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    • Danp
      Danp @scottalanmiller last edited by

      @scottalanmiller said:

      There are some cheesy tools out there. Or you can hire someone. I know that both @DonutDetroyer and @MarigabyFrias do web design. Maybe they can help out.

      Stuff like NetObjects Fusion and Xara Web Designer?

      @thecreativeone91 said:

      Use Concerte5 and buy a professional theme (they cost between $10-$200).

      Thanks, I'll take a look. Do you purchase the themes directly from them or elsewhere?

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        A Former User @Danp last edited by

        @Danp said:

        Thanks, I'll take a look. Do you purchase the themes directly from them or elsewhere?

        Direct. They have a market place.

        http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/themes

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        • scottalanmiller
          scottalanmiller @Danp last edited by

          @Danp said:

          Stuff like NetObjects Fusion and Xara Web Designer?

          I wouldn't think so. Normal web design.

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          • Danp
            Danp @scottalanmiller last edited by

            @scottalanmiller said:

            I wouldn't think so. Normal web design.

            What, you mean like an html editor?

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              A Former User @Danp last edited by

              @Danp said:

              @scottalanmiller said:

              I wouldn't think so. Normal web design.

              What, you mean like an html editor?

              They'd do PHP or similar raw who needs an editor when you have Notepad++. Editoris always make bad code, including Dreamweaver & FrontPage.

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              • IRJ
                IRJ last edited by

                I definitely agree with buying a theme for their site. Don't be afraid to spend more on the theme upfront. The higher cost themes generally have more features, and more support.

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                • Danp
                  Danp last edited by

                  Thanks for the input thus far. I already have an account with ASO (thanks to the earlier review by @scottalanmiller), so I should be able to load up a site there for testing.

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                  • coliver
                    coliver @Danp last edited by

                    @Danp said:

                    Thanks for the input thus far. I already have an account with ASO (thanks to the earlier review by @scottalanmiller), so I should be able to load up a site there for testing.

                    Nice, I think I am going to be setting up a site with them tomorrow.

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                    • scottalanmiller
                      scottalanmiller @Danp last edited by

                      @Danp said:

                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      I wouldn't think so. Normal web design.

                      What, you mean like an html editor?

                      I'm confused. You are asking for design but then listing tools. What does the tooling matter? I always did web design in a text editor.

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                      • scottalanmiller
                        scottalanmiller @Guest last edited by scottalanmiller

                        @thecreativeone91 said:

                        They'd do PHP or similar raw who needs an editor when you have Notepad++. Editoris always make bad code, including Dreamweaver & FrontPage.

                        Those tools seem to mostly be for non-designers who need some hand holding. I don't know of any serious designer that has every used those. Not since Dreamweaver circa 2004. Notepad++, Atom, vi, Sublime or similar are so easy.

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                          Sparkum @scottalanmiller last edited by

                          @scottalanmiller

                          Agreed, between Notepadd++ the features of CPanel, and even just editing the files from within the site... What more does one need.

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                            A Former User @Sparkum last edited by

                            @Sparkum said:

                            @scottalanmiller

                            Agreed, between Notepadd++ the features of CPanel, and even just editing the files from within the site... What more does one need.

                            I wouldn't use the cpanel editor. I've had it cause issues. It will sometimes put in spaces, corrupt the file, or change the encoding.

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                              Sparkum @Guest last edited by

                              @thecreativeone91

                              Oh really, guess I've been lucky so far.

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                              • scottalanmiller
                                scottalanmiller @Guest last edited by

                                @thecreativeone91 said:

                                @Sparkum said:

                                @scottalanmiller

                                Agreed, between Notepadd++ the features of CPanel, and even just editing the files from within the site... What more does one need.

                                I wouldn't use the cpanel editor. I've had it cause issues. It will sometimes put in spaces, corrupt the file, or change the encoding.

                                Not the cPanel Editor, the additional cPanel Code Editor. It specifically addresses those issues.

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                                  A Former User @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                  @scottalanmiller said:

                                  @thecreativeone91 said:

                                  @Sparkum said:

                                  @scottalanmiller

                                  Agreed, between Notepadd++ the features of CPanel, and even just editing the files from within the site... What more does one need.

                                  I wouldn't use the cpanel editor. I've had it cause issues. It will sometimes put in spaces, corrupt the file, or change the encoding.

                                  Not the cPanel Editor, the additional cPanel Code Editor. It specifically addresses those issues.

                                  But it still buggs out sometimes.. hence why I don't care for it.

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                                  • scottalanmiller
                                    scottalanmiller last edited by

                                    Hmmm.... haven't used it much but haven't seen any issues with it. Would be pretty klunky to use for actual code editing, though.

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                                    • Danp
                                      Danp @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      I'm confused. You are asking for design but then listing tools. What does the tooling matter? I always did web design in a text editor.

                                      I'm just trying to provide some guidance to their non-technical marketing person who currently updates their site with the built-in 1&1 "gui". She's not going to build an entire site using a text editor and PHP.

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                                      • scottalanmiller
                                        scottalanmiller @Danp last edited by

                                        @Danp said:

                                        @scottalanmiller said:

                                        I'm confused. You are asking for design but then listing tools. What does the tooling matter? I always did web design in a text editor.

                                        I'm just trying to provide some guidance to their non-technical marketing person who currently updates their site with the built-in 1&1 "gui". She's not going to build an entire site using a text editor and PHP.

                                        Ah, that's not really related. If you are hiring a web designer, they do the design. If you want your person to be the designer, you don't hire a designer.

                                        Why are you consider hiring someone if the goal is for the existing person to keep doing it even if she doesn't know how?

                                        I'm confused as to the means and the ends here.

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                                        • scottalanmiller
                                          scottalanmiller last edited by

                                          Why does "updating the site" have some relationship to "designing the site?"

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                                          • gjacobse
                                            gjacobse @Danp last edited by

                                            @Danp said:

                                            I'm on the board of a local non-profit, and they are wanting to make changes to their website. They currently host with 1&1 and pay $10 / mo for the services with their built-in wysiwyg editor, which they find too restrictive.

                                            I know they could save a few bucks on the hosting, but the real issue is that they need another option for building / maintaining the website. Here's their website if anyone is interested: http://www.arc-gateway.org/. They don't currently sell anything through the site, but that could change in the future.

                                            What alternatives are out there that I can review / recommend to them. Appreciate any input.

                                            Regards, Dan

                                            Non Profit? Hit GrassRoots Non profits can qualify for FREE hosting and one Domain name...

                                            As for Building / Maintaining?

                                            Joomla!
                                            Drupla
                                            Wordpress

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