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**domaindirk** · 06-18-2002, 12:34 PM

Whats the best "bang for the buck" website developement software on the market? Opinions?

Thanks
DD

**domaindirk** · 06-18-2002, 12:36 PM

Sorry for the "software" spelling. On a strange, old and worn out keyboard at work.

06-18-2002, 01:18 PM

personally I prefer dreamweaver

06-18-2002, 01:34 PM

dreamweaver and fireworks are a great combo

06-18-2002, 01:45 PM

yes, and stay away from frontpage if possible, a nasty peice of software that one.

**vialli** · 06-18-2002, 01:55 PM

Hey Snoopy,

Frontpage is alright, you just have to know how to handle it. LOL

Domaindirk, check out 1st page 2000 at http://www.evrsoft.com/products/ - it's free and not bad imo.

But if you have the money, you can't go far wrong with dreamweaver and fireworks.

**Omni** · 06-18-2002, 03:06 PM

Use frontpage too, works okay (or well enough) though would pick up dreamweaver one day

06-18-2002, 06:12 PM

I like HotDog Pro, but that's mainly because I started on it!

**domaindirk** · 06-18-2002, 06:57 PM

Thanks for all the suggestions and help gang. I think I will take a look at the Dreamweaver package. Have tried FrontPage with descent results.

DD

**owen** · 06-18-2002, 07:37 PM

I highly recommend Pico. Or for you Windows users, Notepad.

06-18-2002, 08:24 PM

nice for mods, not nice for rapid dev work.

**Nic** · 06-19-2002, 04:18 AM

Hands down Macromedia software RULE !!!

**flex** · 06-19-2002, 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by domaindirk
Whats the best "bang for the buck" website developement software on the market? Opinions?

Thanks
DD

Dreamweaver is the way to go.

**dmyre** · 06-19-2002, 06:36 AM

I too, am interested in exploring web development. Which is the easiset tool for a newbie that only knows basic HTML?

Frontpage
Fireworks
Dreamweaver

**flex** · 06-19-2002, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by brn2h8
I too, am interested in exploring web development. Which is the easiset tool for a newbie that only knows basic HTML?

Frontpage
Fireworks
Dreamweaver

IMO, dreamweaver

**mole** · 06-19-2002, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by snoopy
yes, and stay away from frontpage if possible, a nasty peice of software that one.

Why's that, snoops? Which features does FP lack?

06-19-2002, 10:53 AM

mole, I always found it added a huge amount of extra code which seemed to make pages very incompatible with netscape.

**mole** · 06-19-2002, 11:02 AM

I won't be surprised if that's deliberate

To ensure your published pages are compatible with Netscape, go to Page Options > Compatibility > Both Internet Explorer and Navigator.

06-19-2002, 11:17 AM

lol yeah it was an older version of frontpage so things may be better now, in fact I even had problems with older versions of explorer - since going to dreamweaver I can't say I've really had any of the same problems.

interesting thread comparing the two.

http://www.geekvillage.com/forums/sh...&threadid=1794

**mole** · 06-19-2002, 11:30 AM

The earlier versions of FP were a bit of a pain - simple things like not being able select and delete multiple files, toggling between pages.

FP 2002 has solved all those problems, and it includes SharePoint as a bonus.

But this version has that irritating one installation per license copy protection. So it kinda sucks, as I had to buy one copy for use in the office and one for use at home.