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    Web design on a Mac

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by v0va, Nov 11, 2009.

  1. v0va

    v0va Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm looking to make a new website.

    What are some good applications for webdesign/maintenance. Anything of that type.

    Anything from begginers to advanced.

    Basically I will be running a website, I have the domain, I have a host, I have a Mac, now I just need to make it and maintain it.

    Any help or input would be appreciated. I have been out of the loop on website design for over 3 years so I'm sure there is something new out.
     
    v0va, Nov 11, 2009
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  2. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    For a beginner it's best to use What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) editors, such as iWeb. For more advanced web design, depending on the web platform you use, it would be Dreamweaver or Microsoft Visual Studio (Windows only) or something.
     
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  3. MrX8503

    MrX8503 Notebook Evangelist

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    Personally I would just use Dreamweaver, but then again I'm a web designer. Dreamweaver has been the standard for quite some time.

    Or you can go hardcore and use notepad.
     
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  4. Modly

    Modly Warranty Voider

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    I use BBedit while the files are local, and nano while they are remote. Of course I have tons of php in they stuff I work on, so gui based stuff won't work for me.
     
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  5. maxsquared

    maxsquared Notebook Consultant

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    When you say "maintenance", what do you mean? Do you host a Wordpress site? If so just a internet browser will do the job.

    If you are making some simply html or php web sites and you are a true web designer (coder), then Photoshop + TextMate is what you need.
     
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    Textmate is an awesome text editor and I haven't found a programming language that it doesn't support (or have a plugin for). If you get into Java Servlets, Eclipse with the proper plugins is also invaluable.
     
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  7. Underpantman

    Underpantman Notebook Virtuoso

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    +1 for iWeb.
    I used to do it all in dreamweaver (dw), but the reality is that my sites were basic, and dw was over kill. Its just soooooo much faster to produce a decent looking albeit generic iweb site then to do it from scratch in dw.
    If you just want to post some pics/vid's, run a blog, etc then I would strongly suggest iweb.
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    Underpantman, Nov 12, 2009
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