Hi all,
Without opening a HUGE can of worms, I just wanted to get some ideas
of what others are using professionally to create websites
commercially. For years I had used Homesite and never migrated to
Dreamweaver or ColdFusion. My limited abilities notwithstanding , I
have moved to FrontPage 2000 (forget validation) and now to MS
Publisher. Am I essentially bringing a knife to a gun fight here?
I have a very limited budget and want to be able to create dynamic
websites for potential clients. What is the best balance between cost
and effectiveness with ease of use as a prime consideration?
Chuck
PS: I've got my helmet and flak jacket on, go to my website and tell
me just how bad you think it is. www.wallstreetsoftware.com
cd
Oct 17 '06
21 2084
RobG,
Thank you for your thoughtful and detailed response. I have learned
more on this newsgroup than in the last ten years of coding by myself.
As if it weren't completely evident, I am completely self taught. I
began in 1994 using the Robin Hood method of Web design. I would steal
a website and strip it of original identifying information replacing
it with my own. In the process I picked up many of the nuances of HTML
code mostly by osmosis. Unfortunatley, I picked up many bad habits
along the way. Now, I would never consider stealing another's design,
but still appreciate a well designed site and will try to incorporate
parts in my own design. Java script is a bugaboo, and I'm still
struggling. Thanks for the tips.
Chuck
On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:49:18 +1000, RobG <rg***@iinet.ne t.auwrote:
>we*******@wall streetsoftware. com wrote: [...]
>PS: I've got my helmet and flak jacket on, go to my website and tell me just how bad you think it is. www.wallstreetsoftware.com
From your page:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaS cript">
The language attribute is deprecated, type is required. Use:
<script type="text/javascript">
The start of your script:
function clock() {
if (!document.laye rs && !document.all) return;
will specifically exclude Firefox (and Mozilla, et al) from showing the clock. I have no particular interest in seeing a clock in a web page (it's pretty pointless, modern computers have clocks that the user can display if they wish) but that seems a rather silly exclusion.
The only requirements for your clock are basic support for the built-in javascript Date object and document.write, both of which are supported by every browser of any note in the last 10 years. If you really want to, feature detect for those features and leave it at that. Don't assume that because a browser doesn't admit to support for two particular proprietary (and quite outdated) features that they can't run the rest of your script.
The javascript in the page can be greatly improved, try:
news:comp.lang. javascript
Johan,
Thank you for your objective observations. I value such input. For
some reason I tend to migrate toward Time New Roman in almost all
printed documents. I really don't know why. As you said it must be a
"personal and subjective" choice. I'll rethink it. I'm working on a
new banner using a graphic jpeg file with an overlay of the text
message. Thanks again.
Chuck
PS: Thanks for the link to web-garden, very informative. I've
bookmarked it for future reference. Is that you, or just a reference?
cd
On 22 Oct 2006 13:16:55 -0700, "Jobe" <jo********@gma il.comwrote:
>Chuck,
Text font is to bold for me.
Banner looks like Powerpoint animation.
But design remains personal and subjective :)
br
Johan www.Web-garden.be
we*******@wall streetsoftware. com wrote:
>Johan,
"-I would work on the the content font." Can you elaborate, please?
I thought the banner looked pretty cool, but then I like velvet Elvi <gAn alternative?
Chuck
On 18 Oct 2006 10:44:46 -0700, "Jobe" <jo********@gma il.comwrote:
>Chuck,
Personaly I use Dreamweaver 8. But 80% of the time I`m writing directly in the code page. I started webdesign something like a year ago. In the mean time I´'m a strong believer of code knowledge. There is no better way than writing code. But saying this, it takes a incredible amount of time to study HTML and CSS. You mention the word "dynamic" site...meaning you will have to spend expensive time in learning PHP and MySQL.
It's not finished...How can you make an attractive site without Photoshop?
For me the most difficult thing is...making choices. Should I go for HTML/CSS, PHP, Flash,....
Some comments regarding the site:
-I would work on the the content font. -The banner doesn't look professional to me -The color of the right column (black° may be different.
Best regards
Johan www.web-garden.be Exploring webdesign David E. Ross wrote: we*******@walls treetsoftware.c om wrote:
Hi all,
Without opening a HUGE can of worms, I just wanted to get some ideas
of what others are using professionally to create websites
commercially. For years I had used Homesite and never migrated to
Dreamweaver or ColdFusion. My limited abilities notwithstanding , I
have moved to FrontPage 2000 (forget validation) and now to MS
Publisher. Am I essentially bringing a knife to a gun fight here?
I have a very limited budget and want to be able to create dynamic
websites for potential clients. What is the best balance between cost
and effectiveness with ease of use as a prime consideration?
Chuck
PS: I've got my helmet and flak jacket on, go to my website and tell
me just how bad you think it is. www.wallstreetsoftware.com
cd
I use Wordpad to hand-code my HTML and CSS. I develop my pages in a mirror on my PC, which replicates the same file structure as I have on my ISP's Web server. This allows me to review and test my pages before uploading them to the server.
This does not work with SSI scripts. For those, my ISP allows me to use a secure Telnet session into my account on their Web server. I use vi to hand-code UNIX Korn-shell scripts and test them via the Telnet session.
Of course, no everyone knows how to hand-code HTML and CSS. I've looked at Nvu at <http://www.nvu.com/>. It seems to generate HTML that passes W3C validation. I don't particularly like the way Nvu formats the source HTML (the visual appearance) and the fact that it always inserts closing tags that are optional (e.g., </pat the end of a paragraph that is immediately followed by another paragraph). However, if you want a tool to generate Web pages that are suitable for all browsers, you might consider Nvu, which is freeware.
A list of freeware tools is at <http://www.anybrowser. org/campaign/abtools.html>; this includes a discussion of the tools. There is also W3C's Amaya at <http://www.w3.org/Amaya/>.
--
David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>
Concerned about someone (e.g., Pres. Bush) snooping into your E-mail? Use PGP. See my <http://www.rossde.com/PGP/>
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