web page software?

[phats_away]

i'm thinking of using my time this summer to actually make a webpage for useless purposes.
what software do you use or recommend (and if you have an example site of what you made, feel free to post it)

i don't want to goto the trouble of just using notepad

[metrocorazon]

Dreamweaver or Homesite.

[Foosinho]

Believe it or not, Frontpage isn't too bad. My wife has just the most basic understanding of HTML (which she has probably already forgotten), but she created our personal site (http://www.guilfoos.com/) as an assignment for one of her classes.

It's got HTML bloat issues, and I prefer NotePad, but it's easy enough for her to use.

[zpjohnstone]

whatever you do, don't use frames.

[FearM9]

Originally posted by zpjohnstone
whatever you do, don't use frames. Amen. Against MY objections, my organization's webpage has frames. :rolleyes:

[Foosinho]

C'mon now - frames can be OK, as long as you know what the hell you are doing.

Of course, if you don't, things can go horribly horribly wrong.

[Iason]

Notepad is just fine. Just learn more html, and your set.

[metrocorazon]

Notepad ISNT fine. Unless you plan on using simple tables and some text that will make your page look like something that was done in 1994.

OR....

You want to go through lines and lines of code and basically spend hours on end fixing and writing up code yourself.

Take it from a PRO, use Dreamweaver or Homesite. Both are possible to get through Kazzaa or other file sharing program if you want them for free. If not you can get a Student Version for $99. Or you and a buddy(ies) can split the cost and burn yourself a copy. Nowadays everyone has a websote so it might be tempting for others to split it with you.

I also recommend getting Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro if you want to lowball it. It will help you design the webpage where as a HTML program is just layout.

[Premium Hamatachi redded]

i have dreamweaver and front page. either one is just fine if they don't have functions that i want to use, i just type the code. i use notepad for cgi but for html i use fp or dw because i want to save time. i use frame too and have no trouble with it because when it comes to frame i type the code by myself.

[zpjohnstone]

And for the love of god people, please secure IIS. It helps everyone, but especially people like me, who have to do incident response when your totally unsecured corporate site has been 0wn3d.

Here's how you can mitigate some of the most frequently exploited vulnerabilites-

Check this FTP hot fix advisory (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-018.asp) and confirm that your particular version of IIS is appropriately patched.

Perform the following steps
1. Launch the Internet Services Manager
2. Select your web server
3. Right-click on MSADC and select ‘Properties’
4. Select the tab ‘Directory Security’
5. Click on the ‘IP address and domain name restrictions' option
6. Make sure that by default, all computers are DENIED access to this resource
7. List the computers that should be allowed to use it
See also: MS advisory MS02-065

Ensure these files are not present, unless necessary-
\iisadmpwd\aexp2.htr or, aexp2b.htr, aexp3.htr, or aexp4.htr
\cgi-bin\htimage.exe
\cgi-bin\imagemap.exe
\iissamples\sdk\asp\docs\CodeBrws.asp
the \iissamples directory including all of it contents

Unmap the .shtml extension, if not used.
To unmap the .shtml extension:
1.Open Internet Services Manager.
2.Right-click the Web server & choose Properties from the context menu.
3.Master Properties
4.Select WWW Service -> Edit -> HomeDirectory -> Configuration and remove the reference to .shtml/shtm and sht from the list.

Unmap the .HTR extension, if not used.
To unmap the .HTR extension:
1.Open Internet Services Manager.
2.Right-click the Web server & choose Properties from the context menu.
3.Master Properties
4.Select WWW Service -> Edit -> HomeDirectory -> Configuration and remove the reference to .htr from the list.

[cosmosRIP]

If you know HTML and CSS, and if you know enough about Javascript that maybe you can't write your own scripts but at least you know how to cut and paste code from somewhere else and edit it a little, Homesite is for you.
If you only know a little HTML and you're looking for a WYSIWYG editor that will write the code for you, Dreamweaver is probably the way to go, I haven't used it but I hear GoLive is pretty good too.
The Photoshop/ImageReady package is pretty essential, although Fireworks is at least as good as ImageReady and is available on it's own (To get IR you have to get PS).