Thanks for the tips, Jostein. I'm going to see if I can find Allaire Homesite. Paul
Jostein wrote: > I agree with Shel and advice against Netscape Composer. > However, most visual editors produce more code than really needed. > Microsoft Word and FrontPage are some of the worst examples, but it > seems that none are perfect. The real problem with this is, imo, that > the code is totally unreadable afterwards. The extra bandwidth they > produce is not significant. > > To learn the basics of HTML is relatively simple. The number of code > words you need to know is probably between 10 and 20. - I still > remember my own pleasure of getting started so quickly when I first > wrote some HTML in Notepad five years ago. But even though I'm still > something of an hardcoding freak, it's definately not necessary to > write all the trivia anymore. Just like Shel says. Templates is really > a magic word. > > There are many free/shareware editors out there that lets you work > with templates. That's the one feature I would demand of any HTML > editor. > Among good alternatives CoffeeCup has been mentioned already. My > favourite is Allaire Homesite (developed my own site and the AutoPug > with it). It has both a code view, a design view, and a built in > simple browser. There's also an extensive help file. > > Good luck. > Can't wait to see your "webfolio"...:-) > > Jostein > http://oksne.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I highly recommend against Composer. I've used it, and it produces > > messy code with - at least in the version I've used - enough slop > and > > incompatibility with several browsers to make it, if not useless in > some > > situations, a poor choice. > > > I've been playing around writing with writing HTML by hand for a few > > months now, and while I'm far from an expert, I believe that > learning > > code in such a manner, and understanding the differences in browsers > and > > platforms, will allow for a better final product. > > > > And for something as simple as putting up a few pages of > photographs, > > once you've worked through the details to make the code acceptable > to > > the widest audience - i.e., number of browsers and platforms - the > rest > > is just like painting by numbers, and, as you said, filling in the > > blanks with your preferred images and text. You'll have a great > > template and will have learned a useful, if not valuable, skill. > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
