Dreamweaver VS Frontpage

[erRor67]

Uh... Macromeida Dreamweaver 8 or if you want the whole package then Macromedia Studio 8.

http://www.macromedia.com

[dodgy368]

Dreamweaver over frontpage definetly... Frontpage blows really hard.
With Frontpage you pages look all n00bie and the code gets sloppy really quickly. Then sloppy code doesnt parse correctly in certain webbrowsers. So you end up getting IE looking correct but Opera and FIreFox look like shit. Dreamweaver is a lot nicer. More features and clean code.

Also, make sure to learn HTML instead of just typeing all the text and shit.
A good simple text editor would be nice too. That way, if you need to make quick changes but do not want to boot up Dreamweaver just load a text editor and make the changes..
I recommend Notepad2 for that. Its a stand alone program, no install, no spyware. You can even replace Windows' Notepad with Notepad2. Notepad2 has tons of features over Notepad (sytax highlighting etc).

Thx for the tip, but do I really have to learn HTML? I mean Dreamweaver boots up in about 2 sec on my comp anyways, so is it actually useful to learn HTML?

Yes it's useful to learn it, and very easy, have a look at this site for the basics http://htmlclinic.com/ they explain it quite well.
Wouldn't hurt to learn a little ampersand code which can stop web browsers reading the "controllers" so you can put your code on here for people to help you with.


ps, I like Frontpage but Dreamweaver is far superior.

[NeoTheOne]

Also Frontpage is being discontuined so there is no point in using it now.

[SeK612]

You won't find too many differences, a least on a simple level, between FP and DW both are WYSIWYG editors with similar basic features.

FrontPage is generally considered the easier of the pair to learn, especially if you've used to other office products like MS word.

As others have mentioned it does tend to mess around with the code a bit but for a basic web page it's should be fine.

DW is more complex but is generally considered the better product, adhering more to internet standards. As with front page you can create pages fairly easily with little or no knowledge of HTML, but for a more advanced and cleaner site a bit of studying and manual coding (done inside the Dreamweaver code window) works wonders