Trout

iTrader: (1)

I want something easy to use like iWeb that gives me more flexibility.

Is there anything other than Rapidweaver or Sandvox I should be looking at?

Thanks for any input.

I am creating around 30 pages of content with text and images and want have a website with three distinct areas and feel beyond the welcome page.

Rannoch

Markus

Content Management system perhaps, maybe Joomla? Funnily enough I've been playing around with Joomla over the past week and it's not too bad. Basically it's all web interface based (Use firefox and not Safari when it comes to the WYSIWYG editing interface if you go this route, trust me, you'll brain Safari, it's very very slow at allowing text to be changed)

I've coded a couple of sites but I tend to use a text editor and browser rather than any web design app. If I were to use a web design app then I'd probably go for Dreamweaver but it's not as friendly as iWeb or similar packages.

Freelance Badger

Take a look at Freeway Pro by Softpress. Easy enough to use so that even I can design websites.

RichB

These tools will do the job but they generally dont produce good HTML. iWeb certainly does not.
There is no substitute for hand coding it and doing everything using CCS/XHTML.
No budget to outsource this I guess ?
There is quite a difference between a well built site and a 'web builder app' built site. That said DW is getting a lot better.

You should look into using something like .asp or .php or server side includes. If you have 30 or so pages of content and each page is it's own entity, when you come to add say another page, you may find yourself changing every file because it has navigation on it. If you store the nav in one file and include it you only do it once...

Trout

iTrader: (1)

I have been trying to download Joomla all day and it would seem to be unavailable. Having a look at Rapidweaver as Sandvox was a bit domestic for my needs.

Building from scratch is not my thing and there would be no business benefit in outsourcing it as it is a low volume static offering.

Thanks for all your comments

GaryK

You could look at going the blog route, you can create pages within that as well as categories and its easy to keep the content fresh, I use wordpress which is a free download, bought a $55 template to make it look better and away you go.

Gary

KiwiGTI

What about the various website templates that you can buy.

Web Templates, Flash Templates, Website Templates Design - Template Monster

SwissTony

iTrader: (19)

I have used loads of the one's mentioned over the years, nothing too serious,just the odd website now and then.
Dreamweaver used to be the best ages ago, but it really is finding the right tool for the job..

did my own website for the scoob in ilife and boy is it slow loading,looks horrible on windows based computers

http://web.mac.com/cdodsworth/iWeb/T...b/Welcome.html

and then compare that to a flash builder web based site like this one

http://ashworthart.co.uk/

Much quicker and so much easier to build.
If you have the time and resources, then using one of the big branded tools is better in the long run, especially if you going to be changing content on a frequent basis.