[Greenbuilding] Web Design

Mon Sep 26 19:40:02 CDT 2011

Whoops. Clicked reply on the wrong email. Here it 
is again, this time with the right subject line.

I've been working with a many-years-old (at least 
10, probably more) version of Dreamweaver (way 
before it became part of Adobe) and it seems to 
do most of what I need. But I've never stepped up 
to using CSS and am probably using a lot of 
outdated tools and code, etc. Would switching to 
open source be a good route for me? Can I convert 
my existing sites easily? And keep my own URL's?

David

At 02:51 PM 9/26/2011, you wrote:
>I'd agree with Gennaro, use an Open Source 
>Content Management System (CMS). I like Joomla 
>for sites that change frequently and have lots 
>of editors. Wordpress is probably easier/better 
>if you're the only one making changes.
>
>Also look at Google sites, very easy to use: https://sites.google.com/
>
>~sanjay
>
>
>
>
>From: Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn <info at ecobrooklyn.com>
>To: Green Building <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
>Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 11:08 AM
>Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Web Design
>
>I used to be a web producer and have a lot of 
>experience with web sites. The options you list 
>are not the best. I suggest going with an open 
>source content management system. The best one I 
>know of is Wordpress. Check out my site. It is 
>done with Wordpress. An amateur can install it 
>but for a small fee you can get a pro to do it.
>
>Gennaro Brooks-Church
>
>Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
><http://www.EcoBrooklyn.com>www.EcoBrooklyn.com
>22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231
>
>
>
>On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:50 AM, elitalking 
><<mailto:elitalking at rockbridge.net>elitalking at rockbridge.net> wrote:
>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 â€œWeb Design in Easy 
>Stepsâ€, 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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