Thanks Staffan. Bluefish may do the trick. My problem is that I'm uploading regular information to a couple of websites I designed in Dreamweaver which I can do easily without any knowledge of code. But of course it's in HTML.
More research required. Best Nicki On 24 May 2013, at 18:19, Staffan Melin (Oscillator) wrote: > For web design (rather - web development) it's worth checking out the > big open source CMS: Drupal, Joomla, WordPress. That means you move > away from code (HTML). There are more than the three I've mentioned, > but these are the ones I've come across (and I've used both Drupal and > Joomla for development). > > For HTML web development, except for Bluefish, there is also KompoZer > (http://www.kompozer.net/) and Aptana (www.aptana.com). Maybe more. > > Best regards, > > Staffan > > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 5:15 PM, john Culleton <John at wexfordpress.com> > wrote: >> On Fri, 24 May 2013 12:24:48 +0100 >> Nicola Griffin <nickigriffin at mac.com> wrote: >> >>> Catching up on past Scribus posts having been immersed in Scribus >>> designing a festival programme. >>> >>> So now I realise this really does affect me, not for DTP but I use >>> Dreamweaver and Fireworks. Was planning to upgrade my MacBook. >>> There's no way I could justify paying a monthly fee for a plan. >>> >>> So Open Source. Where next for web design and graphics? >>> >>> Best >>> >>> Nicki Griffin >>> >>>> >> For graphics Inkscape (Vector) and Gimp (bitmap, photos) >> For book covers and fancy text layouts in multipage documents Scribus. >> For most book interiors some form of TeX. I use pdftex for novels, >> Context for technical books, LaTeX rarely and when used preferably using >> the memoir class. There is just too much missing from Scribus for book >> interiors IMO except for coffee table books. Others may have more >> success. >> >> To convert from RGB model documents to CMYK model for bitmaps I use >> ImageMagick, a very powerful command line program. >> To preserve the vector nature of Inkscape outputs and >> convert to CMYK I am planning to use Scribus as a post processor. >> >> Web design can be done in Inkscape producing an svg file which most >> browsers can handle. Or you can use Bluefish and produce html. The old >> Quanta plus is no more, being replaced by a much inferior product with >> the same name. I actually code my pages in a editor called Gvim which >> will highlight key words and brace pairs etc. for html and various >> programming languages as well. But I was a programmer in my misspent >> youth so working at the code level is OK by me. >> -- >> John Culleton >> Wexford Press >> Free list of books for self-publishers: >> http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html >> PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" >> available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html >> >> ___ >> Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net >> Edit your options or unsubscribe: >> http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus >> See also: >> http://wiki.scribus.net >> http://forums.scribus.net > > > > -- > Staffan Melin > Oscillator - ord bild form > Kryssd?cket 1 > SE-413 27 G?TEBORG > SVERIGE/SWEDEN > www.oscillator.se > staffan.melin at oscillator.se > +46 (0)70-4876 250 > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net
