| Graphic/Utility/Business Software Software like Excel, Word, Front Page, Access, Excel, Powerpoint, PhotoShop, Paintshop Pro, Gimpetc. |
 | | 
11-15-2005, 10:54 PM
|
#1 | | Forum Staff
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Good ol' U.S. of A
Posts: 3,055
Rep Power: 6  | Frontpage vs Dreamweaver
Okay, everyone says DW is best but is it so much so that I should dump my Frontpage... now that I finally have it figured out?!
What's so great about DW? 
Lyte
Last edited by Lyte; 01-11-2006 at 04:46 PM.
| 
|  | |
12-05-2005, 09:53 PM
|
#2 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 6
Rep Power: 0 | Yes dump frontpage!!
Frontpage inserts messy code that leaves your pages invalid, and messy.
Dreamweaver is a straight editor - no additional code.
Plus its just the professional choice... please don't use Frontpage :p | |
| | |
12-06-2005, 05:23 PM
|
#3 | | Forum Staff
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Good ol' U.S. of A
Posts: 3,055
Rep Power: 6 | Okay... okay... I guess I'll have to start from scratch and learn Dreamweaver. Bugger! And I just got Frontpage (half) figured out. :p
Lyte
Last edited by Lyte; 01-11-2006 at 04:47 PM.
| |
| | |
12-14-2005, 06:18 PM
|
#4 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 6
Rep Power: 0 | You will most likely find dreamweaver even easier to use than frontpage.
To be honest I only use it to hand code though anyway, so it does not make alot of difference.
Are you wanting to learn all the tools or do you just use it to code by hand? | |
| | |
12-26-2005, 04:06 PM
|
#5 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: South Cal
Posts: 23
Rep Power: 0 | clients not usually so code-introspective
clients don't usually examine the code and say, no way dude.
I had a free version of dreamweaver and let it expire.
i almost never opened it up, just had it in case clients needed fixes inside the app. lots of that frustration on the client side too.
Frontpage gets things done. Dreamweaver wasted a ton of my time. that 's measured in websites on my clock.
Lots of content management templates can align to the millimetre, spend that time on flash intros or directories for pageranking. That's where the concern is.
ps i downloaded a sweet little html manager that elided both dw and fp from my daily use. it's called nvu. http://www.nvu.com/
Last edited by bytewiz; 12-26-2005 at 04:09 PM.
| |
| | |
12-27-2005, 12:48 AM
|
#6 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 2
Rep Power: 0 | To use Frontpage, you dont have to learn anything new, If you know MS Word and a bit of html basics, you can create a pretty decent webpage in Frontpage. But DW has got a completely different way of creating websites, you cannot just download it and start making pages with it, you will have to devote some time towards learning the Application. Some learn it fast enough and fall in love with the feature-rich application, others find it a wastage of time trying to learn a different application for something they already know how to do in Frontpage or other HTML WYSWYG editors.
For me, only when I am stuck with something, I design it in Frontpage/DW and look up the code. I dont as such USE any of them for complete designing. I am a handcoder, EDITPLUS is good enough for me  | |
| | |
12-28-2005, 02:19 PM
|
#7 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 24
Rep Power: 0 | To jump in right here...
I have used both. I absolutely hate FrontPage, and I would never use it again. FrontPage creates an HTML source that is messy, and sometimes unencodable to some browsers. Which means it will space of the tables/text/images, or whatever. DreamWeaver is perfect for someone who wants to learn HTML, because it parses the HTML very well, if you use the designer. | |
| | |
01-12-2006, 09:49 AM
|
#8 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 27
Rep Power: 0 | Likewise, I prefer macromedia dreamweaver over microsofts frontpage. Though by using both, your pages won't be W3C compliant. The best way is still to use notepad | |
| | |
01-12-2006, 11:37 AM
|
#9 | | Valued Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 510
Rep Power: 3 | May have to look into using DW.. I use Frontpage for the ease of use and tweak the code manually when I have to. I've also used Namo WebEditor in the past with decent results..
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
| |
| | |
01-13-2006, 11:13 PM
|
#10 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 10
Rep Power: 0 | I have used both, and both are okay, although Frontpage is more appropriate for beginners and Dreamweaver for the more advanced ones.
Right now though I use plain EditPad for my coding. 
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
| |
| | |
01-20-2006, 05:42 AM
|
#11 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 27
Rep Power: 0 | I use them both too. Well, I agree with Momo, from a rational point of view, Frontpage is for beginners. Frontpage's interface (access to features) are direct and isn't that confusing. That makes Frontpage good for beginners. While for Dreamweaver, they're a bit difficult to use, but if you are experienced in web design, it isn't a serious matter. Dreamweaver produces better coded pages. | |
| | |
01-22-2006, 07:53 AM
|
#12 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 10
Rep Power: 0 | uninstall frontpage! its rubbish. lol
dreamweaver is good because its easy to use, theres so many extras. it organises all your files easily. so easy to import and export stuff. and its uses proper html code, not microsofts made up one. | |
| | |
01-22-2006, 09:17 AM
|
#13 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 3
Rep Power: 0 | Dreamwaver without a dought, frontpage always messes up your site. AHH it annoying. | |
| | |
02-06-2006, 11:55 PM
|
#14 | | Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 41
Rep Power: 0 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Moby Yes dump frontpage!!
