What to use?

mark said: "I'm looking for input into the programme I decide to use to build my site. At the moment I know a little HTML but not a lot else. I have access to Front Page, Dreamweaver and Flash etc. I also have access to many instruction manuals. If I have 1 1/2 months to build a site, learning everything from scratch what would you advise me to use to create the most effective site? I would like my site to be easy to navigate and incorporate some cool effects alongside ease of use. I would also like a guestbook. Any advice would be appreciated."

edwin said: "hi mark, i would use xhtml with cascading style sheets. you could use a program, but i think it won't help you that much."

SlitheryImp said: "If you have never used these programs before, just play around with the untill you find the one that suits you the best. Many graphic designers seem to prefer Dreamweaver as their tool of choice. Others like Frontpage for it's ease of use and easy uploading (if you have a host with frontpage extensions). Make sure that you also look at the HTML code being generated by these programs to help you learn how to make a page without a tool. (Frontpage is quite sloppy when it comes to generating HTML, but you can at least learn what is going on.) But anyway, just have fun designing your pages and keep learning, in no time wou'll be making pages with notepad :)"

<h1> said: "[QUOTE]If I have 1 1/2 months to build a site, learning everything from scratch what would you advise me to use to create the most effective site? I would like my site to be easy to navigate and incorporate some cool effects alongside ease of use. I would also like a guestbook.[/QUOTE] Hey man I wish you luck but don't expect a good site in 1 1/ 2 months if you have no experience. But I suggest using either frontpage or dreamweaver you can make a decent first site. You gonna have to surf for free guestbook sites that will give you a guestbook (with their link), cos installing one yerself will be a bit confusing. peace"

mark said: "I've noted all your comments and am going to have a bash at Dreamweaver. I've been told by a few people already that it's gonna be hard going but I have a lot of tutorials, books and even access to an online learning centre so I feel that I will have more resources for Dreamweaver than anything else. If It all turns to sh1t and I can't get a site built in the allotted time then I'll just resort to using a wysiwyg provided by my host :) Either way i'll drop in and let you all know how it's going and maybe see if anyone has any tips :D"

raven said: "Good luck, Mark! :)"

Darksat said: "I would use dreamweaver over frontpage anyday but its still important to learn HTML as well."

mark said: "I've started my site and got a couple of pages up and running. The address is [url]www.globetrotterz.com[/url] If you click the picture at the bottom second from the left it will take you to my pictures page. I've made each of these pictures links which will open up a fresh page with the selected page displayed in the centre. It seems to be very browser heavy as the whole page has to open fresh each time. :eek: Is there a way that I can get the sorounding pictures to stay and only have the centre picture change? I'm on broadband myself and it's not too much of a worry but if I was on dial up I'm sure it would begin to get a bit annoying. Any help would be most welcome. :)"

<h1> said: "well not bad at all mark! Thats a good first site. [QUOTE]Is there a way that I can get the sorounding pictures to stay and only have the centre picture change?[/QUOTE] Ofcourse there's a way! You could use dhtml, using a client side script known as JavaScript. Here's a lil code I made for u...should work. You should plcae the middle pic in a

tag...call it middlepic for the sake of this script. EG:

(This isn't the only way of using JS to dynamically change content) [html]

[/html] OR you could use an