Did I Make a Mistake?

TheHappyPoster · Just Joined Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Posts: 3

I know everyone has their favorite, but
I got Frontpage 2003 and I really like it.
But people are now telling me that if I
could have got DreamWeaver, I should have.
And I still can!

Is there a major difference between the two?

Thanks,
Sam

MightyMaster · Enthusiast Joined: 11 Jan 2005 Posts: 5

I would never use frontpage ... I bought it ... paid almost $200.00 and guess what ... it is still in the box. Never opened it. I use HTML TOOL-Kit by [url]Chami.com[/url]. It works great for me!!!

TheHappyPoster · Just Joined Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Posts: 3

Well, so you never actually looked at fp2003, though, right?
Because I was curious if someone could tell me if there's
a big benefit of one over the other. I looked at the html-toolkit
and while I agree it's the best thing going for coders for the
price, I just find the wysiwyg of things like fp so much quicker
and easier.

Thanks again,
Sam

MightyMaster · Enthusiast Joined: 11 Jan 2005 Posts: 5

Yes, I have used Frontpage before ... I just never had it on my personal computer at home ... I finally decided to purchase it so I would have it on my computer and in the mean time ... while Microsoft piddled around with getting it to me ... I found HTML TOOL-Kit ... which is a FREE SOFTWARE.

So to answer your question .. .yues I have used it ... and I don't like it ... it enters extra coding in your pages as well. HTML TOOL-Kit is the best answer ... and it is FREE!

Gobala Krishnan · Pro Joined: 17 Jun 2004 Posts: 58 Location: Malaysia

Frontpage is more basic, and it was designed to work hand in hand with MS Word and other MS Office application - Microsoft as usual - so some function are limited.

Frontpage also puts a lot of other codes and formatting - as usual Microsoft - so its fine to build basic pages (ie direct response pages)

Then again I olny used it in 2000, b4 I switched to Dreamveaver. DV is more advanced and can do all kinds of stuff. The whole Macromedia suite is excellent.

danskapia · Just Joined Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 3

I use Frontpage as my primary HTML editor. It does insert code but only if you let it. There is a way to setup how and what code is inserted for your default pages. I also use it with classic ASP code interlaced within the code. Frontpage recognizes the ASP code versus the HTML and colors it differently.

However, I am interested in the free HTML tool kit. I think that I'll give it a try. I'll post my thoughts after I try it.

webmaster · Just Joined Joined: 21 Apr 2005 Posts: 1

Front page sucks - adds lots of extra code that search engines HATE.

Dreamweaver is crap. It's a WYSIWYG - very limiting.

Best software yet: Macromedia HomeSite. I have used both FrontPage and Dreamweaver, and ditched both after using HomeSite. I love it.