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

[Stephen Bertram]

$0.02c = I like DreamWeaver if you can justify it.  Good WYSIWYG, editor and clean HTML.   However I always end up hand tweaking the HTML because I'm that way inclined.     It is a big job creating a "nice" page from scratch without a design tool.  Unfortunately most tools create such dirty HTML that you spend more time stripping out unnecessary (and browser specific) tags than you would spend writing it in Notepad to start with.    Stephen -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 15 August 2003 7:18 a.m. 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   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This communication contains information that is confidential and the copyright of enSynergy Limited or a third party. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication please delete and destroy all copies and telephone enSynergy Limited on +64 9 3551591 immediately. If you are the intended recipient of this communication you should not copy, disclose or distribute this communication without the authority of enSynergy Limited. Any views expressed in this Communication are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of enSynergy Limited. Except as required by law, enSynergy Limited does not represent, warrant and/or guarantee that the integrity of this communication has been maintained nor that the communication is free of errors, virus, interception or interference.