Programs?

[efq]

I was wondering if anyone could recommend me the best program that is sort of easy to use and to learn from.
I want to learn to make layouts and design webpages but not sure on a program.

If you could name some of the best you know, I'll look into it and don't worry if its a pay one, I know other ways.

Thanks,

Sam

[wazup999]

Do you mean coding programs or programs to draw layouts?

Coding: Notepad is the best :D. Then when you have the hang of it (I would start with xhtml and css.) move on to another program. Don't even think about dreamweaver O.o lol I've never liked it.

Drawing layouts: Paint.net is pretty good for a free program. But for professional layouts most people will recommend photoshop ($$$) :P

I always recommend to go with notepad and free programs at first in case later on you decide that designing web pages isn't your thing then you won't have spent money uselessly ;]

I use notepad for everything and pain.net but that's because I'm cheap x]
Waz ;]

[Blinger1]

Drawing layouts: Paint.net is pretty good for a free program. But for professional layouts most people will recommend photoshop ($$$) :P

Photoshop is free.. torrent it ;)

[wazup999]

And then get viruses that steal your information and give you porn site ads. :]

Then you internet site provider finds out your downloading illegal programs and calls the cops on you.

I never recommend stealing and downloading illegal programs but it seems the world has changed and everyone has gone to the dark side.

You have fun with that now.

[Blinger1]

And then get viruses that steal your information and give you porn site ads. :]
Get a virus scanner. And also, if you use a decent torrent site like Piratebay or Demonoid then you can read the comments which tell you if you are about to download virus :O!


Then you internet site provider finds out your downloading illegal programs and calls the cops on you.
Then buy it from a local market if you are scared about the police or your ISP :rolleyes:

[wazup999]

Too bad an anti virus cannot find every virus.

And I'm not going to be posting again. Because, you will probably just continue on and on because you think you're right.

Sure, you're getting it free, but you're stealing and is it really better to steal it then to actually buy it? You lose something either way, so now I'm not even going to reply anymore.

Waz :/

[Blinger1]

Too bad an anti virus cannot find every virus.

And I'm not going to be posting again. Because, you will probably just continue on and on because you think you're right.

Sure, you're getting it free, but you're stealing and is it really better to steal it then to actually buy it? You lose something either way, so now I'm not even going to reply anymore.

Waz :/
Use multiple antiviruses?
What do you lose? The excitement of buying a program of over 500 dollars? woohoo!!

[efq]

Lol forget the virus things, I've pirated alot of things with no problem and have Adobe CS3 installed with a crack.
I can get any program you name, I just need the names!

[Blinger1]

Lol forget the virus things, I've pirated alot of things with no problem and have Adobe CS3 installed with a crack.
I can get any program you name, I just need the names!
Dreamweaver and Photoshop imo.

Or Frontpage 2003 is easy to learn html with, but its outdated a little now :(

[wazup999]

too bad those programs arent that good

and i hope you get a virus. Would teach you a lesson >:[

[Blinger1]

Go on then, what is a 'good' program?

[Iszak]

I would suggest using a free text editor such as notepad++ or programmers notepad, or something along those lines, but I advise not to use notepad in general. Notepad lacks features like having the ability to select some text, press tab and have it indent which is really helpful and also simple syntax highlighters. As for Dreamweaver, Fontpage, and Expression Web stay away from those, they're WYSIWYG editors which when learning isn't what you want, you'd want to get to know the code instead of using their click, drag, drop, adjust style of creating. But in the end it's up to you and your needs, we all have different ones.

[Meti]

Hello,
To start coding, I'd suggest you getting DreamWeaver, since it has HTML etc included.
Example: If you want to add margin: auto; to the code, you just write margin: and it shows you all the alternatives you could choose between.
But NotePad is great too. Just that you have to know the code yourself.

When I design, I always use Photoshop. I don't think I've ever used Paint.
I'm not saying Paint is bad, but Photoshop has everything you need and want =)
Paint is mostly for pixelizing struff.

Good luck!