[ale] web page creation app

[Paul Cartwright]

On Sat May 31 2008, Robert Reese~ wrote:
> > I doubt I will ever do much web site creation, I just want to make
> > my own site ( again..) with something other than  swriter or WORD..
>
> Don't blame you one bit.  :)  I have the answer: FrontPage Under Crossover 
Office!  ::RDAG::

heh heh... ah....NO :-0)
I actually bought crossover office a few years back, to try and make Quicken 
work. It was about 2 versions back on Quicken, so I never tried it again.

> >> But yes, CSS at the same time is certainly preferred.  And
> >> SitePoint is a fantastic place to start.
> >
> > not sure why I would need CSS, for a personal site with maybe
> > folders of baby pictures...
>
> CSS is for STYLE, HTML is for CONTENT.  :c)  Separate the two, and you'll
> have a much easier time handling both; especially true six months from now.
>  Particularly with CSS, where you can make stunning changes in a a few
> moments.  For example, let's say you decide to do your own photo pages and
> you want to create a special themed photo section.  You change exactly one
> word in the HTML for the target page and you can apply, say, a birthday
> theme or a Christmas theme.  Or, let's say you have a set of photos that
> you like with a navy blue background and a lilac font.  Your visitor
> doesn't particularly care for lilac and thinks the blue is too dark.  You
> can, with a touch of JavaScript, add a dropdown or radio button for
> different themes or even specific elements such as changing just the font
> color and allow your visitor to choose to see the photo set they way they
> prefer to see it.
>
> For a dramatic example site of the power of CSS, take a look at Eric
> Meyer's page at http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/
>  <http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/>
>
> See also CSS Zen Garden at http://www.csszengarden.com/
>  <http://www.csszengarden.com/>

wow, that is flat amazing! and there is even a css to download, think I 
will :)

>
>
> On the other hand, how about letting others do the work for you in regards
> to the pictures?  Winkflash.com has a great free site.  And for a small
> price <$40 per year, take a look at smugmug.com, my personal favorite.
>
> http://www.winkflash.com/  <http://www.winkflash.com/>
>
> http://www.smugmug.com/  <http://www.smugmug.com/>
>
> I'd stay as far away from Flickr as possible... they _stole_ $25 from me,
> and have met very few companies which had worse customer service.  I rate
> them right along side AOL.

I'd rather just host my own pictures, I don't like all the ads and gimmicks of 
sites like Flickr..

>
> If you want to extend that to the main body of the site, consider getting a
> Blogger.com page and use it as a regular website rather than a blog?  It's
> free, and IIRC you can mask the URL.  The styles are limited though
> functional.  Security is handled by Google & Friends, which might be more
> secure than your hosting's systems.  I don't know your hosting so I can't
> say whether that's true or not.
>
> However you decide to do it, we're here to help.  :)  Say... you aren't
> hosting on an IIS server, right?  ::grin::

I don't THINK so!! apache2 is what I have on my Debian home box, not sure what 
amscomputer.com uses, it's probably listed in the cpanel...



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