Comments on: Dreamweaver http://field2.com/dreamweaver/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:29:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mart http://field2.com/dreamweaver/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Mart Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:39:17 +0000 http://bendunkle.com/?p=143#comment-40 I laugh when people dig up old threads in forums years later - like it was just posted the other day. I feel like I'm just about to do that now :D I agree with Ben, best thing I ever did in my career was to stop using dreamweaver. As soon as you step out of the comfort of WYSIWYG environments, your forced to learn and understand the code you write and create. DW is one hefty turd - very powerful if used to its full potential, but for managing HTML/PHP pages its just a bloat. ATB I laugh when people dig up old threads in forums years later – like it was just posted the other day. I feel like I’m just about to do that now :D

I agree with Ben, best thing I ever did in my career was to stop using dreamweaver. As soon as you step out of the comfort of WYSIWYG environments, your forced to learn and understand the code you write and create.

DW is one hefty turd – very powerful if used to its full potential, but for managing HTML/PHP pages its just a bloat.

ATB

]]> By: admin http://field2.com/dreamweaver/comment-page-1/#comment-38 admin Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:35:41 +0000 http://bendunkle.com/?p=143#comment-38 Thanks Bill, no YOU'RE the best ! The split screen misrepresents what your page really looks like, but as long as you understand this and test your layout under Trident (IE), Gecko (Firefox) and Webkit (Safari), and make sure it's pretty close, you're fine. The problem is that it takes a while to get this approach, and beginners have enough to deal with just learning syntax and structure, that they tend to ignore the browser consistency issue. Working in a text editor forces these considerations on beginners. Maybe my <a href="http://wlab.canisius.edu/~dunkleb/classes/DMA_342_Intro_to_Web_Design/converting_to_wordpress.php" rel="nofollow">instructions for building a wordpress template</a> can help with your Wordpress venture. Bring the fam over for dinner and we can retire to the Man Office to go through it. Thanks Bill, no YOU’RE the best ! The split screen misrepresents what your page really looks like, but as long as you understand this and test your layout under Trident (IE), Gecko (Firefox) and Webkit (Safari), and make sure it’s pretty close, you’re fine. The problem is that it takes a while to get this approach, and beginners have enough to deal with just learning syntax and structure, that they tend to ignore the browser consistency issue. Working in a text editor forces these considerations on beginners.
Maybe my instructions for building a wordpress template can help with your Wordpress venture. Bring the fam over for dinner and we can retire to the Man Office to go through it.

]]> By: Bill F. http://field2.com/dreamweaver/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Bill F. Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:17:27 +0000 http://bendunkle.com/?p=143#comment-39 OK Ben D. - where should I be spending my time then, what I like about Dreamweaver, which you introduced me to, is that it helps me understand HTML more and more using the split screen. Us "rookies" find it helpful. Do you still suggest Wordpress and HTML tweaks? I installed Wordpress on a site, but need to learn to tweak it. By the way, you are the best. BF OK Ben D. – where should I be spending my time then, what I like about Dreamweaver, which you introduced me to, is that it helps me understand HTML more and more using the split screen. Us “rookies” find it helpful. Do you still suggest Wordpress and HTML tweaks? I installed Wordpress on a site, but need to learn to tweak it. By the way, you are the best.

BF

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