<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>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.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Also look at Google sites, very easy to use: https://sites.google.com/</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>~sanjay<br></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn <info@ecobrooklyn.com><br><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Green Building <greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, September 26, 2011 11:08 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Greenbuilding] Web Design<br></font><br><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off"><div id="yiv1062047026">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.<div>
<br clear="all">Gennaro Brooks-Church<br><br>Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.EcoBrooklyn.com">www.EcoBrooklyn.com</a><br>22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231<br><br>
<br><br><div class="yiv1062047026gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:50 AM, elitalking <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:elitalking@rockbridge.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:elitalking@rockbridge.net">elitalking@rockbridge.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="yiv1062047026gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1062047026MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">I
know this may seem off topic with greenbuilding, however, I know that many on
this list manage websites.<span>
</span>I have decided to do the same.<span> I
want to promote many of the concepts that are relavant to this list on my
site.</span></span></div>
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<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1062047026MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span></span>I am wondering how you manage your
website.<span> </span>Did you get a consultant
to develop the format, or did you design it yourself. My inclination is to do it
myself.<span> </span>However, I am finding the
HTML code is not intuitive at all.<span>
</span>I am working through the tutorial of a program called Coffee Cup (HTML
code editor).<span> </span>It certainly makes it
easier to enter the code and quickly view your results.<span> </span>However, it does not bypass the need to
learn the code.<span> </span>This program also
has a graphic editor which is more intuitive.<span> </span>However, it does not support HTML5,
which I have learned is the latest language being supported by the dominant
browsers.<span> </span>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.<span> </span>The easiest method I have
identified yet is converting a MS Word document to an HTML.<span> </span>It is very intuitive.<span> </span><span> </span>I noticed that when I viewed the source
code, it was really long, thousands of lines.<span> </span>I am wondering if this will slow down
the loading of the page.<span> </span>Another
program described in my book “Web Design in Easy Steps”, they describe another
program call Dreamweaver by Adobe.<span>
</span>The book claims this is a robust program that includes graphic layout
features.<span> </span><span> 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. </span></span></div>
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<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1062047026MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">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.<span> </span>It is
the coded instructions to the browser how to display the information on
page.<span> </span>This is an example of taking
a thousand words to describe one picture.<span>
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<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1062047026MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Eli
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