David I'll be interested to see what others say but the choice seems limited which seems to explain the high price of dreamweaver
Neven ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list offtopic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 7:18 AM 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, java script, 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 > *: 09 306 6801 > *: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *: 46 Parnell Rd, Parnell, Auckland > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Offtopic List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe offtopic" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/offtopic%40delphi.org.nz/