Nvu

[flutem3]

Hello to one and all,

I have been looking at Nvu WYSIWYG. Does anyone use it? Or is anyone familiar with the results on a website when using it? How clean is the html that it creates? Is it cleaner that Homestead?

I am thinking of using it, if I can learn to get things to go where I want them which so far I haven't, with some less expensive web hosting which I have found. But I don't want to waste my time with it if it is not any good.

Thanks!

Carol

[mrbelfry]

Hi Carol

Time for a really unhelpful post! I've not used nvu but I've heard good things about it. I saw it listed in a magazine or website somewhere that recommended it. There is always a big hurdle to overcome when you start using a new program because you'll be uncertain of how it works. Most software expects/asks you to work in a certain way and sometimes that isn't the way you want to work!

I've just managed to get a copy of adobe golive which a lot of people use, costs a lot of money and has a good reputation. However I probably won't be using it because it doesn't compliment the way I want to work and I don't have the energy to change the way I work to fit the way golive works!

If you have reached a limit in what homestead is able to do or you have the time and energy to invest in learning a new program then i'd recommend a change! If not then why bother?

Happy new year also!

[flutem3]

Mr. Belfry wrote:

"If you have reached a limit in what homestead is able to do or you have the time and energy to invest in learning a new program then i'd recommend a change! If not then why bother?"


Hi, Mr. Belfry,

Thank you for your wisdom. :) I haven't even come close to using everything that Homestead offers!! And they keep coming up with more features from time to time as well. By the way, what is "anti-aliasing," and what is it for?

I have decided that for now, "why bother?" is exactly right. I am not overrun with energy so I might as well use it on making the web site better instead of trying to learn something I don't need.

I am going to continue learning a bit of html because I need a bit from time to time when I have an idea that Homestead doesn't feature or because I don't understand the directions which are in the HELP section. Somebody also said that if you are comfortable with what you use and can use it, why bother? I think you are both right.

I am working with a redesign and want to do a better job with content on some pages. I also want to want it a more "sticky" website if I can. I also want to discover what the people, wherever and whoever they are, want so that they will come back...discover perceived need. That is tough, I think. There are only a very few people who use the informational/resource material, and I don't think any of them are from our church!! But I am learning.

I think this must be one of the craziest things I have decided to do, but I enjoy it. I am now typing up all of the Scripture which is read on a given Sunday. If a person reads that every week for three years, he/she will have read the majority of the Bible...and I will not only have read it but typed it as well. I know I don't need to do that, but some people will not click a link which takes them out of a particular website. At any rate I enjoy it whether anyone else does or not!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU TOO TWICE!!

Carol

[mrbelfry]

Hi Carol

anti-aliasing is a technique used to smooth out lines and corners that appear on your screen. Every monitor uses pixels to display things and pixels are square - so if you want to do a corner or circle then without anti-aliasing it would appear really blocky! Anti-aliasing smooths all those out somehow.

That's my understanding of it anyway. Some technobod might give you a more precise answer.

[ckvkkeek]

You are pretty close to being right on about anti-aliasing.

I work with graphics from scanners a lot at my job. And what you say is correct, without it you get pixels in their purest forms (squares). AA, will round that stuff out and make it look good.