[P1] website creation programs

[Michael Flournoy]

Appleworks does work fine for making a basic page. The biggest problem 
though is if you need to re-edit the page. With Appleworks you do not 
work with the real html but rather a cwk file that has to be exported 
as html. This quickly gets tedious if you need to tweak some of the 
formatting or if the page needs regular updating. I use AW for a single 
page sometimes but not for a whole site.

  I tried a couple of Html editors but my poor little brain just can't 
keep all the tags and sequences straight. Composer lets you design the 
page in ( nearly ) wysiwig and easily switch to html to tweak it. I 
looked at a lot of programs and either they were too raw for a beginner 
( bbedit, Web Designer...) or too expensive ( GoLive ) or out of date ( 
Pagemill ) or were frustrating ( AW ) or too restricting ( Apples 
Homepage and the other web based stuff ).
Composer lets me get the job done to suit me and I don't feel I am 
learning bad habits. Time will tell on that last one.
         Mike


> I used FrontPage on my old PC -- but now that I have a new iBook, I'm
>>> not sure what program to use to create webpages. I know a bit of html
>>> and don't want a SUPER simple template-driven program like 
>>> earthlink's
>>> Click-n-Build which is way too limiting, but I don't want to write 
>>> all
>>> the html myself, either.
>
> You could always use Appleworks for basic webpages.
>
> David
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