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Old 05-26-05, 05:54 PM
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Default Tools, ya just gotta have!

These are some tools you need to be on your way with a great site.
A graphic program of some sort such as (Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop, Corel Draw, GIMP - just found out about it).
I use a color picker, ColorCop
Frontpage/Dreamweaver
NotePad!!
A Ftp upload (I use coreftp), or IE/Firefox?
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And A Bunch of Time!
What did I miss?
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I use a text editor called WinSyntax (Download Here)

It is a great tool and makes use of colour coding, so you can tell when you have missed something...

I use an upload program called AceFTP. (Download Here)

Then there is GIMP, as mentioned above (Download Here

And when you have those three, there is nothing stopping you creating webpages in html, xml, php, css, javascript, the list is never ending - almost...

But the best thing about these three things, is that all are totally free!
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WinSyntax, never heard of it... Is it as good as frontpage/dreamweaver?
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frontpage and dreamweaver are wysiwyg editors. They put in the code they think you are talking about, and turn out to be not so seo friendly or accessible.

Winsyntax is a text editor, so you start with a blank page and type! I love that so much more, and it gives you far more control over accessibility and the like. Top program though. Recommend it to anyone who wants to write code.
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well html and dreamweaver can also be from scratch... the html button on frontpage and the code button on dreamweaver.
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ok, you win, that is true... but I like Winsyntax...

I just prefer a text editor to the wysiwyg editors, even if you can code in them.
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I only use Dreamweaver as an expensive notepad anyway for the syntax hightlighting. lol

For you graphics guys... you MUST get ahold of The Font Thing. It indexes all of your fonts and you can install them on the fly. Windows only allows so many fonts to be installed at once but the font thing indexes all of em. Great tool for graphics guys. ( Download Here )

It also allows you to preview any font whether it's installed or not by giving you a sentence (one it provides or one you write) in multiple font sizes.
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A hot cup of caffine heavy tea for that last rush before a clients deadline.

And on the note of WYSIWYG editors vs handcoded, personally I love the satisfaction of handcoded designs in that you see it coming together under your fingers. You can't beat it.

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A hot cup of caffine heavy tea for that last rush before a clients deadline.

And on the note of WYSIWYG editors vs handcoded, personally I love the satisfaction of handcoded designs in that you see it coming together under your fingers. You can't beat it.

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I learned in Notepad. No money then for any kind of editor. Best way to learn is by hard coding. Editors make ya lazy. Hence the reason I only use dreamweaver as an expensive notepad now for the syntax highlighting.

I feel the exact same way david.
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I agree...

There is just something about knowing that you started with a blank page, that you just can't beat the feeling of... :o)

also, any problems, you know where they are likely to be!
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I can't believe I missed this one in my first reply. Gotta have TopStyle Lite or TopStyle Pro.. depending on your budget. Lite is excellent for a free program but Pro is REALLY nice too and isn't too too expensive. It's a CSS editor if you didn't know already and a must have for anyone creating stylesheets. Love that program..

Get It Here

If you're writing CSS, which i'm sure most of you are, get this program if you don't already have it. It's free, it's simple to use, and it's free. So check it out!

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