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Originally Posted by ftaylor  Personal recommendation:
Start from scratch. HTMLDOG.com is a good starting point if you work through the tutorials. |
Good suggestion unless the person making the site doesn't have the knowledge to program or the funds to purchase software like Dreamweaver (and if you're going to do that, bite the bullet and get the whole Creative Suite).
Templates can be a great way to learn web development. Sure, they can look templated and may not work 100% but it will give them a chance to modify a "working" site and expirement with layouts etc to not only see what can be changed but also start to learn the basics of web development.
Programs like DW and Web Expressions (and most HTML editors) also tend to add in a lot of fluff into your programming which will need to be taken out to optimize the site for speed (but don't get me wrong, they're great for updating an entire site (many pages) at once.
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Originally Posted by ftaylor Dreamweaver etc:
-are generally not cross browser compatible; |
A lot of my sites are made or maintained with Dreamweaver and I've had no issues with IE, FF, or Safari 9for my Mac friends). Some features won't work with some browsers but that is an issue with different browsers, not the program made to make the site.