I was just at dreamweaver website. Templates. No doctype, tables,
imagemaps and javascript. God forbid. Randomly choosing four of them and
viewing source showed me quite enough. Lets go backwards??? Font face
font size the whole works of what we are trying to get rid of. Someone
new would be wasting their time using on of these, and would learn
nothing that wouldn't have to be unlearned.
Learn the basics maually. Always always always
Bruce Prochnau
www.bkdesign.ca
Joy Bower wrote:
> Get a copy of Dreamweaver or GoLive (I use Dreamweaver).
I disagree. Either of these programs is a lot of $ for someone just
starting out, not to mention pretty complex with a lot of stuff a
beginner doesn't need. There are a number of HTML programs that are
low or no cost you can try.
At the start, what you want to do is look at the code and find out
what each tag does. I did this by getting a cheap wysiwyg html editor
and the putting stuff in - look at the code and look at the page on
line - take it out or change it, see what happens.
Once you have a good understanding of what each tag does, you can
move on to a more complex editor as needed.
That's a good way to do it, too. But for someone who is a print
designe and must have been using a page layout program like Quark or
InDesign, the interface of DW or GL is recognizable. Also, they work
on a visual design metaphor as opposed to a programming metaphor. In
my experience, getting the tools that work best for your particular
needs will offset the initial cost. Then later, when she's got some
sites under her belt, she can tackle the programming head on. I'm not
saying this WILL work best for her, not knowing her personally. But,
as a print designer turned web designer, I think this option MAY work
very well for her. So, no argument with your suggestion. Just another
option for her to choose from.
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