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Dreamweaver is a fine tool, but it takes some learning before you can use it well - and you really need to learn HTML first. I'm not sure I would go as far as Emacs unless you like pressing lots of keys at once But a decent (free) text editor will do the trick. Dreamweaver just makes it faster to put pages together - not better.
A few comments above about number of graphics etc. Its not really the number of graphics thats the issue, its the size and quality of them. For photos use JPG format and try to keep the file size to below 30k if possible. That might not seem much, but when using a modem, 30k can take 10 seconds or so and you then need 100k+ of free RAM in the computer to decompress and display the image.
For diagrams, etc use GIF format and keep the palette down to as small as possible - if you use 4 colours on the picture, why bother using an 8 colour palette! GIFs will be a bit bigger physically, but are less compressed so need less head room for the browser to render them.
Don't use animated GIFs if you don't need to - they use a lot of capacity.
A few comments above about number of graphics etc. Its not really the number of graphics thats the issue, its the size and quality of them. For photos use JPG format and try to keep the file size to below 30k if possible. That might not seem much, but when using a modem, 30k can take 10 seconds or so and you then need 100k+ of free RAM in the computer to decompress and display the image.
For diagrams, etc use GIF format and keep the palette down to as small as possible - if you use 4 colours on the picture, why bother using an 8 colour palette! GIFs will be a bit bigger physically, but are less compressed so need less head room for the browser to render them.
Don't use animated GIFs if you don't need to - they use a lot of capacity.
FrontPage isn't really that basic!
I use it all the time, I've made a lot of sites in it (www.teamdbr.co.uk and http://www.rangeeleven.com .. rangeeleven.com I didn't make, but I update it)...
But it seems to be the TopCities teplate?
Dreamweaver MX is very good though... I have very recently got Studio MX (Student Version... Bought!), that contains DreamWeaver MX and a couple of other MX things... After getting the demo....It is brilliant!
- Ben
I use it all the time, I've made a lot of sites in it (www.teamdbr.co.uk and http://www.rangeeleven.com .. rangeeleven.com I didn't make, but I update it)...
But it seems to be the TopCities teplate?
Dreamweaver MX is very good though... I have very recently got Studio MX (Student Version... Bought!), that contains DreamWeaver MX and a couple of other MX things... After getting the demo....It is brilliant!
- Ben
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Front Page greatly increases the size of the pages it puts out by inserting all sorts of unnecessary coding. This makes your web design download much more slowly, resulting in frustration for the end user.
If you take a text-editor-created web design, load it into Microsoft Front Page and save it without even making any changes, the page will often increase to three or four times its original size.
If you take a text-editor-created web design, load it into Microsoft Front Page and save it without even making any changes, the page will often increase to three or four times its original size.
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http://www.matrixlogin.cjb.net wondered what u thought it's my first one in ages and first flash banner
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I've just made a web site for Electra. It's at http://windisch.co.uk/electra/
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hah nice simon
here a sneak at my new site
should be ready by friday
http://www.cummins.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/home.html
here a sneak at my new site
should be ready by friday
http://www.cummins.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/home.html