Total newbie trying to get started.

I have a domain name and am going to sign up with a web
hosting company. If I purchase Contribute, can I use it to design a
new web site or is Contribute only used to edit existing web pages?
TIA

Contribute can only be used to edit a site that's already
built. It can
allow you to create new pages at an existing site, but it's
not possible to
create pages from scratch and build a new site. If you're
looking for
something easy you might look at NetObjects Fusion for
Windows or Freeway
for the Mac.
On 8/2/06 4:31 PM, in article
earcjv$fc2$[email protected], "cpekarek"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a domain name and am going to sign up with a web
hosting company. If I
> purchase Contribute, can I use it to design a new web
site or is Contribute
> only used to edit existing web pages? TIA

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"Do I really NEED to learn the basics of coding BEFORE diving
into DW, or
can
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modes? "
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> After much frustration with having others design my
website for me and not
> getting what I want, I figured what the hell, I'm going
to learn it
> myself. As
> I'm reasonably familiar with Photoshop CS3 through my
photography, DW
> seems the
> logical next step, although I'm also considering
learning to code from
> scratch,
> just using NotePad or TextPad or something like that.
The whole coding
> thing
> intimidates the hell out of me, though.
>
> Do I really NEED to learn the basics of coding BEFORE
diving into DW, or
> can
> DW help me learn the coding as I use the Design or Split
modes?
>

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