[MacDV] Re: OT Webdesign

[Mark M. Florida]

I've used GoLive and Dreamweaver in the past, and I would *strongly*
disagree with the recommendation of Dreamweaver.  I think the key part of
the original question was "for a person lacking knowledge of HTML."  In my
experience, Dreamweaver is an excellent tool for the *advanced* web designer
-- it has all the hooks in place to edit the raw code in a GUI, but can be
extremely overwhelming for someone just getting started.  (Not to mention
Dreamweaver MX is a DOOOG)

I would recommend Adobe GoLive as the tool of choice in this situation --
it's *much* more like a page layout program than Dreamweaver, and when
you're ready to get deep into the HTML stuff, all of the tools are there for
that as well (but you don't have to touch them until you're ready).

Couple GoLive with Photoshop/ImageReady and you've got a killer system for
*easily* making nice looking web pages.

2 cents.

- Mark


> Gerhard,
> Dreamweaver is the one to get. If you happen to be a person who is a
> reader of manuals I'd suggest getting 'Dreamweaver MX, the Missing
> Manual' by David Sawyer McFarland, Pogue Press (O'Reilly)
> 
> Ray
> 
> 
> 
> On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 09:03 PM, Gerhard Kuhn wrote:
> 
>> I have the opportunity to be involved in designing a Website from the
>> ground up.  This site is for a small retail chain to provide
>> information on seasonal products and specialty items.  There is no
>> intention to sell directly from the site but rather to inform
>> potential customers of products and services available.  The idea
>> right now is to make it a online catalog using lots of pictures,
>> possibly  slide shows.  I was wondering what would be the best design
>> software to use, for a person lacking knowledge of HTML?
>> 
>> Any suggestions would be appreciated
>> 
>> Gerhard Kuhn
>> suspice at hay.net