Re: Is this all really worth it? (Was: More DTD)

Hi Matt,

I'm sure you will get lots of suggestions.

Speaking solely for *my* shop, we use a plain old text editor - like NotePad.

It never messes with the code and you can build a web page as fast as you
can type.

HTH,
Fuzzy

At 04:07 PM 1/24/01 -0800, Matthew Seaver wrote:
>Ok,
>
>I have now gone completely off my rocker (and I am not even old yet.)
>
>All this talk about, HTML 3.2 HTML 4.0, 401, Transitional, Strict, XHTML
>1.0, and different DTD's has gotten me completely confused as to what the
>heck to do with my code and how much time I spend on each and every page.
>Considering at least 4 to 5 pages change weekly, and possibly a few more
>major transitions are going to take place as well. I spend anywhere from 2
>to 4 hours a week making 5 minutes worth of changes and updates, and the
>rest of the time just trying to get the pages to validate, or be valid code.
>
>Is this all really worth it?
>
>Maybe I am not using the right software.  I have found that using software
>like Dreamweaver4 has some great advantages to usability by non-code aware
>folks.  I work on and try to maintain a Church web site.  Now I don't get
>paid in $ to do this but feel that I am doing a far better job then the last
>webmaster. I have gotten the Church a domain name, a hosting site, and a
>similar look and feel to all the pages within the site.  But I am very
>afraid of trying to do more as it will impact my time with family and other
>more important priorities in my life.
>
>Now here is my problem, I just spent over 20 hours of transitioning my code
>to be XHTML 1.0 Trans compliant but as soon as I make an update, something
>gets messed up and I spend hours trying to fix it while maintaining the
>ability to use Dreamweaver to keep updating the pages. (The biggest use I
>get out of Dreamweaver is the Library and Template feature.) Does anyone
>have a "system" in place that they could share with me and the other list
>members on maintaining a site and keeping the code compliant and error free
>with minimal time to implement? (i.e. it isn't your primary job)
>
>Thanks for your input and comments in advance,
>Matt Seaver
>http://www.newwinecc.org/
>webmaster(at)newwinecc.org
>mseaver(at)bigfoot.com (list member address)
>
>
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