[Greenbuilding] Web Design

[elitalking]

I know this may seem off topic with greenbuilding, however, I know that many on this list manage websites.    I have decided to do the same.  I want to promote many of the concepts that are relavant to this list on my site.



I am wondering how you manage your website.  Did you get a consultant to develop the format, or did you design it yourself. My inclination is to do it myself.  However, I am finding the HTML code is not intuitive at all.  I am working through the tutorial of a program called Coffee Cup (HTML code editor).  It certainly makes it easier to enter the code and quickly view your results.  However, it does not bypass the need to learn the code.  This program also has a graphic editor which is more intuitive.  However, it does not support HTML5, which I have learned is the latest language being supported by the dominant browsers.  I like that concept of a graphic editor, but if they are not supporting graphic editor with the new HTML versions, it tells me they have trouble with that approach and are fading it out.  The easiest method I have identified yet is converting a MS Word document to an HTML.  It is very intuitive.   I noticed that when I viewed the source code, it was really long, thousands of lines.  I am wondering if this will slow down the loading of the page.  Another program described in my book "Web Design in Easy Steps", they describe another program call Dreamweaver by Adobe.  The book claims this is a robust program that includes graphic layout features.   I would expect a significant learning curve.  They do not offer trial period installation or return policy.  The cost of program with training is around $200.  No problem if it meets my need.  However, I would like to hear from some who may be using this program.  

 

For those that do not know, you can see the code used on a loaded webpage by right clicking on the page and left clicking the view source. What comes up makes no sense to the untrained eye.  It is the coded instructions to the browser how to display the information on page.  This is an example of taking a thousand words to describe one picture.   

 

Eli 
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