[Ti] Web site management with TiBook

[Pete Zimowski]

> Dreamweaver is far and away the best web site management tool.  Adobe
> GoLive is good, but not ready for prime time.  The added bonus is that
> Dreamweaver (and GoLive, too) allows and supports the use of open source
> web site development tools -- PHP, MySQL, xml, etc.
> 
> On the other hand, MS FrontPage is a joke.  To get the same abilities
> availabile via open source, FrontPage requires proprietary code be
> installed on the server for all the "special" features in FrontPage to
> work.  The problem with that is Microsoft's legendary (and criminal?)
> lack of security.  By that I mean, an otherwise secure server suddenly
> turns into a security sieve as soon as you install any of the FrontPage
> enhancements.  Trust me, I've been burned once ...that's all it took to
> switch.
> 
> Ron

Ron's right about FrontPage.  Find a REALLY bad looking site and View Source
and, oh, 8 times out of 10, it's FrontPage.  I have never used it, just seen
the blights on the internet it has caused - the goofy text that's grainy and
butt ugly, the myriad of pathetic lines, buttons...utter crap.

I have used GoLive since it was CyberStudio (PageMill before that), and have
served on beta test teams since the beginning.  If you're a Photoshop or
Illustrator person, you'll be right at home with GoLive's interface.

In order to broaden my horizons and also as research for an upcoming
article, I am building a new site in Dreamweaver.  So far there are things I
love about it, and things that are frustrating me (although I must admit
those are interface rather than capability issues).  You really can't go
wrong with either one - but they're both expensive to get into the first
time.

My $.02

Pete
petez at macmaineiac.com
www.macmaineiac.com