SOLVED Dreamweaver - What d'ya think?

[Fire cat]

Hey guys!

As some members know, I'm into websites and I am in process of building one. Up to now it's been me and notepad.

But today, my school gave me a copy of Dreamweaver 2 (schools get free stuff).
I was delighted and was able to use it a bit before my mom became suspicious...

It definitly helps more than a basic notepad, but it is still a bit complicated. Powerfull, of course, and loads of features I'm going to discover.

I would like to know what you think of Dreamweaver and if you have any tips about using it.

Thanks,
Fire Cat

 

[Core]

In before the Notepad purists...

I like it quite a bit. I am way, way beyond those days when I had an interest in coding html by hand. I like ironing out bugs and tweaking by hand, but for all else a WYSIWYG editor is a life(and time)saver. And as far as editors go, DMW is definitely the best I've experienced.

 

[Fire cat]

I like it, but for now I think I'm only going to use it for adding text and formatting as well as cleanning the code, while doing the design manualy.

Though, it has great features. For example, the most usefull one I find is the preview in IE or FF in any other browser.

 

[Nibiru2012]

I envy you guys who can do website design. Either it's my ADD or patience, not sure which, but never been able to sit down and really get with it so to speak.

FC - when you get done I would really like to see some of your web designs.

 

[TrainableMan]

I ... was able to use it a bit before my mom became suspicious...

suspicious? Are you still grounded from using the computer? You got it from school - sounds a lot like homework.

 

[Ian]

I use Dreamweaver all the time, so it's got a big thumbs up from me. The WYSIWYG feature is excellent, plus it's so much easier to edit code manually in DW.

I also like to correct errors and clean up code manually, but when you're trying to visualise complex tables or just have a quick overview of what you've coded so far, it's a real time saver.

 

[Core]

I use Dreamweaver all the time, so it's got a big thumbs up from me. The WYSIWYG feature is excellent, plus it's so much easier to edit code manually in DW.

I also like to correct errors and clean up code manually, but when you're trying to visualise complex tables or just have a quick overview of what you've coded so far, it's a real time saver.

That is precisely what I do as well. :beer:

 

[Nibiru2012]

Fire Cat - You'd better be careful, sometimes HELL hath no fury like a Mother upset, especially if you're saying one thing and then doing another.

Believe I know from first-hand experience!

We just don't want to see a news flash on CNN about a Mother throwing her son into the Zuiderzee!

 

[Fire cat]

:lol:

Actually, I got Dreamweaver from a request of my father. He wants me to help him use it for some of his stuff. That's why I got permission to try it out and mess around with it, and I used the occasion to clean up a bit my own website. But I still keep my own copy of DW on an unknown USB Key...

I understand how to change text formating, color, add links and comments, add scripts and tables and other things, but how do I make a simple div? I have to start of from notepad before being able to do any other editing in DW. As I said, I still have to do the main UI from scratch in notepad.

 

[davehc]

I have tried Expression, which is OK for my low requirements. Experimented with
Sharepoint designer. I have two websites which I built myself and, during that process, I learned enough (not vey much, I'm afaraid) not to return to the over simple FrontPage.

"For example, the most usefull one I find is the preview in IE or FF in any other browser."

Isn't that in most, or am I misunderstanding you?

"I envy you guys who can do website design."

No envy required, imho. I am top level dumb with coding. That's why I use the proggies mentioned - they do all the hard work.

 

[Fire cat]

Well, I'm going to continue to use Dreamweaver 2, as everybody recommends it.

@Davehc
Actually, maybe it is. But what I like is that you can just point dreamweaver at a exe file, in this case a browser, and it will open the browser and load te website. I usualy save my websites as .php and when I try to open that wit IE, it asks me if I want to download it, but when I launch from DW, it doesn't.

@Niburu
If you want to make a website, just get a site editor like DW. I started in notepad only to learn the basic structure of a webpage and to learn about all the tags, but you can go directly to the editor. The only thing that you will have to learn is to script PHP or ASP, and Javascript and other languages.

 

[davehc]

Another way, which was how I started, is to download a site that you fancy, and load the home file (index.html) into your web design program, and just fool around with it.

Firecat. Perhaps you moved the goalpost a little there Fwiw. When you installed Dreamweaver, it picked up the php associate. If you are happy with Dreamwaver - no probs. Otherwise, as you probably know, you can change the associate back to IE.

 

[SourceX]

Here are some interesting things http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/first_website_pt1.html

 

[Fire cat]

Here are some interesting things http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/first_website_pt1.html

Thanks, but I know how to make a website.

My domain is allready regsitered (fc-designs.com) and I will be installing a web server on one of my old computers on friday. Having my own web server is really great, as I get unlimited everything, for 10€ a year. Also, I get control over EVERYTHING.

 

[Nibiru2012]

Having my own web server is really great, as I get unlimited everything, for 10€ a year.

FC - When you say "unlimited everything"; do you mean that applies to bandwidth such high DL and UL speeds too?

Just curious on this one!

 

[Fire cat]

Hum... I might have exagerated.

Unlimited Email
Unlimited Storage
Unlimited other stuff I forgot...