which web design software to use?

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i am looking at designing and hosting a website, can you please let me know what software you think would be best for a beginner?

danke schoen
 
masslac said:
Notepad, so you actually learn about what you're doing.
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I have to agree with this.

Try to learn the actual coding you're doing. DW is a decent, quick fix - but the quality and flexibility that actually coding it yourself can give is invaluable, imo.
 
I used Dreamweaver, expensive but good.

I did learn a bit about coding, but not as much as I would have liked to, so using Notepad or some kind of Notepad derivative you will pick up a lot. :)
 
Notepad is a waste of time, many people say they use it as though "leet" people use notepad. Notepad has zero syntax support, no numbered lines, tabs and is essentially a very poor choice for writing mark-up or software. A decent text editor such as PSPad or Scite is what you need.
 
i use windows notepad and i'm only a beginner too. i just prefer it. i have notepad++ installed but all the fancy syntax highlighting puts me off... :p
 
I use notepad 2 :) syntax support, line numbers, pretty colours and you can zoom in and out. also painfully simple like notepad

I also use a freeware program called Eclipse. you can customise it how you want with plugins for different languages

At work I use a combination of these plus Dreamweaver but tend to use notepad 2 more than anything for simplicitys sake
 
iCraig said:
Notepad is a waste of time, many people say they use it as though "leet" people use notepad. Notepad has zero syntax support, no numbered lines, tabs and is essentially a very poor choice for writing mark-up or software. A decent text editor such as PSPad or Scite is what you need.
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I've designed and developed sites for years, and Dreamweaver is a tool from the gods. Learn to use the CODE view (I do 99.99% of work in that view), just use the Design view to see how you're site is looking. Also, keep your code tidy:

Code: 
<div>
    <div class="title">This is the title</div>
    This is the content
</div>

Is how things should look, but dreamweaver often does carp like this:

Code: 
<div><div class="title">This is the title
</div>This is the content</div>

Which makes it much harder to see what's actually going on in the code. So make sure you keep your code tidy ;)
 
rubin1961 said:
how much dose it cost for someone to do a website
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Very broad question.

Depends on many things - what type of website you want (databased, static, type of coding), how much depth it will have (a million pages or three) and how much input you will put into it (will you design certain elements or do you want it completely done by someone else) etc.

Then there's things like time limit amongst many other things I'm sure.
 
i would want someone to do it for me cos i ant got a clue.
i have just recently started my own buisness and people do look on websites in what i do.
im not sure of how many pages i would need prob need advice.
 
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