peachpit Press). Expensive, but a systematic presentation of the material. Extra, "BTW" material is presented in sidebars, where it doesn't get in the way of the main "narrative"; useful end-of-chapter reviews are included. There's even an attempt at humor, some of which works (the "How to Dress Like a Designer" feature on p. 49 is right on target). My only reservation: does ANYBODY still use frames? --Constance Warner ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
