Web-site Development Tools

[Linda Absher (absher)]

As an intranet librarian responsible for coordinating several hundred web
publishers within my company, this question has been taking up quite a bit of
my time lately. After evaluating several editors I've decided upon the
following:

Mac: 
 BBEdit--by far the best non-WYSIWYG editor (or just plain HTML editor, IMO).
Does require knowledge of HTML, however, but if you want complete control
over your tagging short of doing it in a text editor, it's the way to go.
For more info visit http://www.barebones.com

MAC WYSIWYG:  Don't use one due to the HTML-tagging control issue, but I have
heard good things about Dreamweaver from Macromedia
(http://www.macromedia.com).  Haven't used the Mac version, but the PC
version is pretty slick.  I think it's a bit more than the average HTML
editor ($219?)

Windows:  HomeSite--generally considered the PC version of BBEdit, although
it comes from a different company.  Very user-friendly but does require
knowledge of HTML.  Available at http://www.allaire.com.

Windows WYSIWYG:  Hmm....for various reasons, this is a difficult one for me,
but I'd say Dreamweaver in terms of functionality and user friendliness.  One
of the issues within our company is the ease when debugging code if someone
with little (or no) HTML knowledge gets stuck.  FrontPage is very popular
within the corp, but I found debugging it to be a nightmare (seems to add a
lot of hidden code to a page).  In terms of all-around ease in terms of use
and debugging, I liked HoTMetaL Pro since it offers a WYSIWYG view with tags
as bullets. That's available via http://www.softquad.com.

Sorry for the long message, but if anyone is interested in what our criteria
was in evaluating editors, please e-mail me and I'll pass them along.

LInda Absher



	-----Original Message-----
	From:	slak at infohouse.com [SMTP:slak at infohouse.com]
	Sent:	Tuesday, July 21, 1998 8:06 AM
	To:	Multiple recipients of list
	Subject:	Web-site Development Tools

	I was wondering if any web librarians on this list could recommend
any web
	development tools that they use.  I would especially appreciate
hearing if
	anybody is still just hand coding, and their justification for doing
so.

	I will be taking a course next semester for my MLS called "Applied
	Technology Applications."  Part of that course includes an
introduction to
	html and website design.

	I am in the planning stages (content developement) of a personal
website
	and am working on a Macintosh, a platform that I don't believe is
overly
	utilized in library land.  However I am interested how other
librarians
	compose their sites.

	Thanks
	Luisa Sabin-Kildiss

	Aigars Kildiss
	Luisa Sabin-Kildiss
	110 Suffolk Street
	New York, New York 10002