OK, Alan, but would you tell us what you REALLY think <g>. This reminds of
the tube fanatics in alt.guitar.amps. Being a nuts and bolts type person who
has taught assembly language programming back in the 8085 days, I understand
your feelings. If your page doesn't turn out the way you wanted it to, you
can fix it in the html code or it can't be fixed at all. Now, having said
that, I still believe that a program like dreamweaver is a good tool for web
pages. I'm not claiming to have the web site programming experience that you
do, but I like looking at the page as I build it. Don't get me wrong, when I
encounter a problem, it's straight to the html editor - I'm that kind of
guy, always will be, most likely. With dreamweaver, this is nice and tightly
tied to the Allaire HomeSite 4.5 html editor. I'm sure there's some quirks
I'll have to put up with, but it beats the feathers out of entering text in
an html editor. That being said, the Web Page Construction Kit 4.0 from
MacMillan Publishing is a great intro to html coding. I got mine for 30
bucks at Best Buy after my friend recommended it. Do NOT mistakenly believe
that the Web Page Construction Kit 5.0 Deluxe is a deluxe version of the
same thing. It is NOT. It has a graphic interface page builder.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 5:09 AM
Subject: Re: [SaF] Templates
> On 16 Jan 2001, 0:45, sweet2cherrylane wrote:
>
> > I have made several personal websites and I am using Microsoft Front
> > Page 2000 to do so. I have used several other options in doing this,
> > but, I can work with this editor best. I would like to make a more
> > professional website.
>
> We begin by trashing your Frontpage editor, for I've never seen a
> professionally done website when the designer used that horrible editor.
>
> > One that would house some info like Health Issues, and a Women site
> > with info on it something like this one..
> > http://www.womansdesktop.com/ Could you direct me to where I can
> > find some templates for this?
>
> I can direct you to templates, but working with templates requires you
> to have a basic understanding of HTML coding. Can you code HTML
> without the crutch of a WYSIWYG editor?
>
> > I have looked at those that Front Page has and they are not what I
> > would like to use.
>
> > Also, I have noticed in using those with columns ( as in front page)
> > they limit you to what goes in the space provided, and you have to put
> > your wording exactly where they have theirs layed out. Is this the way
> > all professional templates are used?
>
> Those are called tables and can be sized to fit your needs if you know
> how to do that. That is one of the problems of editors such as
> Frontpage. You use the program yet you really never understand what it
> is doing on your page.
>
> A template is just an outline. It is not cast in stone. You can edit
> it to suit your needs, but you need to have a basic understanding of
> HTML.
>
> > Thanks for your imput.
>
> Here is my input. Take some time to learn HTML. Learn to write HTML
> raw code using a text editor. I promise you that you will never regret
> this. Visit PageTutor and begin learning how to write HTML:
>
> http://www.pagetutor.com/pagetutor/makapage/
>
> Professional webmasters code in raw HTML or at least have a solid
> knowledge of how HTML works so that they can monitor their editors for
> correctness.
>
> ~~
>
> The following site contains some of the best templates I've seen:
>
> http://freesitetemplates.com/
>
> (Just click the button that reads "View All Templates" to your left)
>
>
> Alan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
