MS Front Page, DRAWeb 2

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All webpage generating software is limiting, however all you need
to know is basic html to convert the pages to rock solid HTML.
You can find many HTML pointers, tips and manuals on the WWW.
http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey has an interesting article concerning
Frontpage and Adobe Pagemill vs. hand coding.
Your stereotype of webmasters looking down their noses at FP folks was a bit general and unfair, don't you think? I would rather people build their own pages and showcase their creativity. Many web sites are run on a shoestring budget and can't afford to pay a webmaster to hand code pages--it's a lot cheaper to build the site yourself and 
then pay a webmaster to clean up the code.

Terri Thomas
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FrontPage 98 is very easy to use - saves lots of time - but does not
produce "acceptable" html code. Run any FP site using FP extensions
through a validator and almost every line has an error. However, for
people using 3+ versions of Navigator or IE, sites look good and work
well. Functions such as site search, forms with confirmations, etc. are
a snap, as is a table of contents. Webmasters coding by hand or with
elementary editors look down on us FP folk, but if you're "time
disadvantaged" & have a strong ego, go for it.

Justin R Ervin wrote:
> 
> I would like to solicit feedback from folks who use MS Front Page 98 to
> help manage a web site. Is it as good as the reviewers claim?
> 
> I'd also like to pick the brains of folks who are planning to implement
> DRAWeb 2 when it's released later this year. Just let me know who
> you are and I'll be more specific off-list.
> 
> Please respond via private e-mail or to the list, as you feel appropriate.
> =================Justin R Ervin==================
> Computing Support Technician I
> Jackson Library Electronic Information Resources, UNCG
> jrervin at uncg.edu                 http://www.uncg.edu/~jrervin/