OT; sick of Dreamweaver, any suggestions?

[sidewaysup]

Any alternative programs you would recommend?

[gwpriester]

I have been a NetObjects Fusion user and lover for many years.

I think it is a lot more intuitive to use than Dreamweaver although as many will be quick to point out, it does create large files due to the tables it automatically creates to place your elements on the page. (If you are careful of your object placement and visulize what kind of table you are creating, you can greatly increase the effeciency of the page).

It automatically genrerates roll over buttons and banners for each page using your art or the built in styles.

Gary

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[wolf427]

What's the link for the Dreamweaver newsgroup please.

AI have both Dreamweaver 4 and NetObects Fusion, use Dreamweaver all the time, never got to like Fusion. Started building sites in Layers, I use the Layers to Tables and then Tabels to Layers to center them on the page so they appear in the center of the browser, not sure how to do it in Layers otherwise. In Tasbles I just right click/align/center.

The newsgroup would be a big help...soooo much to learn

Brad Hagen
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[sidewaysup]

Thanks, good suggestions. I have been using MX, and since my post have figured out how to work around some of my frustrations. I'm fiddling with golive, and I will probably check out NetObjects.

Thanks

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[sgiff]

I hate the fact that Dreamweaver MX is no longer WYSIWG. Tables with images don't align properly anymore and its because Macromedia changed the rendering engine. And you know what their solution is? Nothing. I am sticking with Dreamweaver 4, still the best editor out there for visual layout.

http://www.macromedia.com/support/dr...nts/strict.htm

[James Loudon]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Brad Hagen:
I use the Layers to Tables and then Tabels to Layers to center them on the page so they appear in the center of the browser, not sure how to do it in Layers otherwise. In Tasbles I just right click/align/center.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yikes! Have you ever looked at the code that is produced by using those steps!? Its not a pretty site. But I know the frustration you feel. There are Dreamweaver extensions that enable you to centre layers much more elegantly. You can also centre a <DIV> manually but then you are no longer working WYSIWYG - but the final product works and is very sleek codewise.
Google Dreamweaver group search

[jon spain]

in that NOF7 (new update available, I believe) is intuitive and is sitecentric. Having said that, I intend to learn DW very soon. Everyone seems to be impressed by MX over previous versions

Jon

[tonylondon]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>I prefer HomeSite.
An ultimate HTML-control.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Homesite is fast too. It comes free with Dreamweaver 3 and 4 since it was taken over by Macromedia. Many elements of Homesite have been incorporated into Dreamweaver MX

Tony

[Albacore]

Like most folk I don't like to waste money so I tried most of all the above editors and with some other packages costing over £300. I really wanted to be sure that the package I bought was "Right for Me" as my coding knowledge is fairly limited. What I mean by that,is that I could never publish a web site only using Note Pad but I can solve most problems when they arrive, and please remember there is always Google to help with the harder problems. The package that siuted me the best was GoLive 6. I know it is expensive and I will not use the Group working part of the package but it works for me. By the way my next choice would have been Front Page 2002.

[jamesthiago]

I have Namo WebEditor and have used Dreamweaver, but now I code my pages by hand with Topstyle. Lately I've been noticing that Namo makes odd code. At least when I code by hand as opposed to WYSIWYG editors, it's my own fault if the page doesn't work.
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