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Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by JUNIT1(m): 11:06am On Mar 06, 2008 |
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Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by seuen: 1:18pm On Mar 06, 2008 |
u mean Microsoft Front Page. Well, it's not bad but I personally prefer to use Dreamweaver, used it in the past but and wasn't satisfied with the result so Imoved to dreamweaver. I've seen some deadly websites designed with frontpage. |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by my2cents(m): 3:01pm On Mar 06, 2008 |
what is an "official" website anyways? Whether it is a site that has one page that says, "hello world" or it is a "deadly" website, I would probably move away from frontpage - it is meant for the beginner/someone who just wants to put up a website without having to know all the details. I would personally go for homesite (HS) (which I use) or dreamweaver (DW). Heck, you could even use notepad (which I have used even recently ). DW and HS, etc are nothing but glorified text editors anyway. Bottomline, use a tool that gives you more control over your code. That way, when something breaks, you aren't left hanging as you would know what is causing the break and most importantly, how to fix it. I hope this helps. |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by dababy2008(m): 4:55pm On Mar 06, 2008 |
Please kind swtich to Dreamweaver. Microsoft is not ready to make their software flexible for web development. Thanks |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by webguru(m): 11:11pm On Mar 06, 2008 |
@ dababy i don't understand you @ poster you can use frontpage 2007/2008 the latest sha i love the layers simplicity does anyone know if homesite is available in naija CV i need to feel it dreamweaver is nt good for programming like php et al bt its powerful so all are text editors, use anyone |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by ThePhantom(m): 6:31am On Mar 07, 2008 |
Frontpage is ok, but Dreamweaver is way better. |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by Afam(m): 8:56am On Mar 07, 2008 |
webguru: How is dreamweaver not good for programming like PHP? PHP is a programming language. Dreamweaver is a development platform that supports amongst other languages PHP and even My SQL. |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by Neptune(m): 9:54am On Mar 07, 2008 |
i use dreamweaver & frontpage. the new front page is now Microsoft Web Designer, so theres no more frontpage. and personally, i prefer front page. after learning the basics, i prefer to think microsoft is just trying to make things easy for everybody unlike what people like thisĀ Microsoft is not ready to make their software flexible for web development.think. just make sure that anyone of them u use, u get to know the basics, i.e u know what you're doing so when u have to use things like note pad to design a site u don't go"can u design a site on notepad?" |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by JUNIT1(m): 12:40pm On Mar 07, 2008 |
doesn't php allow you to use templates to create the website, does frontpage or dreaweaver do that, and also when the website is hosted, which one adapts easier to the hosting, i mean which one is more clearer bolder, ore easier to work with, e.t.c |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by my2cents(m): 12:50pm On Mar 07, 2008 |
J UNIT, Refer to Afam's post above, with respect to the differences b/w PHP and dreamweaver/frontpage. Frontpage extensions aside, Web hosts support a variety of languages by default. It's just a matter of asking which ones they support and which ones they don't. |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by smartsoft(m): 4:04pm On Mar 08, 2008 |
J Unit you are just yarning rubbish can't you see what they told you there ? you are asking about PHP. when you ask about Frontpage |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by tundewoods(m): 4:29pm On Mar 08, 2008 |
I am sensing trouble on this thread ! |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by JUNIT1(m): 6:06am On Mar 10, 2008 |
shut up smartsoft, if you don't like my comments, just shut up instead of writting where it doesn't concern you. attention seeking maniac |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by mavtrevor(m): 10:06am On Mar 11, 2008 |
However professional you think you can be, you cannot creat a website that looks so professional with frontpage bro. Frontpage is just for begginers who dont know anything about design to practice. So if you want to design, i will recommend dreamweaver for you. Though there are other web desinging softwares that are better than dreamweaver, checkout WYSIWUG that what you see is what you get. |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by tomX1(m): 7:56am On Mar 12, 2008 |
FrontPage is quite good. People who critisize it most often have not realy explored its features deep enough. Except for the nice references you get in dreamweaver let someone please mention something you can do in Dreamweaver that you think you can do just as well in FrontPage. I use both and they are both good. |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by smartsoft(m): 5:40pm On Mar 13, 2008 |
Ok sir my mouth is shut up ! |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by tomX1(m): 6:45pm On Mar 23, 2008 |
mavtrevor: I realy jope you are not confussing "Front Page Express" with "Front Page" because that would be like confusing "Word Pad" with "Word". |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by smartsoft(m): 8:41pm On Mar 23, 2008 |
hey stop that or else i go slap you, Which Software out there is beta of ADOBE DREAMWEAVER ? tell me please ooo |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by africanboy(m): 1:14am On Mar 24, 2008 |
I am assuming the poster referencing Frontpage 2008 actually meant Visual Web Developer. As Frontpage is officially dead. VWD is a lovely tool, would have been better than Dreamweaver (been using dreamweaver since version 2) if only it supported more than ASP.NET or had Server behaviours. Dreamweaver tends to be slow unless you have like 2gb ram. Also has some other faults, especially with the HTML is generates. Sometimes bulky. mavtrevor:you obviously havent seen the wonderous works of users of frontpage. |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by smartsoft(m): 8:35am On Mar 24, 2008 |
