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Help with Web design

Bulldog VII

Bulldog VII

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Jul 10, 2007
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Hi all

I want to create a website & wanted to know if anyone can point me in the right direction of what programs I need to use??

Thanks
 
Bulldog VII said:
Thanks for that only I'm still none the wiser for what I need to download to install to use??
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There are dozens of apps you can use, no specific ones are necessary. You just need to find what meets your needs. If you're planning to code by hand all you need is a text editor, and there's tons of those. If you want a WYSIWYG editor, the list is smaller. It also depends on if you're willing to pay for the app. There's also image editing software if you need any of that. You'll need a FTP program if you're site is going to be hosted somewhere on the net, or you can just run the site locally on your machine if you're just testing things.

There's lots of variables here, that's why I pointed you to the stickies. If you want specific, make a more specific question, e.g., "I want to just design and not look at code, and am willing to pay for apps under $50." Or "I want to really learn things and know how to code them, and don't want to pay any money."

I don't know your background or your desires, so please write posts assuming people can't read your mind. ;)
 
If you really want to get into it, purchase a dreamweaver license. This has to be the best program I have ever used both text coding and WYSIWYG design.

www.tutorialized.com is one of the sites I used to frequently visit when I first started this profession. Give it a view.
 
tominated said:
just get bbedit and gimp to start with and find some xhtml and css tuts online
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jaikob said:
If you really want to get into it, purchase a dreamweaver license. This has to be the best program I have ever used both text coding and WYSIWYG design.
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Get BBEdit (or textwrangler, which is the lite/free version of BBEdit) and learn HTML. If you want to understand how a webpage works, don't get Dreamweaver or use iWeb, etc. Drag-and-drop web design teaches you the wrong way to do things and won't help in the future.
 
Yeah, low end stuffs is good if you are starting out to learn HTML, DW tend to modify the code something like that.
 
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