On Friday 08 September 2006 12:45, Dan Lewis wrote: > My comments are at the bottom > > From another member of this mailing list: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > On Friday 08 September 2006 10:48 am, Gregory Forster wrote: > > Hi Jack (can't say that in an airport), > > > > Your question sounds exactly what I am doing right now. What > > do you mean by "Microsoft Professional"? Do you mean the > > operating system? That's what I am using. > > > > Open Office is good for creating graphics and initial > > settings in the HTML code that is W3C compliant. However, for > > using as a full fledged HTML editor/creator, it stinks! You can > > only use OpenOffice if you know HTML code - what you can do and > > what you can't. Otherwise, you may think you've designed a super > > web page, using OpenOffice, but when you save it and display it > > in a browser, it isn't anything like you designed! OpenOffice > > also has a bad habit of automatically inserting code that is non > > compliant. > > > > You're a lot better off using conTEXT, a free pure text > > editor. Besides using conTEXT, I also use Internet Explorer and > > Firefox to make sure my creations display the same. Then, ever > > so often, I use the W3C web site to validate my web creation as > > HTML 4.01 Transitional validated. What's really nice using > > conTEXT, is that conTEXT color codes HTML coding. With the color > > coding, editing is a breeze. > > > > My web creation may look dull to others, lacking audio, > > animated graphics, etc. But my web pages display the same in > > Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc., are quickly displayed by DSL, > > Cable, Dial-up, etc. and are W3C Transitional validated. > > > > Greg > > > > > > jack biller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey Open Office, > > I love your programs but i want something that is comparable to > > Microsoft Professional. I need to post and manage my website and > > i need a program to do it with, can you help me out? > > > > Jack Biller > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > There can be some problems using OpenOffice.org to design web > pages as stated, but they are not always as big as Greg indicates. > Sometimes a web page will look like you designed it, and other > times it will not. I use OOo to design simple web pages and have no > problems. Others do not. Styles are very important when designing a > web page, and it is an area you will need some knowledge of. OOo > does add some code in places which makes it non-compliant with W3C. > However, in some but not all cases, this can be modified with a > simple text editor like Wordpad. To do this properly, you should > also get a copy of css2.pdf from www.w3c.org and enter css2.pdf in > the search box.
Contrary to Dan's opinion word processors are not the tool to use to create really good web pages. Get a software package that was designed to create webpages or use a text editor. But don't waste your time using Writer, Word or Wordperfect because they all do a bad job producing good quality code or good looking pages. If you want a boring plain looking page with bad code use one of the above mentioned processors. There is a wysiwyg on the w3c site and it is free and works with all OS. It even writes w3c compliant code. You don't have to clean it up after creating the page, what a novel concept! -- Jack Gates http://www.morningstarcom.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
