technostick — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:31:21 +0000

Yeah... FP is pretty bad.

I would also suggest using a basic text editor, such as Notepad or TextEdit (the Mac program), as you do seem to have quite a lot of knowledge of coding - more than I do, at least. I only do HTML/CSS, and find TextEdit to be just right for what I do...

hypergecko — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 03:54:22 +0000

Hey msquires, I use FP 03 and had the same issue and how I fixed it was to insert a single row table and in the left border and put the FP generated buttons in the table. Look at this and maybe it will help. http://www.sitemanagementservices.com/

CptAwesome — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 04:36:46 +0000

I use Notepad++ (from sourceforge) it's pretty awesome, but I mostly use it for sorting out if statements in PHP.

I would suggest trying to put the javascript in the option.

steve40 — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:16:35 +0000

I just downloaded a site mapper from "free site mapper" . This thing does not come with any documentary, is anybody familiar with it. Or have any suggestions on using it, as it might blow my pc up!. Wouldnt be the first time!!.

chrishirst — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:44:38 +0000

Quote: I use coffee cup, I only use it like note pad though, I like having the lines numbered, makes editing a lot easier

Funnily enough that's exactly how I use DW. DW is simple. If you never bother with the WYSIWYG stuff and the auto generate gibberish on demand "wizards", and simply use it as a code editor with good syntax colouring and very useful site and project views it works perfectly.

Now if only Edit+ had the site management features I'd never open DW again.

steve40 — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:34:07 +0000

I've looked at dreamweaver, and it is so full of junk that it is intimidating. Note pad would be easier. I use coffee cup, I only use it like note pad though, I like having the lines numbered, makes editing a lot easier. Also the split browser view might be handy for some.

It will start you out with the basic page tags, and has some scripts if you want to use them. I've been using it for years now, and like the do it yourself simplicity of CC. While keeping things orderly. I think they have a shareware version now for download?. I believe CC is probably one of the best for a beginner, has enough pre-built stuff, plus the freedom to be creative, and do it all yourself. Without being a hard to learn editor; it's not drop and drag though.

timjpriebe — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:23:41 +0000

Since I'm the one who originally suggested you dump FP, I thought I'd jump back in with my plain text editor of choice, just in case you decide to go that route:

http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html

Scite is a great little editor. It can be used with minimal customization if you don't want to mess with its plain text config files. If you decide to learn how to configure it, however, it is well worth the effort. It can be set up to "know" any programming language, which is very useful.

Of course, it comes preconfigured with many standards. I believe the distro comes with the following already set up: C#, C++, Perl, PHP, Javascript, CSS, HTML, SQL, XML, VB. I know there's many more, I just personally removed the ones I didn't think I would be using all that often.

JeevesBond — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:47:41 +0000

Word/Powerpoint... I've seen friends using these Apps before for web sites and was unashamedly rude to them about it (bless them, they did look a bit hurt). There is just no need for that kind of behaviour though!!

(Probably too passionate, but just can't help it )

demonhale — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:59:47 +0000

I have been using notepad eversince; i teach html by notepad too...
Html-Kit would be great for a beginner though...
Dreamweaver for those over-eager to start making pages...
FP... Sucks
I even have one friend using MS word; the Other Power Point... Dang!

JeevesBond — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:03:14 +0000

Hehehe, notepad is hardcore! Break the poor guy in slowly, at least something like Dreamweaver formats your code with pretty colours