Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan- I took a class in Dreamweaver. I couldn't get it. My memory/brain couldn't handle it. I dropped the class. The first class I ever dropped in my life! Stasys On Aug 17, 2008, at 12:02 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Just as my image processing needs are simple, so are my web page > creation needs. I do not want to use Flash, I am not selling anything > through my web pages, I just use them to show the rest of you my > pictures. I have tried different packages over the years, without > being completely happy with any of them. So I thought, let me get > Dreamweaver, a lot of people whose sites I like use that, and the > educational pricing (my son is a university student) is cheap. > > I tried to accomplish a simple task yesterday--to import the main page > of my frozenlight.eu web site into Dreamweaver so I could reorganize > it a bit. After 2 hours of failed attempts I gave up. The massive > manual talks about things like Ajax (which to me means a football club > in Amsterdam), Spry, Javabeans (yes, I have had two cups this morning) > etc. What it does not talk about is simple things: how to create a web > page, how do you import an HTML file created by another application > etc. > > After cursing and a couple of beers, I just gave up on Dreamweaver and > downloaded the Leopard update of Freeway Express, the software I have > used most recently. It is clunky but at least I know how it works, > more or less. > > To date, I have not found a web creation program which easy to use. Oh > yes, iWeb is easy but it has so many limitations that it is useless > for managing a site. I have tried Rapidweaver and several others--all > sucked. Good thing they all let you download trial versions.... > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >