Website Editing Software

@MOnline (240)
Netherlands
February 19, 2008 10:42am CST
Hi all, Im a programming and also create a lot of website. At the moment I work with Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 and I was wondering what everybody is using to create there website. I do create a lot of PHP en javascripts so whats good to use for that. With kind regards, MOnline
4 responses
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
19 Feb 08
I used dreamweaver once and felt it was terribly complicated. It was great for just designing boring static pages but really had no good way of managing or updating content that I could understand, I did not like having to reupload everything to the server whenever I made a change... I used an open source software that runs in your browser called Drupal to create my website. I had never designed a website before in my entire life, so was really quite pleased with it. If you know php it will be a breeze for you to customize once you get the fundamentals down - I did it without understanding much php at all... Anyways, the link is on my profile if you want to see what I built using it...it is a blogging community, so I welcome you to create an account & start blogging also if you'd like to get some extra exposure on your sites :)
@MOnline (240)
• Netherlands
19 Feb 08
Thank you very much for your reply vera5d. I will definitly chec the software out. I am still trying to find out how to do everything but it looks very nice. Thank you for pointing out this software. I will checkout your website btw but I am just quickly updating and replying to all of the post I have gotten so thats gone take a while ;). With kind regards, MOnline
@Yoshi_ (156)
• Australia
20 Feb 08
Dreamweaver at first, can seem very daunting but it is an extremely powerful application when it is used to it's full potential. I learned all the ins and outs of it as part of my coursework last year, and while it's not my favourite application for web development it definitely deserves a mention. It's templating system is excellent, and it's site management features are extremely useful. IT has site map creating facilities, integrates excellently with fireworks for graphics and although I don't really approve of this method of development, it has a simple interface to building basic web applications with minimal coding required. It may not be the best for dynamic websites, but as a general design/site management app it is definitely one of the best.
21 Feb 08
i only use dreamweaver it is the best program i have found it is al little complicated when you first start out but once you get used to it it becomes incredably easy and quick to use so im all for dreamweaver
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@MOnline (240)
• Netherlands
21 Feb 08
Hi moneycentral, Thank you very much for replying. It's true dreamweaver looks a bit complex when first using it. But when you get the hang of it it works great. To bad not everyone takes the time to get used to it ;). With kind regards, MOnline
@Yoshi_ (156)
• Australia
19 Feb 08
I'm more of a web developer than designer myself, so I prefer to use code only editors/IDE's. My most favourite development environment ever is Quanta+, but unfortunately it's a *nix only application, so I can run it on my mac but it requires me to use X11 and isn't fully integrates with the OS X environment :(. The Current editor I use now is one called jEdit, and I quite like it. I tried out an IDE called Komodo, and I liked that almost as much as quanta but unfortunately I couldn't afford a license for it when my trial expired. I occasionally use Dreamweaver, but only for design type stuff, and even then I usually just end up coding by hand.
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@MOnline (240)
• Netherlands
19 Feb 08
Hi Yoshi, I can totally relate to you I also end up coding by hand. But for simple stuff like table layouts div layouts I use the visual editor just because its a lot faster then my typing (at least i think so because in the end I end up change the code but oke). I have heared of jEdit and it is pretty nice. As for komodo never used it. I do use notepad++ (free and for windows ;)). works fine but isn't really that special. With kind regards, MOnline
@usyda1 (124)
19 Feb 08
i use dream weaver i think it was simple in deshiner view you can make box that not invible line and you can sort thing out put flash buttomn image viewer and lots more. Also you can have templates to start with.
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@MOnline (240)
• Netherlands
19 Feb 08
Hi usyda, Thank you for your reply. I agree that dreamweaver works very easily but I guess for advanced users its a bit of a problem because it doesn't work nicely in code mode. But as for designing websites. I works great. With kind regards, MOnline