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

[Mike Osborne]

Dave Have a look at CityDesk http://www.fogcreek.com/CityDesk/ .   Complete low-end content management system, you can create excellent looking site with dynamic content very easily - also great tool for writing HTML help. Check out some of the sites people have created to see what it can do - also very blog friendly if you're into that. Key difference/benefit is that adding articles, and new content is so easy once you have your structure and templates sorted out.   Right now is an opportune time to buy - they're about to release new version and in doing so drop the "Home" edition, but Home edition users will be upgraded to Pro. All of $US79 (SNZ140) - and upgrade will save. If your site is real small, the free trial copy will do it all for you.   It doesn't have all the flashy gizmos of FP or Dreamweaver - but good web design is often compromised by egregious Flash, rollovers, crappy dynamic menus, ...       Have fun Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list offtopic 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, _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