composing a website on osx 10.4.7

Quashu · Jul 30, 2006

in windows you can use netscape for
an easy way of building an homepage,
how to do it in safari? or can i?

I cannot install anything on my computer because it belongs to my
department (u of kansas)

mynameis · Jul 30, 2006

Does it have iWeb? Microsoft Word?

People still use Netscape?

baggss · Jul 30, 2006

I still prefer Netscape 6 for WYSIWYG, although I do use iWeb and Dreamweaver...

Quashu · Jul 30, 2006

not much on here

mynameis said:
Does it have iWeb? Microsoft Word?

People still use Netscape?

no iWeb nor ms word

IronMac · Jul 30, 2006

Remind me not to send my kids to U of Kansas.

trpnmonkey41 · Jul 30, 2006

Its the departments computer they can put whatever limits they want on their machines

mynameis · Jul 30, 2006

trpnmonkey41 said:
Its the departments computer they can put whatever limits they want on their machines

True, but the systems at my college had just about every piece of software that you could want installed on them. What good is having a system for the students to use if you lock it down so much that is makes it worthless?

trpnmonkey41 · Jul 30, 2006

But it sounds like they are actually giving him/her the machine to use. Its not a machine in the public lab that has every piece of software. I am sure if the user went to the department and asked them to install the software they would do it (provided it it is for use on something that the department is giving him the machine to use)

Quashu · Jul 31, 2006

me too

IronMac said:
Remind me not to send my kids to U of Kansas.

i wouldn't send my kids here either.
unless i'm paying for his/her tuition, then i would consider.

Quashu · Jul 31, 2006

trpnmonkey41 said:
But it sounds like they are actually giving him/her the machine to use. Its not a machine in the public lab that has every piece of software. I am sure if the user went to the department and asked them to install the software they would do it (provided it it is for use on something that the department is giving him the machine to use)

right, this computer sits in my office.
but i'm a gta not a professor so i can't order the tech support people around, there's
a linux lab that has netscape so i could do it there, just inconvinient...

cazabam · Jul 31, 2006

There are a few ways to do this in OS X, but most require installation of new software. One way that doesn't is learning HTML and using the text editor, but I'm not sure that's what you're looking for.

There are free WYSIWYG tools available such as Nvu that could be what you're looking for? It's very similar to the old Netscape/Mozilla page editor but much more powerful and uses the latest Firefox gecko engine.

D3v1L80Y · Jul 31, 2006

Quashu said:
right, this computer sits in my office.
but i'm a gta not a professor so i can't order the tech support people around

It isn't "ordering anyone around" if you simply ask them. If certain professors do "order them around" then those professors are hosebags. Just explain that it is something that will assist you in your job duties and they will probably give you the green light to install something. And if they don't allow it, then you are no farther behind than you were at the start. There is no harm in asking.