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<blockquote data-quote="iPod Nano" data-source="post: 919707" data-attributes="member: 101250"><p>Sure thing.</p><p></p><p>I understand you're new at this, and that's okay. iWeb could work for a quickie job, but I have some strong advice.</p><p></p><p>LEARN HTML.</p><p></p><p>WYSIWYG programs work for really quick stuff (some of the time<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />) but when you actually want to make a decent website, they become not so great. A few months back, I was working on a project for school that I decided to do in form of a website. I started using iWeb. Great! I have all of my text, all of my images. It's all right there. No problem. However, I found some real problems with it:</p><p></p><p>1. iWeb doesn't actually create files until you export your site. It's stuck on YOUR computer and nobody else can get to it to see the work you've done.</p><p>2. It takes WAY to long in the long-run to publish a website. Type, save, export. FPT. Fix mistakes. Save (you get the idea).</p><p>3. <strong>You're restricted to the looks Apple made.</strong> Almost every site you can make with iWeb will look about the same. It gives little leeway for customization.</p><p>4. As in any WYSIWYG program, there are extraneous codes and files. I ended up with a 20-webpage site with something like 20 or 30 sub directories and 3 CSS files for each page (CSS stands for Style Sheet). It's a mess to keep track of.</p><p></p><p>The above points are going to be the case with almost any WYSIWYG editor. I get that you're new at this. That's okay. For starters, you could try something like iWeb or Compozer, but once you start to get comfortable, these programs really waste more time than they save. I give this very same advice to everyone, but it's the truth. You get websites with hundreds of megabytes or even gigabytes more stuff then they need.</p><p></p><p>Let me know if I'm way to technical. Hopefully this is stuff you can understand and I haven't bored you needlessly<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iPod Nano, post: 919707, member: 101250"] Sure thing. I understand you're new at this, and that's okay. iWeb could work for a quickie job, but I have some strong advice. LEARN HTML. WYSIWYG programs work for really quick stuff (some of the time:() but when you actually want to make a decent website, they become not so great. A few months back, I was working on a project for school that I decided to do in form of a website. I started using iWeb. Great! I have all of my text, all of my images. It's all right there. No problem. However, I found some real problems with it: 1. iWeb doesn't actually create files until you export your site. It's stuck on YOUR computer and nobody else can get to it to see the work you've done. 2. It takes WAY to long in the long-run to publish a website. Type, save, export. FPT. Fix mistakes. Save (you get the idea). 3. [B]You're restricted to the looks Apple made.[/B] Almost every site you can make with iWeb will look about the same. It gives little leeway for customization. 4. As in any WYSIWYG program, there are extraneous codes and files. I ended up with a 20-webpage site with something like 20 or 30 sub directories and 3 CSS files for each page (CSS stands for Style Sheet). It's a mess to keep track of. The above points are going to be the case with almost any WYSIWYG editor. I get that you're new at this. That's okay. For starters, you could try something like iWeb or Compozer, but once you start to get comfortable, these programs really waste more time than they save. I give this very same advice to everyone, but it's the truth. You get websites with hundreds of megabytes or even gigabytes more stuff then they need. Let me know if I'm way to technical. Hopefully this is stuff you can understand and I haven't bored you needlessly:) [/QUOTE]
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