Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I will second this advice! You need to learn HTML to tweak the bad code the web-authoring programs put out so you might as well do it yourself. There are better editors than Notepad, like Emacs, but you don't need anything fancy. Mike D - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 3:43 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Photo web site > You can learn HTML and use Notepad to build your site. HTML was designed to be > easy to learn for non-specialists. The web-authoring products are designed > mainly to separate you from your money, and they generate really bad HTML, and > far more of it than is necessary. > > In addition to Notepad, you need some sort of photo-editing program to prepare > your images, and you need some sort of software to move your pages and images to > your Web site (typically an FTP program, but some services require special > software). That's all you really require. > > Buy a little book on HTML and check it out for yourself. It's probably easier > than you think. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@home.com> > To: "LEG" <leica@topica.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 15:39 > Subject: [Leica] Photo web site > > > > I am trying to setup a photo image web site (from scratch) ....something I > > have never done. Some of you have extraordinary/and powerful sites that > > compliment your great images. > > > > Could I please have some suggestions re: web site software programs, real > > simple /intuitive, that you have actually used to make your own sites. Like > > I mean hey...step by step....something a real dummy could do. Thanks, > > Steve > > >