How Good Is Dreamweaver For HTML Pages?

I was told Word is bad for basic HTML pages (like text mostly--blogs
ands whatever) and I know someone who might be able to get me a great
deal on Dreamweaver 2004.

Anyone have any ideas about this? I hear Word creates a lot of extra
crap that is bad for search engines and ranking and stuff.

Thanks!!
JACKIE R BROOKS, PIZZA GIRL
eMac OS X 10.2.5

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Jackie Brooks www.joydivision.uk.net (AT) comcast (DOT) net wrote:

I was told Word is bad for basic HTML pages (like text mostly--blogs
ands whatever) and I know someone who might be able to get me a great
deal on Dreamweaver 2004.

Anyone have any ideas about this? I hear Word creates a lot of extra
crap that is bad for search engines and ranking and stuff.

ALL software generated html contains loads of extraneous stuff.
Dreamweaver in the right hands is better than most but it's expensive. Its
most appropriate use is for cooking up quick and rough page prototypes and
for site management of large sites.

OTOH Word is particularly bad.

There are a number of cheap and free programmes that are far better than
using word and in some cases as good as Dreamweaver (but without the site
management tools). I'd recommend 1st Page for a beginner, which is free
and lets you expand the options as you gain proficiency.

There's a batch of links to html editing software and tutorials on how to
create pages on your own at <http://www.ericjarvis.co.uk/web.html> I
haven't updated it in quite a while though.

--
eric
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"live fast, die only if strictly necessary"

www.joydivision.uk.net (AT) comcast (DOT) net (Jackie Brooks) wrote in
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It's not a signature, and you should be put in the bozo bin.

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Eric Jarvis <web (AT) ericjarvis (DOT) co.uk> wrote in
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Jackie Brooks www.joydivision.uk.net (AT) comcast (DOT) net wrote:
I was told Word is bad for basic HTML pages (like text mostly--blogs
ands whatever) and I know someone who might be able to get me a great
deal on Dreamweaver 2004.

Anyone have any ideas about this? I hear Word creates a lot of extra
crap that is bad for search engines and ranking and stuff.


ALL software generated html contains loads of extraneous stuff.

Not true. I generate my HTML via XML and it's as clean as a baby after a
hot bath ;-)

Dreamweaver in the right hands is better than most but it's expensive.
Its most appropriate use is for cooking up quick and rough page
prototypes and for site management of large sites.

OTOH Word is particularly bad.

There are a number of cheap and free programmes that are far better
than using word and in some cases as good as Dreamweaver (but without
the site management tools). I'd recommend 1st Page for a beginner,
which is free and lets you expand the options as you gain proficiency.

http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/
http://www.nvu.com/
http://www.w3.org/Amaya/

Have no experience with them, however.

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On 23 Sep 2004 16:04:19 -0700, www.joydivision.uk.net (AT) comcast (DOT) net
(Jackie Brooks) wrote:

I was told Word is bad for basic HTML pages (like text mostly--blogs
ands whatever) and I know someone who might be able to get me a great
deal on Dreamweaver 2004.

Anyone have any ideas about this? I hear Word creates a lot of extra
crap that is bad for search engines and ranking and stuff.

You'll find, I think, that if you get DW you can run your Word sites
through its filters and it'll remove a lot of the crap that Word puts
in. It's a better bet than Word is.
Word.

BB

Thanks!!
JACKIE R BROOKS, PIZZA GIRL
eMac OS X 10.2.5

[The following signature is annoyingly long but easily ignored:]

OUR INDEX OF ACTRESS AND ACTOR FANSITES:
HTTP://JOYDIVISION.UK.NET

MEGAN LEITCH (Mulder's sister on The X-Files):
http://meganleitch.com redirects to
http://homepage.mac.com/jake99/megan/Personal139.html

JILL HENNESSY (Crossing Jordan, Law & Order):
http://jillhennessy.co.uk redirects to
http://homepage.mac.com/jake99/jill/Personal193.html

WOLF KAHLER (German officer in Raiders Of the Lost Ark, Band Of
Brothers):
http://wolfkahler.com redirects to
http://homepage.mac.com/jake99/wolfk...rsonal107.html

KERRY CONDON ("the ONLY Irish actress that matters"):
http://kerrycondon.co.uk redirects to
http://homepage.mac.com/jake99/kerry/Personal189.html

JAYNE BROOK (Chicago Hope, John Doe, Sports Night, etc.):
http://jaynebrook.com redirects to
http://homepage.mac.com/jake99/jayne/Personal168.html

SARAH CLARKE (Nina Myers on 24):
http://sarahclarke.info redirects to
http://homepage.mac.com/jake99/sarah...rsonal160.html

Eric-

My brother popped in the door last night with a used copy of
Dreamweaver MX 2004 for Mac and all the paperwork with it--he wouldn't
say what he paid for it but we're poor so he must have got it cheap! I
guess we'll be eating rice for a while anyway though....

I'm going to check out your site but in the meantime thanks a lot!!

Jackie R Brooks Pizza Girl
www.joydivision.uk.net (AT) comcast (DOT) net



Eric Jarvis <web (AT) ericjarvis (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:

There are a number of cheap and free programmes that are far better than
using word and in some cases as good as Dreamweaver (but without the site
management tools). I'd recommend 1st Page for a beginner, which is free
and lets you expand the options as you gain proficiency.

There's a batch of links to html editing software and tutorials on how to
create pages on your own at <http://www.ericjarvis.co.uk/web.html> I
haven't updated it in quite a while though.

Grasshopper, I send you greetings quoted from my weblog:

"In symbolic logic, a contradiction logically implies that anything be
true, including but not limited to another contradiction. For example,
the argument "it's 2004 and it's not 2004; therefore, you suck" is
absolutely valid."

Take a freshman class is relativity theory and THEN come back and tell
me how crazy I am!!

But anyway you're not the first person to tell me that today--must be
something in the air....

)

Jackie T Brooks

John Bokma <postmaster (AT) castleamber (DOT) com> wrote in message news:

It's not a signature, and you should be put in the bozo bin.

I'lll do this--thanks. I have tons of pages already done with Word! I
was going to just redo them all so I'm glad I read your message.

Jackie R Brooks


Big Bill <kruse (AT) cityscape (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:

You'll find, I think, that if you get DW you can run your Word sites
through its filters and it'll remove a lot of the crap that Word puts
in. It's a better bet than Word is.
Word.

BB

www.joydivision.uk.net (AT) comcast (DOT) net (Jackie Brooks) wrote in
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Take a freshman class is relativity theory and ...

^^

Master first English before you talk about relativity theory :-D.

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Actually relativity theory is easier--and makes more sense! At least
English isn't FRENCH....

)

Jackie


John Bokma <postmaster (AT) castleamber (DOT) com> wrote in message news:

Master first English before you talk about relativity theory :-D.