On 6 Jun 2000, 14:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Thanks for the link Alan! Awesome resource! I have been studying a
> book also called HTML Goodies (he has a website too htmlgoodies.com)
> I got the fundamentals of HTML down... :o) just not real good at
> manipulating the massive lines of code required, without some help. :o(
> . All the pages I have made (47 of um!) were made from completely
> blank slates, and then saved, and given to domain owners to UL to their
> own site. Probably the one reason I've kept AOL so long too! ::big
> sigh:::
Have you ever worked with tool editors? HomeSite is considered one of
the best HTML editors with all kinds of helpful utilities, etc. And so
is CoffeeCup - another tool editor. Tool editors are macro types of
programs where you click a button or key combination and the html code -
the tags and attributes - often putting both the tag and closing tag
into your document. You just edit in the values. It speeds up writing
your code because much of it is automatic. And many of these tool
editors have tutorial help, as well. I know HomeSite has a great deal
of help for the person learning HTML.
Still, these tool editors are not for the pure beginner, but if as you
say you have the basics of HTML down, then you might wish to try one of
these type editors.
HomeSite and CoffeeCup and HotDog and the others you've probably heard
of are shareware. They cost ya money. What I am going to do now is
suggest you try out these two excellent freeware programs.
(1) Arachnophilia - a powerful website workshop. It is free. Actually
it is 'Careware', meaning the author wishes you do something for him.
I just now read the latest and he wishes that you stop whining for an
hour or more. <g> LOL.
It is a great tool editor for free and it will give you a good idea of
how tool editors do there thang:
http://www.arachnoid.com/
(2) Evrsoft's 1st Page 2000 - This is without a doubt the best freeware
HTML tool editor available today. In fact, it just might be one of the
best, period. It is actually four versions - an easy version for
beginners, the normal version, intermediate (expert) and advanced
(hardcore).
Take a visit to it's site and download the product and play with it for
a while.
http://www.evrsoft.com/1stpage/
I would suggest you first get the feel for arachnophilia. Then try out
1st page. And if you like these tool editors, then you can evaluate
shareware products such as HomeSite.
BTW...doesn't AOL still give you 2 to 5 megs per username? You should
have your own sites at AOL.
Alan
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