[Greenbuilding] Web Design
David Bergman
bergman at cyberg.com
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outdated tools and code, etc.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 âWeb 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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