Way OT...building my website
by gary woloszyn
on
Jul 9, 2008 at 5:13:16 am
Hi again Cows and Bulls.
I am a freelance editor and the time has come to build my own website as I have a number of new projects under my belt and need to share them with potential clients. Obviously I am Mac based and do have an older version of Adobe CS2. What are the fastest Mac tools and books, websites, resources out there for me to get going?
Re: Way OT...building my website by William Carr on Jul 9, 2008 at 5:50:43 am
If you're talking "fast" consider for a moment the learning curve.
Recently I had to crank out a simple site, and in lieu of learning the intensive Dreamweaver or eaking something non-consumery out of a cheap Mac-based website creation app, I bought a template.
Customizing its code elements was not difficult, by following simple embedded instructions. It was easier for me to hard-code some HTML than master a serious web creation app... although when I have time I would love to.
There are also free templates out there; most are ugly but some gems can be found.
Below is a site for cheap templates that are perfectly functional, some are even un-ugly! You need no special coding experience nor flash tools, just a simple text or HTML editor like Taco. You can substitute Quicktimes or WMV clips where "gallery" JPEGS are situated, as per available instructions, some already have a spot for videos. See "cool" and "photographer/artist".
