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Title: Web editing tools Post by: pumbaa on Sunday, November 20, 2011, 20:07:43 Need advice on web editing tools. Wife needs to build a website from scratch; what is the best tool? Frontpage? Dreamweaver? Something else I don't know about?
Title: Re: Web editing tools Post by: Samdy Gray on Sunday, November 20, 2011, 20:11:32 Is it going to be a static site, or will it be updated regularly?
Title: Re: Web editing tools Post by: pumbaa on Sunday, November 20, 2011, 21:09:25 I would anticipate updates about twice a month or so
Title: Re: Web editing tools Post by: Gnasher on Sunday, November 20, 2011, 21:19:33 I use Microsoft Expression Web. It works fine for me.
Title: Re: Web editing tools Post by: jonny72 on Sunday, November 20, 2011, 21:20:37 What is the website for?
What functionality does it need? Title: Re: Web editing tools Post by: pumbaa on Sunday, November 20, 2011, 21:23:28 She basically needs to produce version of this that looks like it was produced in the 21st century
http://www.dsa-bristol.org.uk/welcome.htm Does that help? Title: Re: Web editing tools Post by: sonicyouth on Sunday, November 20, 2011, 21:23:31 Notepad
Title: Re: Web editing tools Post by: pumbaa on Sunday, November 20, 2011, 21:25:40 Notepad As in Windows Notepad? Surely that involves knowledge of html coding, which to be fair, she has fuck all knowledge of (and wishes to avoid where possible) Title: Re: Web editing tools Post by: jonny72 on Sunday, November 20, 2011, 21:37:32 She basically needs to produce version of this that looks like it was produced in the 21st century http://www.dsa-bristol.org.uk/welcome.htm Does that help? If it was me I'd use Drupal. Though you might get away with Wordpress, which is a lot easier to use (at first). Forget using anything like Dreamweaver, Frontpage / Expression Web or Notepad and doing it manually - complete overkill and totally unnecessary for a site like that especially if you're not technical. A decent CMS (such as Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress) will do everything you want and more and make editing the content a piece of piss. As it's for a good cause, I'd be happy to help with it if you're OK going with Drupal. Title: Re: Web editing tools Post by: wokinghamred on Sunday, November 20, 2011, 21:56:59 Wordpress
Title: Re: Web editing tools Post by: Batch on Sunday, November 20, 2011, 22:06:47 Any mileage in looking for a (free) template and tailoring for her needs? Not done much web stuff myself so that's a question for the floor.
Title: Re: Web editing tools Post by: wiggy on Sunday, November 20, 2011, 23:17:37 Looks like it would be perfect for Joomla. Free software with lots of free to download templates.
Title: Re: Web editing tools Post by: pumbaa on Monday, November 21, 2011, 20:52:31 All above options noted, thanks all - and thanks for the very kind offer jonny. She's having a crack herself using Moonfruit I think. If it all goes tits up, I'll come back seeking more advice.
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