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Thanks Conor.
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Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:13
AM
Subject: RE: RE: [DUG-OFFTOPIC]: Choosing
a web design tool
Nope, didn't work for me when I tried it last week, still doesn't
work.
Cheers,
Conor
I've tried downloading 1stPage before,
but the ftp link on Evrsoft's website goes nowhere. Have you tried to
download it recently? Any suggestions?
Todd.
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I'd agree with
James - if you are getting started, start with something basic
and spend the money on a couple of good books. You can
always upgrade to something bigger later once you know what you really
need.
As for an editor there are basically two camps - those that
prefer WYSIWYG editors like FrontPage or more expensive alternatives,
and those that prefer "hand-crafting" xhtm/html by hand. I prefer
the latter and I like a bit more help than a basic text editor provides
so I use a tool like 1stPage from Evrsoft http://www.evrsoft.com (It is
free). You'll also want a good image editor. If you can
afford it get Photoshop or something similar. If you can't get the
free GIMP for Linux or Windows. http://www.gimp.org
If you want a good web scripting language PHP is gaining a lot of
popularity and can be used with a lot of databases including MySQL and
Firebird (Interbase open source). If you want to get into PHP a
good starting point is the phpdev environment which sets up a PHP/ MySQL
/ Apache windows environment on your PC. http://www.firepages.com.au.
It's free too. A reasonable PHP editor is the free version of Maguma
Studio at http://www.maguma.com
As for hosting you can do it yourself but you telecom don't like
you doing it on a JetStart account. As you can't have a fixed IP
address you will need to use a dynamic IP address resolution system such
as that from http://www.dyndns.org
(there are others too). Disadvantage - ADSL has a slower upload
speed than download so your server will appear slow to other
people. There are also firewall, security, and
backup issues etc. Probably easier to just use a commercial
hosting account. You can get a Linux hosting account with PHP and
MySQL support for not a lot of money, or an NT Server account for a
little more. Check your ISP's offerings or I can give you
some options if you want
them.
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