Well, I'm glad you brought it up Rick. I now know that I'm not alone. The best HTML package around is Notepad (or your text editor of choice). The generators just make crap. Coding HTML yourself is a great learning tool, too!
On Thursday 09 January 2003 11:21 am, you wrote: > I have to say this, though some won't like hearing it: > > + compose your HTML by hand > + start with static content (no scripts at first) > + construct your scripts (active content) by hand > > Machine-generated HTML is a horrible mess > and will likely lead to content maintenance pain later. > HTML is just too easy to do. It takes a day to learn, > and *no* special training. Sure, there will need to be practice. > I strongly recommend AGAINST most "authoring tools". > > While there are many "canned" packages and services which provide > their own suites of scripts, you will need to write some locally. > I am not saying anything bad about web based products. They're fine. > Just don't expect any one product to cover all of you web needs and > DON'T BE AFRAID to write your own active content in any of the > scripting languages Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, or even REXX. > > The web fundamentals (HTML, HTTP and the CGI standard) were designed > to support what I'm suggesting. Work *with* the fundamentals, > not against them, and you'll get much more satisfaction, > personally, professionally, and corporately. > > -- RMT -- Rich Smrcina Sytek Services, Inc. Milwaukee, WI [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Catch the WAVV! Stay for Requirements and the Free for All! Update your S/390 skills in 4 days for a very reasonable price. WAVV 2003 in Winston-Salem, NC. April 25-29, 2003 For details see http://www.wavv.org
