FrontPage vs. GoLive!

[Jay DeWitt]

Hello

This may seem like an odd place for me to post such a question, but here goes..

I am the publisher/owner of a monthly trade publication, which is produced and laid out using all Adobe products - Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, etc

I am looking for a Web solution that can take our finished product and repurpose it for the Web with as little effort as possible. I have FrontPage and have enjoyed learning it, but I am not so far in to it that I can't make a change now. The input I have received is that Adobe's GoLive! is a stronger product than FrontPage, being second to Dreamweaver. The claim is that FrontPage is third in the race for Web editors

My questions are

1. Is GoLive! a better product than FrontPage 2003

2. Can I integrate our Adobe InDesign document to work easily with FrontPage 2003 (or do I need to use GoLive)

3. What would you suggest I do

Thanks for any input

Best

Jay DeWitt

 

[E. T. Culling]

I'll probably get shot down for this, but ..................
Study up about the integration of GoLive with the other Adobe products you
have.
Go to the Adobe forums to ask about integration with FrontPage.
That's important for your project. My gut feeling is that you should
probably use GoLive vs. FrontPage. GoLive is not necessarily better than
FrontPage ... just a totally different approach and steeper learning curve.
The same holds true for Dreamweaver (which in my opinion is now head and
shoulders above FP - the most recent version of FP has now incorporated some
Dreamweaver 4 concepts. But Dreamweaver MX2004 has a very steep learning
curve, integrates well with Fireworks and other MM products. FP doesn't
"integrate" with any specific graphics program.
At present I use both FP and Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Photoshop etc.- it's
nice to have plenty of tools!
Eleanor

 

[E. T. Culling]

Good points!
Eleanor

 

[JDR]

Hi Jay

To my understanding, the new version of Adobe Go Live has tight integration with InDesign. Depending on the complexity of the layout, I would say your best solution is to work with Go Live, rather than trying to write a CSS based on your InDesign layout

Good luck on your project
JD
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[Jay DeWitt]

Thanks a bunch JDR!

- Jay