What is the best web site design program?
August 18, 2009 - 6:12 pm
I currently use Microsoft Frontpage but you can only make boxy web sites with it, no curves or rounded corners to the boxes. Thanks for the input.
No web design program will create curves for you. That is graphic design work done with Photoshop or similar software. The images are then positioned and duplicated by CSS as necessary to give the illusion of curved design elements. Learn how to use the Slice feature in Photoshop/ImageReady and learn a bit of CSS.
August 18th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Word 6.0
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August 18th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
dreamweaver definatly
get hte package of everything macromedia tho when you buy it
(fireworks,freehand, ect…) they come in handy and work well with dreamweaver
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August 19th, 2009 at 12:19 am
I use Front Page but Dream Weaver is good 2
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August 19th, 2009 at 12:48 am
I use Microsost VisualInterdev, one way it is better than the Frontpage, provided you are not a noob in web design.
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August 19th, 2009 at 1:19 am
I use frontpage also.. isn’t it mostly "boxy" with all development programs?? The curves or rounded corners u see should be graphics, at least that’s how I get them… dreamweaver is also a great program… i recently started using Visual web developer.. excellent program for asp.net programmers.
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August 19th, 2009 at 1:49 am
No web design program will create curves for you. That is graphic design work done with Photoshop or similar software. The images are then positioned and duplicated by CSS as necessary to give the illusion of curved design elements. Learn how to use the Slice feature in Photoshop/ImageReady and learn a bit of CSS.
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http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
August 19th, 2009 at 2:38 am
For the actual web development Macromedia Dreamweaver is great. It is after all the industry standard. Also, Macromedia Flash is useful for interactive and animated content, but it requires a bit of learning.
If you want to get away from the "boxy" look, you need a good graphics program more than anything. Adobe Photoshop is the most powerful, but depending on your level of experience, Macromedia Fireworks is easier to use.
When you see websites with fancy rounded edges and such, what the designer did was create the skeleton of the webpage in a graphics program. Then they did what is called "slicing." Think of the webpage like a puzzle, in which a HTML table creates the outlines for where the pieces go. You take the single image which is to be the basis for your layout and divide it into pieces, only to reassemble them in a table, and you hollow out portions of the image where you want to put your content.
The bottom line is that the Macromedia Suite is the most economical option for you.
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August 19th, 2009 at 2:55 am
I agree with Ron ^^^. You should be the one to design that and yes, Photoshop is a good program.
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