Web tool vs. straight HTML

[emiller at smtpgwy.isinet.com]

     I am a Webmaster at a corporate site, charged with tagging documents 
     and checking the HTML of all documents that come in from the various 
     departments. I believe that it is especially useful to know/understand 
     basic HTML, but I am all in favor of using a tool that makes it easier 
     to render.
     
     I use the HotDog Professional Web Editor.  I like it because it allows 
     me to see everything that I am doing (and by coloring the tags, it 
     also allows easier editing of the copy and tags as needed).  I have 
     also found Hot Dog to be a decent tool for teaching others how to tag 
     pages (another of my tasks) as it includes the HTML standard and 
     decent help.  It functions enough like Word Perfect (with the "View 
     Codes" choice invoked) that it is pretty easy to learn.
     
     Elisa
     
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Subject: Web tool vs. straight HTML
Author:  ctmlib at wizvax.net at INTERNET
Date:    9/18/96 10:32 AM


I am now working on the web page for my company, as the person who was doing
this has left.  He was using MS Frontpage.  I cannot use this as I don't
have W'95, and I basically learned to work with straight HTML.

Question: Is there an advantage to working with an HTML authoring tool?  He
mentioned that there was, but didn't have time to explain before he left.

I downloaded a tool called FlexED which works with my machine.

I would appreciate some insight into doing web pages with an authoring tool
vs. without.  I have heard pros and cons for each.

Thanks,

Rebecca Rector, Librarian
CT Male Associates (engineers)