Does Dreamweaver Offer a WYSIWYG?

"DJ Website Designer" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

...and then
of course, the "requirements" don't mention anything about needing a
degree in
physics or CSS and XHTML to use it.

Just to clarify, when we recommend learning HTML and CSS, we're not talking
about anything like getting a degree, but rather about spending maybe a
couple of days a week for a couple of weeks focusing on it. If you spent
only that amount of time, you'd be fine with Dreamweaver and be in a good
position to create good web sites.


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On Jan 3, 2:09*pm, "DJ Website Designer"
<webforumsu... (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote:

Thanks Murray. Too bad you're advice is not referred to Macromedia's Marketing
Team, which advertises it to the public as "Quickly and easily design, develop,
and maintain websites and web applications ? from start to finish ..." andthen
of course, the "requirements" don't mention anything about needing a degree in
physics or CSS and XHTML to use it.

*I know how to manipulate HTML and do basic coding using TextPad and Notpad,
but I am spoiled by true WYSIWYG editors. I was really expecting MUCH more
usability from Dreamweaver. It's ashame they don't offer a product like that.
I've been using Fireworks for years and assumed thatbeing created by the same
company it to would be simple.

*[q]Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
*> Suggestions?

*DW is not your tool. *If you are not willing or interested to take the time
*to learn HTML and CSS, you will find DW to be a continuing struggle.

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*"DJ Website Designer" <webforumsu... (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote in message
*news:fljgls$58p$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...
*> Anyone Know if Dreamweaver Offers an Easy WYSIWYG Editor?
*
*> I have Dreamweaver 8, but is is apparently not a WYSIWYG, (nothing that I
*> see
*> is what I get... It's more like a NWYSIWYG).
*
*> Just looking for a simple, stand alone WYSIWYG editor with ability toopen
*> existing websites and keep file structure, while enabling me to point,
*> click
*> and publish. Suggestions?
*

*[/q]

I have actually found Dreamweaver to be VERY powerful and VERY easy to
learn. The problem is that there is a learning curve due to the
complexities of the options you have for building and/or maintaining
web pages. The web is not one size fits all. You have at least 5
ways to do just about anything you can want to do. Dreamweaver's
design view is great for maintaining simple sites and is very WYSIWYG
for a beginner. The problem I find is that a lot of beginners want to
go from 0 to 60 without putting effort and time in. None of these
experts and experienced gurus on this forum got that way overnnight.
I'd start with F1 and play around with it for a bit before you put it
down. As mentioned above, Adobe Contribute is a bit more remedial/
basic and is more of a point, click, publish tool than DW. That said,
it still requires EFFORT.

On Jan 3, 3:09*pm, "DJ Website Designer"
<webforumsu... (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote:

Thanks Murray. Too bad you're advice is not referred to Macromedia's Marketing
Team, which advertises it to the public as "Quickly and easily design, develop,
and maintain websites and web applications ? from start to finish ..." andthen
of course, the "requirements" don't mention anything about needing a degree in
physics or CSS and XHTML to use it.

*I know how to manipulate HTML and do basic coding using TextPad and Notpad,
but I am spoiled by true WYSIWYG editors. I was really expecting MUCH more
usability from Dreamweaver. It's ashame they don't offer a product like that.
I've been using Fireworks for years and assumed thatbeing created by the same
company it to would be simple.

In a world of vast browser inconsistencies, Dreamweaver is about as
WYSIWYG as you're gonna get; anything less will come with even more
problems and inconsistencies. I'm at the other end of the spectrum - I
can't understand how people have so many problems with something that
is so easy for me.

The first website I ever designed was with Dreamweaver3 (1999). I had
never used Dreamweaver before, never seen it used, and had no
experience with Macromedia; although I did have a lot of experience
with Adobe software and Marketing. I started with a blank page and
drew my own graphics in Photoshop. The site turned out awesome and
was adequate for years (many elements I created are still used today
in their current site).

After I built my first website ($100 million dollar grossing firm for
which I did marketing), they paid for me to take a couple advanced
Dreamweaver classes. But it wasn't until I learned HTML that I
realized how ugly my source code was behind my beautiful WYSIWYG page
layouts.

So, yeah you can use Dreamweaver to build websites without much
experience - just don't expect what you create to be perfect, and
never expect web pages to look and function exactly the same in every
version of every browser on every platform. Realize that if you want
to drive the car without knowing how it works, parts are going to
break that you wont know how to fix.

Brett Syverson
http://seowebmarket.com