Web Site Design Software for self starter designer - which is best?

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iluvmac

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Hi

I tried Microsoft Frontpage 2003 - to difficult and published websites can only display with Internet Explorer.
So now Incredible is offering a special

1) Web Easy 8 Professional R499.00
2) Magix Extreme Web Designer 5 R499.00


Any one tried eather before? Which one wil be best suited to my needs?

Many thanks:D

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Nod

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What kind of websites do you want to do?
Only layout, or also back-end?
Flash, ASP, PHP, etc?

Depending on what you want to do, you'll use a different tool.
 
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Happy Camper

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For a beginner I would recommend Dreamweaver CS, its still a steep learning curve for a newb but there is uber support for it on the webpipes. Either that or start to learn coding and just use a text editor :)
 
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bantu

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iluvmac said:
Hi

I tried Microsoft Frontpage 2003 - to difficult and published websites can only display with Internet Explorer.
So now Incredible is offering a special

1) Web Easy 8 Professional R499.00
2) Magix Extreme Web Designer 5 R499.00


Any one tried eather before? Which one wil be best suited to my needs?

Many thanks:D

D
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I would recomment WYSIWYG Web Builder, this should work for you. When all is done, you just publish the files on your pc and then upload them online.
 
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NoRulez

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iluvmac said:
Hi

I tried Microsoft Frontpage 2003 - to difficult and published websites can only display with Internet Explorer.
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I've been using Frontpage for many years without display problems in any browsers. Moved to MS Expression Web about 2 years ago and still all my sites can be viewed in any browser...
http://ncywg.co.za/
http://combat-arts.co.za/
http://www.monocom.co.za/

Easiest to learn with and uploads without having to use 3rd party FTP utilities, as long as the server supports it. ;)
 
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Techrat

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Those are some decent looking websites NoRulez :), I always figured Frontpage would produce crap.
 
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Incomedia Website X5.

www.websitex5.com

About R850 including Template Pack.

Nothing is easier than this program, nothing,

Sad thing is. I lost my legitimate version :mad: (you have to pay again to download it). So now I have to scourge and see where to get it again :(
 
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claud1o

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I would suggest notepad or scite for coding, and photoshop for graphics.

but if you dont wanna learn to code then use dreamweaver. it adds a bunch of crap inda code u dont really need, but if your not coding then who cares.
 
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RoosTa

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I'd say notepad as well. (or better yet, Notepad++)

Code: 
<html>
   <body>
      Hello World
   </body>
</html>

:p
 
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iluvmac said:
Hi

I tried Microsoft Frontpage 2003 - to difficult and published websites can only display with Internet Explorer.
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You need to run server software like Apache ( WAMP) or IIS depending on wether you're going to go for Linux or Windows webhosting, this allows you to test against the major webbrowser quirks.
 
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iluvmac

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iluvmac said:
Hi

I tried Microsoft Frontpage 2003 - to difficult and published websites can only display with Internet Explorer.
So now Incredible is offering a special

1) Web Easy 8 Professional R499.00
2) Magix Extreme Web Designer 5 R499.00


Any one tried eather before? Which one wil be best suited to my needs?

Many thanks:D

D
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Thanks guys

But I don't understand ANY OF THE JARGON YOU'RE USING.
I'm a complete novice with no design experience.

Many thanks!

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