Africanboy, the fella just said Frontpage ooo i belive you say VWD is good, ya, i love it but i will say maybe you haven't gone so deep much on Dreamweaver, even if you start with Version 1. I don't think Dreamweaver is that slow it all boils down to your system brother, i think if you look closely well you will see that it really support more than ASP.NET. You see if you have alot of Dreamweaver extention, tell me what you woun't be able to do just like VWD huh ? infact you can just do what ever you want to do on your Dreamweaver i mean your layout and copy the codes and paste it on VWD, and also if you know how to work on your Server Behaviours well, just like some folks here, you will do so well bro in some of your Applications, but remember you going to do some raw coding too. |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by kazey(m): 9:11am On Mar 24, 2008 |
I am amazed that you guys actually think using WYSIWYG interfaces or not differentiates you from being a pro or not. Windows Frontpage is good for designing any website, if you know how to use it properly. I have used frontpage before, well 3 years or so ago, and my designs were very good back then when I used frontpage. I simply stopped using any WYSIWYG editors because, I am more comfortable with text editors. I love my Emeditor So use your WYSIWYG editors as you please, if you are good at using them. |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by smartsoft(m): 9:29am On Mar 24, 2008 |
Do you say you design[b] Kazey [/b] ? thats serious ooo well no hard knocks but what i know you for then is you customizing anything you lay your hands on, dunno you now design, hummmmmmmmmm |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by kazey(m): 9:33am On Mar 24, 2008 |
Define design and customize and differentiate them. Customization involves designing things too, to meet your custom requirements. In fact its more difficult, that is assuming we agree that I only customize. |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by Nobody: 10:08am On Mar 24, 2008 |
i started with frontpage later switch dreamweaver and i will tell dreamweaver is better and it work with php well |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by smartsoft(m): 11:51am On Mar 24, 2008 |
ehen you just define that yourself, ! |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by Nobody: 12:15pm On Mar 24, 2008 |
funny thread, who says you can't design a professional website with frontpage? I work with dreamweaver but still cant figure out why microsoft is not improving on their frontpage and moreover, their non-improvement has cost them something, i am now addicted to adobe dreamweaver so, even if they now make their software a create-a-complex-website wizard, I dont care about J UNIT, Pls do more research I will try homesite as my2cents has just said |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by africanboy(m): 12:25pm On Mar 24, 2008 |
smartsoft: i am very adept at using dreamweaver, i use it everyday. my livelihood depends on it. if the guy is still using frontpage, i am surprised. considering that the last released version was with office 2003. 5 years ago. http://weblogs.asp.net/conrad/archive/2005/11/10/430154.aspx do a google search for frontpage and "visual web developer" |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by damolat: 4:31pm On Mar 24, 2008 |
I believe any accomplished web designer should be able to use any software to generate their codes including notepad. However, if you need to do a speed job or feeling a bit lazy or new into the trade and want to use a wizard application, then dreamweaver is the preferred choice. So my answer will be yea front page is good for developing websites. |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by tundewoods(m): 9:49pm On Mar 24, 2008 |
Ok what do we have here A couple of web professionals arguing about whether professional websites can be derived from the once popular microsoft frotpage or which web WYSIWYG software is better actually better Simple fact is that most of you guys should just grow up !One man's meat is another man's poison. From my experience microsoft frontpage has its own advantages and disadvantages.Dreamweaver i must commend is a top notch when it comes to deriving server based applications. No big deal if some extravagant developers can had code in Notepad but the bottom line is the end product or project delivery. The truth is that some folks out there can use microsoft frontpage to arrive at better optimised websites than those done by some of the dreamweaver / golive/ homesite/ netpages / coolpages enthusiasts |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by smartsoft(m): 9:38am On Mar 25, 2008 |
A guy sang a songs that says " SAME NI " in yoruba language in other words he meants everything are same thing, if you use Dreamweaver or Frontpage or whatever programm, same ni |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by my2cents(m): 11:35am On Mar 25, 2008 |
mba nu smartsoft I drive a hummer and you drive a tokunbor "end of discussion". Both na car, but both na "same ni"? I don't think so man. Odikwa necessary to point out the difference biko All Web Editors can be used to create a site but they have their levels. Some have something the other lacks. Some have the power to do what others can't. Why u think say DW dey very popular as opposed to say, FP? Where I reside, if you go over 100 job applications, you will never see FP being mentioned. Never. You are more likely to see, "must know how to hand code" than "must know how to use DW or any other WYSIWYG". In fact, I have an MCP certification in FP (from 2001 - probably expired I know, so don't go there ) but when I discovered that putting it on my CV actually hurt my chances of getting a job (because it implies you don't know what is going on behind the scenes), I removed it from my CV. Now, you won't even find the card in my wallet I personally prefer getting your hands dirty and using a text editor as you learn more that way, but that's just my preference. FP can be used to design "official" websites (whatever that means), the same way DW can be used to develop a crappy site. From a commercial/corporate standpoint though, you probably don't want to use FP. |
Re: Is Windows Frontpage Good For Designing Official Websites. by damolat: 2:36pm On Mar 25, 2008 |
No big deal if some extravagant developers can had code in Notepad but the bottom line is the end product or project delivery. IMHO, I think it is a required skill, and not an extravagant practice, because every web developer should strive to be at the top. In high profile development projects, you realize that the development work is carried out by a team of variously skilled individuals. Front end developers, back end, testers, application developers, accessibility/usability implementation and all other various neccessary skills. Only a hardcoded website can allow for ease of interaction and comprehension between all these parties involved in the development process. To be more precise, issues like consistent naming conventions, spacing and ease of readability etc, and even when it gets to back end development, a lot of other issues make hardcoding a must. What do u think?? |
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