Dreamweaver???

[onialex1]

Hello everyone,

I would really like your input on this topic guys. I am looking to create my own website and a friend of mine recommended Dreamweaver. Now i have been working at learning Dreamweaver over the past few weeks and have learnt quite a lot but a lot of people keep saying that its not 'professional' to use Dreamweaver to create my website. They said its best that i learn php and html instead. I am really confused about this. Do i keep learning Dreamweaver or do i skip it and start learning html and php instead. Please advise me.

Thank you.

 

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[fpena911]

Hello everyone,

I would really like your input on this topic guys. I am looking to create my own website and a friend of mine recommended Dreamweaver. Now i have been working at learning Dreamweaver over the past few weeks and have learnt quite a lot but a lot of people keep saying that its not 'professional' to use Dreamweaver to create my website. They said its best that i learn php and html instead. I am really confused about this. Do i keep learning Dreamweaver or do i skip it and start learning html and php instead. Please advise me.

Thank you.

Well they are both right and wrong.

Dreamweaver is similar to Microsoft Word where you can either start typing something on a blank canvas or begin with a template.

If you start on the blank canvas you will absolutely be using PHP and HTML but what I like about Dreamweaver is that it will let you see what you're developing on the fly.

If you decide to use a template then the software will do some of the heavy lifting for you but to make any modifications you still need to have some knowledge of PHP/HTML.

So either way you're learning but you will not want to use Dreamweaver's automated features too much as it will become a crutch for you. Overall though I do prefer to use this platform when I'm working on web pages as it is superior to just using a plain old text editor or word processor.

 

[onialex1]

Ok. thanks a lot for your input. Much appreciated.

 

[sammich]

dreamweaver is really intended for web design stuff. yes you can still use it for programming languages but i would not advise it.
get IDE's that support whatever programming language your working with. Eclipse & netbeans are popular open source options.

creating websites using programming languages like php will make your sites dynamic, if that's what your going for.
at that point, learning html and css are a must and you'll eventually run across javascript/jquery for additional client side functionalities.

 

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[Nandeesh]

Onialex1,

Well, first you should be clear on the intent of designing your site. Whether you are just going to put up couple of pages or you intend to update/ publish content regularly on the website. Using dreamweaver definitely you can build a beautiful static website, but when it comes to regularly publishing content on the internet its a very painful process. In that case you may need to opt for content management systems(CMS's) like wordpress or joomla which are written using PHP. These opensource CMS's help you to easily publish and manage content. Open source community also provides thousands of free extensions, which allows you to extend functionality of your website with couple of mouse clicks.

 

[onialex1]

dreamweaver is really intended for web design stuff. yes you can still use it for programming languages but i would not advise it.
get IDE's that support whatever programming language your working with. Eclipse & netbeans are popular open source options.

creating websites using programming languages like php will make your sites dynamic, if that's what your going for.
at that point, learning html and css are a must and you'll eventually run across javascript/jquery for additional client side functionalities.

Thanks so much for your advice. I really appreciate it.

 

[pdog]

I've built over 15 sites in my days internet marketing, and to be honest when starting to build out a site I've NEVER had the idea of "oh I need to go and get Dreamweaver".

I think you need to be clear on what the purpose of your site is.

You will be in the Fastlane much quicker if you put up a quick and dirty (and free) wordpress site with a nice theme, and get some useful content on it that targets your problem, solution, and niche.

Once you're making $1k/month, go and hire someone from odesk/freelance/guru/whatever to make your site look better... but even then don't make it pretty but make it convert.

Just my 2c of tough love re Dreamweaver

Cheers.

-Peter

 

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[Kwik]

notepad++ > dreamweaver

 

[onialex1]

I've built over 15 sites in my days internet marketing, and to be honest when starting to build out a site I've NEVER had the idea of "oh I need to go and get Dreamweaver".

I think you need to be clear on what the purpose of your site is.

You will be in the Fastlane much quicker if you put up a quick and dirty (and free) wordpress site with a nice theme, and get some useful content on it that targets your problem, solution, and niche.

Once you're making $1k/month, go and hire someone from odesk/freelance/guru/whatever to make your site look better... but even then don't make it pretty but make it convert.

Just my 2c of tough love re Dreamweaver

Cheers.

-Peter

Hi Peter,

Thanks for your input. The website i am looking to build is for international students who are currently in the US or are looking to come and study here. There will be opportunities for registered members to post questions or reply to others. I am an international student myself and i would like to help other students who might have questions to ask regarding what its like to study in America. I also intend to upload a couple of videos as well on the site that will cover different topics. Hope this gives you a better understanding of the kind of website i am looking to build. What would you recommend? please if anyone else reads this post and wants to advice me, please do so.
Thank you.

 

[Mike.B]

notepad++ > dreamweaver

 

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[Mike.B]

Dreamweaver is just another tool. If you are designing and coding complex sites, than it'll suit you well. There are numerous features that you get in Dreamweaver that you just don't get in a normal text editor, or some API's. If you don't need them, or use them, then Dreamweaver is a waste of money.

 

[jacob]

In my opinion learning Dreamweaver is a lot easier to use in making a website than learning HTML and PHP coding. In Dreamweaver you can see the output at the same time do coding. However, if you want an advance learning on making a website the you should start learning HTML and PHP.

 

[1PercentStreet]

Dreamweaver isn't really going to help you at all unless you know what it's used for. Get your plan together first. If you don't know how to code, get your money together and outsource a rough design of it. $500~ max to code a sample site.

 

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[SBS.95]

As someone that just started using Dreamweaver for my website, I can say that it really is a fantastic piece of software. I've used alternatives like Notepad++ and they don't even come close. However I could also see Dreamweaver being very confusing for you if you aren't down with HTML and CSS at the very least. In my case, I already knew HTML fine and CSS enough to get by, plus I've purchased a reference book as well.

It seems like Dreamweaver could be overwhelming if you don't know what you're doing. If you've got a roughly solid base knowledge like I did though, the thing that Dreamweaver is really good at is making someone that's average like me create sites that looks more advanced in half the time it would take in something like Notepad++. Keep in mind I just started my Fastlane venture of a website on October 29th and started using Dreamweaver that same day so this is all impressions I've gotten in like the past week.