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From: Phil Stripling on 18 Feb 2010 13:14 In article <here-8FB6CA.22251717022010(a)news.central.cox.net>, Mike <here(a)there.org> wrote: > My niece needs some aid in finding a software package to build web > pages. She's a beginner - she's gotten a part time job with a state > legislator who needs her to build a web page. I did some Googling but I > don't know anything about it so I don't know what to tell her. I'd recommend that she find someone local who can help her. She needs more help than a beginner's software package. (For example, a legislator's Web site needs to be accessible - can she do an accessible Web page?)
From: dorayme on 18 Feb 2010 15:55 In article <4b7d3499$0$24252$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, Warren Oates <warren.oates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > In article <doraymeRidThis-33CFF8.15414918022010(a)news.albasani.net>, > dorayme <doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > > A state legislator that needs to deal with a wide audience and > > this guy wants a total beginner to make him a website? Any > > relation to George Bush? Let me know when it is done and I will > > eat this here hat (it is old and dirty as hell) if it is up to > > any kind of decent standard. > > I think you don't understand the lower levels of US politics. A state > legislator in a flyover state is about as important as a dog catcher in > a big city, or being the mayor of some crappy little southern Ontario > town, or being president of the audio-visual club in high school. Ah... thanks... did not know that! But I did do one smart thing, in case I was wrong (not sure if this is cheating in terms of the bet) I put my hat in the washing machine for today's wash. <g> -- dorayme
From: Steve Hix on 18 Feb 2010 18:14 In article <180220101014291526%ralph(a)whitehouse.gov>, Phil Stripling <ralph(a)whitehouse.gov> wrote: > In article <here-8FB6CA.22251717022010(a)news.central.cox.net>, Mike > <here(a)there.org> wrote: > > > My niece needs some aid in finding a software package to build web > > pages. She's a beginner - she's gotten a part time job with a state > > legislator who needs her to build a web page. I did some Googling but I > > don't know anything about it so I don't know what to tell her. > > I'd recommend that she find someone local who can help her. She needs > more help than a beginner's software package. (For example, a > legislator's Web site needs to be accessible - can she do an accessible > Web page?) Companies I've worked for put in a lot of time and effort into meeting section 508 compliance. It ain't trivial, and there are all sorts of exemptions and gotchas, depending: http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=11
From: Jim Gibson on 22 Feb 2010 17:07 In article <here-8FB6CA.22251717022010(a)news.central.cox.net>, Mike <here(a)there.org> wrote: > My niece needs some aid in finding a software package to build web > pages. She's a beginner - she's gotten a part time job with a state > legislator who needs her to build a web page. I did some Googling but I > don't know anything about it so I don't know what to tell her. > > Any suggestions are appreciated. Dreamweaver from Adobe is probably the state of the art in commercial web-building packages. It is expensive, and has a steep learning curve, but if her employer can afford to pay her he can afford software for her. It runs on Windows and Mac. She should also look for a Dreamweaver course to take. -- Jim Gibson
From: TaliesinSoft on 22 Feb 2010 18:44
On 2010-02-22 16:07:29 -0600, Jim Gibson said: > In article <here-8FB6CA.22251717022010(a)news.central.cox.net>, Mike > <here(a)there.org> wrote: > >> My niece needs some aid in finding a software package to build web >> pages. She's a beginner - she's gotten a part time job with a state >> legislator who needs her to build a web page. I did some Googling but I >> don't know anything about it so I don't know what to tell her. >> >> Any suggestions are appreciated. > > Dreamweaver from Adobe is probably the state of the art in commercial > web-building packages. It is expensive, and has a steep learning curve, > but if her employer can afford to pay her he can afford software for > her. It runs on Windows and Mac. She should also look for a Dreamweaver > course to take. And then there is Freeway (which comes in a Pro and an Express version) which is far easier for a novice to learn as it requires absolutely no knowledge of HTML and such. And also, Freeway will produce W3C compliant code, something which tends to not be true with other website development packages. -- James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas --- taliesinsoft(a)me.com |