Website Design for Beginners

Looking for a good wysiwyg software program for a 15 year old
for hobbie purposes. Any thoughts on how Dreamwever stacks up
against Expession Web?
Web Design in Seattle

Sorry, I hadn't clicked your link when I first responded.
I guess I didn't need to explain about HTML, CSS, browsers,
etc.
Looks like you probably already know all about those things
"TC2112" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:gc3li2$glr$[email protected]..
> Hello,
>
> Neither are complete or simple "WYSIWYG", like some drag
and drop
> applications like "Printmaster", "Cardmaker" and such
where you drop your
> pictures where you want, insert some text and click
print..
> There are too many variables between browsers, and more
importantly,
> user's setting in those browsers such as text size,
browser width, etc.
> Both applications require you to have a good knowledge
of HTML and CSS to
> start, or the learning curve will be steep and very
frustrating.
> You can see the layout as you build it, but not knowing
HTML and CSS will
> make it difficult to build, make you unaware of mistakes
you might be
> making and make the site prone to looking very different
in different
> browsers.
> These are professional tools, and by nature complex with
many levels of
> functionality.
>
> If the person is willing to focus on the the time needed
to first learn
> HTML and CSS, and then the time to learn the program, I
think DW would be
> OK. I'd just be concerned with putting him or her off
because you can't
> get good results quickly out of the box without work
first.
>
> Take care,
> Tim
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "EPORIA" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
> news:gc3kdn$f9a$[email protected]..
>> Looking for a good wysiwyg software program for a 15
year old for hobbie
>> purposes. Any thoughts on how Dreamwever stacks up
against Expession Web?
>>
>>
http://www.eporia.com/
>
>

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