Compatibility of HTML (& ASP) pages between Macromedia Dreamweaver and FrontPage 2003

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Dear all,

Have a question needs your expert suggestions:

We're planning to change the "skin" of our working web site.

Our approach is to purchase a set of templates and do some modifications and
then integrate ASP codes into the templates. This is how we did for the
initial site.

The question is about the compatibility of HTML (and ASP pages) composed by
Macromedia Dreamweaver and FrontPage 2003.

The templates that we are going to purchase come with two versions - one is
using Adobe Photoshop and one is using pure HTML.

Note: We are going to purchase from templatemonster.com

The problem is that the art designer who will do the minor customizations is
using Macromedia Dreamweaver and we are using FrontPage.

All we want she to do is to change some layouts of the templates (such as
adding tables, columns, and rows) and save it as HTML pages.

We then will use these HTML pages as templates and add ASP codes and
contents and save it as ASP pages.

The two main concerns are:

(1) Will there be any compatibility problems if the art designer is using
Macromedia Dreamweaver to modify the templates (and save as HTML) and we use
FrontPage to do the final editing and publishing?

(2) In our case, which of the two versions - Adobe Photoshop (.PSD) or HTML,
should we use for the customization?



Many thanks for your kind advise.

 

[Murray]

Note: We are going to purchase from templatemonster.com

Beware - very crappy products lurk there.

The problem is that the art designer who will do the minor customizations
is using Macromedia Dreamweaver and we are using FrontPage.

As long as DW doesn't touch the remote site you will be OK.

(1) Will there be any compatibility problems if the art designer is using
Macromedia Dreamweaver to modify the templates (and save as HTML) and we
use FrontPage to do the final editing and publishing?

Which DW is the designer using? If DMX, DMX2004, or DW8, then FP will not
recognize any of the template markup (assuming he/she will be creating DW
"Templates").

(2) In our case, which of the two versions - Adobe Photoshop (.PSD) or
HTML, should we use for the customization?

I would use the PSD version, and create my own images from it. If the HTML
version is just derived from the sliced PSD version then the HTML will be
fragile, and excessively errr excessive.

But, please investigate other suppliers than Template monster.

 

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Hi,

Appreciate for the kind advise, and I don't know which version of DW will be
used but I could check it out.

Is it possible even using DW and save as HTML format instead of DW template?
If so, is it safe?

Finally, appreciate if any other more reliable template vendors can be
provided.

We purchased two from Crystal Graphics before which are good but we could
not find the kind of design we wish to have for this one from it.

We have never purchased any from templatemonster.com or others, so any
suggestions are welcome.

Many thanks.

 

[Murray]

Is it possible even using DW and save as HTML format instead of DW

template? If so, is it safe?

Sure.

I like the designs featured here (and on the links to other sites found
there) -

http://dreamweaverresources.com/

The are all completely valid HTML/CSS.