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Old 05-19-2008, 06:28 PM
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hi everyone
i'm still learning html and css but i want my site to to take off as soon as possible,i can't wait till i finish learning b4 i build my site.
does any one have an idea a software that i can use which i can later manipulate when i'm conversant with html?.
i wanted to use dreamweaver but i don't like the way the display design with dreamweaver at the buttom of sites.
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Old 05-19-2008, 06:37 PM
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I also just recently started writing my own html code. I use Coffee Cup and I like it. To me, it is clean, simple and user-friendly.
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Old 05-19-2008, 07:34 PM
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Hey there,

I'm experimenting with Dreamweaver, but I too am not sure.

I have built my site with Kompozer (it's free too!) and love the results so far, very user friendly in my books.

Best of Luck!
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Old 05-19-2008, 08:01 PM
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There are two approaches. I'm in the minority club on this one (at least on this site) so sometimes I just keep quiet, but for what its worth...

If you want to use the "What You See Is What You Get" approach you use something like Dreamweaver or the others. You drag and drop or whatever and the program writes the code.

If you get familiar with html and css and like working directly with the code you can just use a text type editor (even Notepad) and look at your work on your browser as you go along. This approach gives you great control and you can adjust anything you want easily (if you know the code).

I use NoteTab Pro for my html and Top Style Lite for my css and keep both open at the same time (along with the browser). Both of these work great because they fill in most of the code for you from a menu on the side. For a simple example, when I select a section of text and click "paragraph block" on the side it puts the code <p> and </p> around the selection. If you decide to go the code route I highly recommend these two programs. (NoteTab does the css, too, but I like using both together better.)
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