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Jewel · #14 (**permalink**) 06-12-2008, 11:07 AM

I have been trying hard to learn HTML and a little about CSS so I can make my transition to upload your own html in SBI. I have been using Notetab Lite to program my pages (thanks James for all you encouragement with this). Between Notetab and HTMLDOG tutorials I know a lot more than I did six months ago

It seems quite easy this way...all the commands are off to the side on a bar and I just have to highlight my text and click on it to insert the codes.

I then go to the browser and open the file to see what it looks like. I keep the file open as I work in Notetab and when I make changes I just hit refresh to see what I have done.

How does this differ from using something like Kompozer or Coffeecup? I had figured eventually I would "graduate" to Dreamweaver, but as a complete coding newbie, this is going okay for me and I am not sure what I am missing out on at this point?

I am trying to decide if I should change or not...I never liked Notepad at all and preferred to do my writing in Word, saving as a text file and then copying and pasting into Block Builder.

Now I am using this and I like it a little better. I will end up putting most of one page into one block at the rate I am going.

One of the problems I found when writing my pages in Word and then copying and pasting was that once the page is uploaded there are always little tweaks and jimmies that need to be done and it was way too much trouble to go and do them in Word, then copy and paste again, then build it and see..so many times I would just end up making all of these changes right in Block Builder. Then I was stressing because by the time the true page was uploaded, I didn't have an accurate back up copy..my text file was very different from the uploaded file.

I find it much easier to do all of this in Notetab and see it in the browser, make all the changes there...and then upload the final copy.

Now that I understand a little more about this process...what am I missing out on by doing it in Notetab instead of Kompozer, Coffeecup, or Dreamweaver???

On a regular basis I am trying to talk myself into sticking with writing more content now and at least hitting the 30-page mark before I start the transition. I am itching to try out CSS and upload my own...and not have to change little things on every page....but I always seem to be doing something to distract myself from the content process.

I am spending lots of time, more time than I should, learning about the whole process of CSS and HTML and visual effects (I am leaning towards AJ's template) because I really like that professional look of the CSS sites....but I am constantly working to refocus myself (with great effort) to get back to writing instead of anything else.