Frontpage inserts messy code that leaves your pages invalid, and messy.
Dreamweaver is a straight editor - no additional code.
Plus its just the professional choice... please don't use Frontpage :p | I second that!
__________________
Computers and Internet gave you freedom, TCPA would take your freedom!
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
| |
| | |
02-07-2006, 12:13 AM
|
#15 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 73
Rep Power: 3 | What do you mean messy code? Can you show it on a site?
RedXO | |
| | |
02-07-2006, 06:03 PM
|
#16 | | Valued Member
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: US of A!
Posts: 776
Rep Power: 3 | I recommend dreamweaver. I have used both and for the best sites, dreamweaver does the job. It is easier to produce a more graphical site imho.
RedXO, messy code does the job it is just sloppy. If you have ever looked at the source some are confusing and use old terms. Anything that is W3C complaint is considered good code in my book. www.w3.org.
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Registered Linux user #403288
| |
| | |
07-09-2006, 08:55 AM
|
#17 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 42
Rep Power: 0 | As a web designer who has used BOTH i say Dreamweaver wins hands down. Better code, a nicer interface. I am using it a lot to deliver my sites. I can't even look at FP once I had the chance of working in dreamweaver
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
- tutorials, articles, downloads, topics
| |
| | |
07-09-2006, 05:10 PM
|
#18 | | Forum Staff
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Good ol' U.S. of A
Posts: 3,055
Rep Power: 6 | I've been thinking about redesigning my credit card site... www.chargecards.cc ... and I think I'm going to redo it with DreamWeaver. I've been putting off learning how to use it because of the learning curve (I've very little free time) but this could be a fun project! And... it would kill two birdies with one stone! 
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
| |
| | |
09-12-2006, 03:23 AM
|
#19 | | Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 69
Rep Power: 2 | Same as everyone else, Dreamweaver is by far the better program and makes creating web apps dead easy and quick, has now got decent CSS support at last as well | |
| | |
12-23-2006, 07:15 PM
|
#20 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 51
Rep Power: 2 | Dreamweaver is simple to use, and produces great results. It is a far superior program, and you don't need to learn anything to be able to use it. The CSS and PHP sections are really handy, as well as the templating. I recommend it to everyone. | |
| | |
12-28-2006, 12:30 PM
|
#21 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 75
Rep Power: 3 | Dreamweaver is thousands time better than Frontpage, Front page is basically very old, and it not related with todays webdesining and development, Dreamweaver is really very professional and also meeting the demand of current web development. | |
| | |
12-28-2006, 03:56 PM
|
#22 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 40
Rep Power: 0 | Dreamweaver it's many times better. Frontpage is a good tool for beginner with html, but after you have been learning more and more from html, you will learn, that dreamweaver has many kind of tools, that makes your site making much more easy, when I say much more, I really mean it. DW is a tool, it's a way of life, it's.. okey, I will stop. Frontpage it's developed for the 90 % of web users, which doesn't know very much of html, web designing etc. Dreamweaver it's developed for the left 10 %, for web designers, site makers etc. They have big difference. | |
| | |
12-29-2006, 12:13 AM
|
#23 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Northern Arizona
Posts: 625
Rep Power: 3 | How about good ole "NOTEPAD" , just old school !!!
__________________
May Your Wishes Come True !!
DR911
Goverment Grant & Loan Infomation
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
| |
| | |
12-29-2006, 11:05 AM
|
#24 | | Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 62
Rep Power: 3 | Quote:
Originally Posted by bytewiz  clients don't usually examine the code and say, no way dude.
I had a free version of dreamweaver and let it expire.
i almost never opened it up, just had it in case clients needed fixes inside the app. lots of that frustration on the client side too.
Frontpage gets things done. Dreamweaver wasted a ton of my time. that 's measured in websites on my clock.
Lots of content management templates can align to the millimetre, spend that time on flash intros or directories for pageranking. That's where the concern is.
ps i downloaded a sweet little html manager that elided both dw and fp from my daily use. it's called nvu. http://www.nvu.com/ | Even I am fan of NVU.
I don't use Frontpage or Dreamweaver.
Instead I use NVU the open source alternative. | |
| | |
02-07-2008, 11:00 PM
|
#25 | | Member
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: banting
Posts: 35
Rep Power: 0 | Agree. I'm not use anymore Dreamwever or frontpage anymore. For me, NVU is more easier and the best thing its free!
We can get it for free and never got cheated when someone sell this software. NVU is another better alternavative than dreamwaver,  | |
| | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | |
