Re: web development tools-Dreamweaver vs. Frontpage 2003

From: Murray (forums_at_HAHAgreat-web-sights.com)
Date: 11/12/04 

Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:15:07 -0500

> There are things you can do in FrontPage that
> you can't do in Dreamweaver, and vice versa.

To be fair, I would say it this way -

There are things that FP does "automatically", or via the intervention of
some wizard, that must be done manually (or via the intervention of some 3rd
party script) in Dreamweaver (examples would be guestbooks, form processing,
slide shows, etc.). To be truthful, most of these things are things that
*I* would want to do manually anyhow, but that's not really fair, because I
*know* how to do them already. 8) Some of them are things that you can find
3rd party extensions for (a concept similar to the FP design-time
extensions).

In general, wizard code is fragile code, in my experience.... 

-- 
Murray
"Kevin Spencer" <kspencer@takempis.com> wrote in message 
news:uqDM7$LyEHA.4004@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> If the outside developer spices up our
>> web site with drop-down menus and mouse-over effects, will Frontpage 
>> still
> be
>> able edit the code created with Dreamweaver.
>
> It depends on what the code IS, and what the code DOES. If your site uses 
> a
> lot of FrontPage proprietary components, esp. Themes, Shared Borders,
> Naviagation, etc., you are pretty well stuck with FrontPage. On the other
> hand, many FrontPage web sites don't use these proprietary conveniences, 
> and
> can be worked on with virtually any toolset.
>
>> Are there any incompatiblity
>> issues with a web page created by Dreamweaver and Frontpage edits.
>
> Same answer.
>
>>Our major
>> concern is that the handful of resident web authors will need to be
>> re-trained with Dreamweaver. My understanding is that Frontpage can do
>> anything that Dreamweaver can. Is this correct?
>
> HTML is HTML. Some web components in FrontPage are proprietary, but 
> anything
> that isn't can be manipulated in either program. As to FrontPage being 
> able
> to do anything that Dreamweaver can do, well, again, we have to
> differentiate between common HTML and things like proprietary components,
> server-side programming, etc. There are things you can do in FrontPage 
> that
> you can't do in Dreamweaver, and vice versa. But the bulk of a web site is
> simply HTML.
>
> -- 
> HTH,
> Kevin Spencer
> .Net Developer
> Microsoft MVP
> Neither a follower
> nor a lender be.
>
> "lkhntr" <lkhntr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D7E5EBE0-160C-41AB-AAD7-5B99A8C9C787@microsoft.com...
>> Please advise on any difference between Macromedia Dreamweaver and
> Microsoft
>> Frontpage. We have a situation where an outside developer is wanting to
> use
>> Dreamweaver to spice up our website. If the outside developer spices up
> our
>> web site with drop-down menus and mouse-over effects, will Frontpage 
>> still
> be
>> able edit the code created with Dreamweaver. Are there any incompatiblity
>> issues with a web page created by Dreamweaver and Frontpage edits. Our
> major
>> concern is that the handful of resident web authors will need to be
>> re-trained with Dreamweaver. My understanding is that Frontpage can do
>> anything that Dreamweaver can. Is this correct?
>
>