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Rick GarrardPosted on 08/05/07 at 05:20:37

What web page writing tools do you use?
What webhosting service do you recommend?

I'm looking at moving all of my work to one location instead of having 10 or so different pages with my stuff on them.  Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
lazy duckPosted on 08/05/07 at 05:29:22

Well I use a HTML editor called IBM top page and I bought a domain from Yahoo for like 10 bucks a month to host it.
The PhantomPosted on 08/05/07 at 14:58:31

I'm no help. I create my own pages and run a web server off one of my computers at home, I just have a redirect domain name.
Memphis_VicePosted on 08/06/07 at 00:29:14

On 08/05/07 at 05:20:37, Rick Garrard wrote:What web page writing tools do you use?
I use nvu, which is the web page authoring software formerly known as Mozilla Composer. Mozilla dropped support for it, so some other people picked it up and cointinued the project.
LillaThrillaPosted on 08/07/07 at 02:23:48

After a decade of watching GeoCities degrade and not finding any decent free sites, two of my friends combined to give me a year of free hosting + domain registration from GoDaddy. It's like $50 and I think its ultimately worth it.

I have an old copy of Dreamweaver (5.0?) that I've used to work on my website since 2002. I really like Dreamweaver.  Before that I coded raw HTML via Notepad. :P I did briefly dabble with MS Frontpage but the raw code it generates is nauseating. The only thing worse is doing webpages in MS Word. *shudder*
Memphis_VicePosted on 08/07/07 at 02:36:46

On 08/07/07 at 02:23:48, LillaThrilla wrote:After a decade of watching GeoCities degrade and not finding any decent free sites, two of my friends combined to give me a year of free hosting + domain registration from GoDaddy.  It's like $50 and I think its ultimately worth it.
$50 a year or $50 a month?

The former is a decent if unspectacular price, the latter a terrible one unless you're a fairly big business / high-traffic site who needs some serious server action.

GoDaddy is supposedly one of the worst registrars, with pages upon pages of horror stories from dissatisfied customers who were treated like dirt, watched their businesses lose money, got ripped off, etc.
pszPosted on 08/07/07 at 04:40:39

At home I use Notepad, FrontPage 2000, or (if I'm *REALLY* desperate and in a hurry) Word (DO NOT RECOMMEND)

As for hosting, I host my own site and have a redirect (similar to mentioned above)

At work, we have one site hosted by our ISP, and one hosted locally with a Tucows/Yahoo domain registration.
JeepGuyPosted on 02/06/08 at 15:54:03

On 08/07/07 at 04:40:39, psz wrote:At home I use Notepad, FrontPage 2000, or (if I'm *REALLY* desperate and in a hurry) Word (DO NOT RECOMMEND)
I like FrontPage 2000. It is pretty easy to use.

For graphics, I use illustrator and photoshop, using as many vector graphics as possible for the small sizes and crisp look. I have Gif Animator if I want to do some little animations.

For larger text files, Notepad and Wordpad are the goto programs unless I am typing on a Mac, then it is TexEdit.
VertigoPosted on 02/06/08 at 22:17:59

I use GoDaddy and have not had any problems. As for constructing, at home I prefer Dreamweaver with assistance from Photoshop and/or Fireworks. At work, I use SharePoint Designer.
pszPosted on 02/07/08 at 01:39:08

We recently opened a new site for one of our sister companies, and have OfficeLive host it. It handles registration, hosting, and has built-in editing tools (though you can, of course, just upload your own stuff)