WYSIWYG html

[wildego1]

Hiya, I made a website using word but the source code is huge. I think thats partly why I cant get a top ranking in the search engines.

So, I want to get a new programme for building sites.
It needs to produce nice concise pages without being too heavy on the code. Easy to learn would be a bonus.

Any suggestions/recommendations on what I should go for?
Thanks.

[tja]

The only way to guarantee a small source code is to write the HTML by hand. Try using notepad or any text editor. (Probably not the answer you were looking for )

[PetrolTed]

I used to think people were mad when they suggested this. However I soon learned that HTML wasn't complex and that in the end it's often easier to do it by hand.

I do a mixture of hand coding and Dreamweaver.

[wildego1]

Sorry, I forgot to mention - I'm fick

[Ballistic Banana]

I done my site with Dreamweaver, taught myself as i went along, still learning and trying get more on the site. see www.ballisticbanana.co.uk

BB

[wildego1]

Nice site!

[robertuk]

Hi Dreamweaver produces the best code and you can switch between the code editor and the layout view .

It does add a few comments to enable easy update/modifications.

You could use a utility to strip all non-essential code ...but these frequently leave the code unreadable by a human.

You could try a freeware /opensource version if you intend only to produce a few pages.

www.w3.org/Amaya/Amaya.html


w3.org the website of the Worldwide Web Consortium.
They are the group responsible specs/guidelines/standards which make up the web. So their editor should be the best for coding !

Good Luck.

Ramesh

[Alex]

I learned the minimum of HTML (tables and frames basically) and coded my site in Notepad.

www.loconinja.co.uk/

[Nacnud]

www.tvrcc-bristol.co.uk
All hand cranked in Textpad except for the most recent reports which have been generated using a picture gallery engine I' putting the finishing touches to at the moment.

[simpo two]

I'm fick too and use FrontPage. People used to laugh at FP but it's gaining status I think - and if you can use Word, you've got a head start. There's also an option to optimise code. If I dare look at html my head explodes.

But - OK, you're not getting high rankings on search engines - is that really a code issue or simply that there are 4 gazillion websites out there all jostling for position?

(Mind you if you type 'plasma hire' into google.co.uk, my site is fourth. It's a tiddly site I made in FP. Excuse me while I hug myself and purr )