@ray326Apr 03.2004 — #Frontpage is NEVER the answer. The latest Dreamweaver is probably the best of the WYSIWYG lot but you'd really be better off with something in between -- intelligent text edit with real time preview. Check out [URL=http://www.htmlkit.com]HTML-Kit[/URL] for a good example of that and a price you won't believe compared to DW.
@buntineApr 03.2004 — #I first got HTML-kit over 2 years ago and still havent moved on.. Chami's HTML-kit is an amazing peice of software. I use it for everything from ASP to Java.
Frontpage 2003 and above are also great. And, of coarse, DW is good also.
@shimonApr 03.2004 — #hand coding is the way forward, as far as im concerned neither dreamweaver nor frontpage are options.
but it certainly helps to have a nice editor like [URL=http://www.editplus.com]EditPlus[/URL] with features like syntax highlighting - after about 5 minutes you'll realise that notepad just doesnt have enough power for development work
@zingmatterApr 03.2004 — #Dreamweaver is good for quickly inserting content into a template, otherwise, it will produce code that is very hard to unpick should you wish to modify at a later date.
If you hand code then stick at it, the added time pays off when it comes to site maintainance and modifcation at a later date. I use Macromedia's HomeSite 5. It's just a text editor at heart but it can autocomplete tags, do site-wide find and replace, color maps, form wizards and so on... I think there's a free version available on the web (presumably bought by macromedia at some point) at:
thanks for your help. I have dreamweaver...the trial and it seems complicated, i tend to go into it and mod the code cuz i dont like hunting options down, lol