Frontpage Over Dreamweaver

[inuyashateen113]

Ok how many of you build your website in frontpage 2003???? I am building mine and all and i just i want to make sure i can understand since i am hopefully going to be a mod on this forum...

 

[ZiDev]

Hand-coding or CMS is all I've done for ages.

If you're going ot use F****page, at least use 2004, it competes more closely with DreamWeaver.

-- HW

 

[frattay22]

I think FrontPage is easier but DW is better. DW takes more process to run tho go figure

 

[inuyashateen113]

ya exactly

 

[Rivisio]

yea dreamweaver is better. I do my tables and crap in dreamweaver than do all my text and css formatting in notepad.

 

[cats-computing]

Dreamweaver is the best... Frontpage annoys me.

 

[inuyashateen113]

Well i found this place where you can get dreamweaver free...

 

[ZiDev]

Not legally I can assure you Unless its a trial version.

-- HW

 

[inuyashateen113]

probably not my friend just gave me a site and i typed it in and it started downloading so lol...

 

[E_man3]

Dreamweaver is way better than FrontPage.
Although it explains why costs more money.

 

[PTNetworks]

It really depend on the work you are doing. Frontpage and Dreamweaver have theire good and bad points.

 

[BluePrincess783]

i think that they are both great in certain ways but i perfer frontpage when it comes to simply designing the webpage, but when you go into detail and start to code, dreamweaver is a little better although it is tickyer then front page i say that you should use dreamweaver if you are going to do strictly code

 

[imported_Keith]

probably not my friend just gave me a site and i typed it in and it started downloading so lol...

If you plan to moderate this forum, I wouldn't promote the use of pirated software.

I prefer both. I primarily use Dreamweaver if I'm in a hurry, but if I want to offer something for a client that uses FP, I tend to use FP for compatability reasons. Dreamweaver has a habit of slaughtering PHP code at times though.

 

[qwidjib0]

For me it's Notepad until things get hectic, then I'll bring in DreamWeaver. Frontpage and I don't get along..

 

[talkwebhosts.co]

I tend to use both FrontPage and notepad!

 

[floatingpoint]

Woe to all who use Frontpage. That thing is a scourge on this earth.

Take it from someone who runs a web design company as well as a hosting company - Dreamweaver does a better job of following standards, being cross-compatible, etc. and will in the long run be better for you.

Plus, FP is built by SPECIFICALLY for Internet Explorer - which should give you a tipoff by itself that it's an inferior product Just do yourself a favor and check your designs/pages in Firefox and Safari before publishing them to the world. FP doesn't really care about standards and your pages can look REALLY nasty in a non-M$ browser.

But to be fair - FP is easier for a novice to pick up and use.

 

[Talkfreelance]

I dislike both, frontpage produces very bad untidy code and dreamweaver makes things far too complicated. I'm still learning html/css but I prefer using notepad, you have complete control over the code and bugs are easy to spot!

 

[floatingpoint]

I prefer using notepad, you have complete control over the code and bugs are easy to spot!

That's one thing I LIKE about DW - you can have a split view - code on top, wysiwyg on the bottom - and you even get a code checker and formatter so you don't accidentally have a dangling <font> tag not closed or something.

One of my programmers always makes fun of me for using anything at ALL - he says that REAL men use notepad

 

[blip888]

I hate Front page, I used to use it, and I am just sick and tired of it.

Go Dreamweaver / Notepad!

 

[SusanVette]

I agree with Cats! DreamWeaver is the better tool! FrontPage annoys me greatly, too. I never recommend FrontPage. It has so much erroneous code in every page. It aggravates me beyond words. Notepad does just fine in most instances.

So, DreamWeaver girl here.
Susan