RE: [DUG-OFFTOPIC]: Choosing a web design tool

[Jeremy Coulter]

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Sounds like you are a candidate for Frontpage for a start. A LOT of people dont like FrontPage, and yes inthe past its been a bit iffy, but I have used it from day one, i.e. since it first came out. I Have used pretty much every other tool, and to be honest, I go back to FP. I DONT use the FP extensions tho. I just use it as my Dev. tool. I.e. I do the GUI  look with it, but al the ASP or etc. I still do by hand. I have used Delphi Web Script, and its actually quite powerful, but I use it more these days inside Delphi apps.rather than on web pages. Delphi 7 has got Intraweb which on the surface a really good, but there are some intricisies that are annoying, like you cant use the back button on the browser.   If you have not looked at FP, take alook. But just dont use the FP extensions. Its pretty temptint to, but dont. :-)   Also, there is Delphi .NET that you could look at for ASP.NET pages.   Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 15 August 2003 07:18 To: Multiple recipients of list offtopic Subject: [DUG-OFFTOPIC]: Choosing a web design tool Hi all   I'm brand new to web design and want to hit the ground running with an advanced toolset. I would like to use a product that enables a complete novice like myself, to put together a basic web site easily, yet has the power & flexibility that an experienced web developer would want. The idea is, once I get familiar with things and then want to get more fancy and dig deeper, the toolset I'm using needs to already have all the advanced features - so that I can grow into it. So the toolset needs to cover the A to Z of website design (with nothing left out).   At the moment, I just want to create a personal website, but then I want to move on to creating a commercial website for a business I want to create.   I understand Delphi 7 has some good web stuff? And I've just been reading a little about Delphi Web Scripting. Ideally I'd like to use something within Delphi, but I'm not opposed to something completely different. A colleague uses Dream Weaver, but I don't know much about it. If I could find a product that is seamless that would be great - i.e. where I don't need to learn a bit of html, _javascript_, some other script, asp syntax, etc. to tie it all together (maybe that's a pipe dream?)   I'm happy if the product is open source, or costs up to $400. I can't afford to spend 1000's!   Any suggestions of products to check out or things I should know?   P.S. I also want to look at whether I get my ISP to host, or use my own PC as the Web server, as I have Jet Start. What are the pros & cons of each?   Thanks for your thoughts. Dave Jollie Developer, TOWER NZ IT (: 09 368 4259 Ê: 09 306 6801 *: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .: 46 Parnell Rd, Parnell, Auckland