RE: Software recommendation for beginners

What are some of the elements that Front page will not do that you have to
use Web Weaver for Arach. for? I'll ask the same question of Dreamweaver,
what does it not do that Frontpage does?

Thanks for the reply,
Suzanne Ankerbrand
>
>Most on this list will disagree with me, but I like Front Page for its ease
>of use and some of the features it uses. Once I do all that I am going to do
>in Front Page, I use an HTML Editor such as Web Weaver or Arachnophilia to
>edit the program and add elements that Front page will not do. This works
>really well for me, as long as you don't open the program back up in the
>Front page editor. If you do, it will 'butcher' any of the hand coding you
>did. but it has features in it that save about 40% of the production time.
>
>Dreamweaver is an excellent program. I beta tested it and liked it. It will
>leave any hand coding you do in tact. It has excellent features but does not
>have some of the features of front Page. I probably should use both programs
>and don't know why I don't. Dreamweaver is a little more difficult to learn
>than front page, but is an Excellent program.
>
>There are several good non-WYSWING editors on the market that can be used
>with either program or can be used exclusively. Arachnophilia (free) is very
>good as is Web Weaver (About $40). Those are the two I prefer.
>
>I hope this helps.
>
>Steve Williams

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