Posted by Neredbojias on 05/04/06 00:40

To further the education of mankind, jzkilmer@yahoo.com vouchsafed:

> I am thinking of buying Dreamweaver for web design on our schools'
> website, but the cost is rediculous considering how many copies I want.
> (even at educational pricing)
>
> As webmaster and volunteer parent, I would need a copy to manage the
> main web pages. Teachers and their students would also need copies for
> web design of their pages. It would be nice if they could do on their
> PC in their rooms. As you know, the schools are in financial straights
> and cannot afford several copies of DW even though that would be my
> first choice.
>
> What other software can you recommend. Our goal is NOT to teach grade
> school kids or their teachers HTML but to allow them to design and
> create a webpage for their class. (Afterall, many 1st graders can't
> even spell HTML, let alone write it.) It needs to be easy to use or I
> will not have success getting the teachers to use it.

Forget the html. Do the graphic design separate, however you want to, and
when it's complete, hire/procure someone to mark it up. WYSIWYG editors
aren't very html-adept in any case.

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Neredbojias
Infinity has its limits.

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