Web Page Editors

**tirikatene** · 24-07-2005, 10:23 PM

Want to start to start my first attempt at building a web page - havent a clue about html - can anyone recommend a good or basic program to start from - Thanks!

**Rob99** · 24-07-2005, 11:21 PM

http://www.nvu.com/

**tirikatene** · 25-07-2005, 08:26 AM

Thanks for that Rob - downloading now to try

**annie** · 25-07-2005, 11:01 AM

If you're interested in learning HTML, I built quite a respectable website from scratch in a couple of days, absolutely no prior knowledge, using a book called HTML QuickSteps by Guy Hart-Davis, McGraw-Hill Osborne pub. $29.95 from Dymocks in Wellington. Impressively clear and easy to follow, quite the best How-to book I've seen.

**Greg** · 25-07-2005, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by annie

If you're interested in learning HTML, I built quite a respectable website from scratch in a couple of days, absolutely no prior knowledge, using a book called HTML QuickSteps by Guy Hart-Davis, McGraw-Hill Osborne pub. $29.95 from Dymocks in Wellington. Impressively clear and easy to follow, quite the best How-to book I've seen.

Waste of time. Just use a wysiwig editor and he can have a site up in a couple of hours, not days.

**bob_doe_nz** · 25-07-2005, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by Greg

Waste of time. Just use a wysiwig editor and he can have a site up in a couple of hours, not days.

Thats sooo true...
Also, you could try copying someone elses site, or at least some of it to achieve your goal. Tidying it up is another matter though

**Prescott** · 25-07-2005, 05:56 PM

dreamweaver is very good, but its not free though, but you can download a free 30day trial.

**tweak'e** · 25-07-2005, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by Greg

Waste of time. Just use a wysiwig editor and he can have a site up in a couple of hours, not days.

and what you end up with is a half baked webpage thats full of errors, often it will only work correctly with a certain browser and made by someone who has no idea what they are doing.

start with basics and LEARN html, its not hard. it may take a bit longer but at least it will be done proberly.

i've yet to see a wysiwyg editor that does web pages 100% correctly.

**netchicken** · 26-07-2005, 11:57 AM

Use wiziwig and you stop where it stops.

learn html and CSS and the worlds your oyster...

I learned on Frontpage, and then just used it to hold my pages and did much by hand.

On http://stuffucanuse.com - downloads page is a small program caleld Namo2, a simple wiziwig program that you can easily use.