Seeking Advice - Adobe's GoLive! CS vs FrontPage 2003

[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!

Jay DeWitt

 

[Steve Easton]

I'm either experiencing de javu all over again,
or this is an identical twin of the same question
you posted on 1/20/04, and which received many
responses.

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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
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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!)?

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

It is. Almost beginning to look like a possible trolling ;-)
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Tom Pepper Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/default.mspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/frontpage/
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| I'm either experiencing de javu all over again,
| or this is an identical twin of the same question
| you posted on 1/20/04, and which received many
| responses.
|
| --
| Steve Easton
| Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| 95isalive
| This site is best viewed............
| .......................with a computer
|
| | > 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!
| >
| > Jay DeWitt
| >
|
|

 

[Jay DeWitt]

Steve

Thank you for pointing that out. I am still seeking advice, as I am getting mixed reviews on this issue. Before I hire a part-time Web Designer, I want to know what product to go with & what works best for my organization

The feedback from my original post hasn't been very convincing or actually answered my questions

Do you have any thoughts

Thanks

Jay DeWitt

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Jay,

The best program to use is the one that you feel the most comfortable with
learning and using, and offers the support you may need.

Each of the 3 programs you indicated, can all build the same types of web
sites.

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FrontPage Resources, Forums, WebCircle,
MS KB Quick Links, etc.
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Steve,

Thank you for pointing that out. I am still seeking advice, as I am

getting mixed reviews on this issue. Before I hire a part-time Web Designer,
I want to know what product to go with & what works best for my
organization.

 

[Steve Easton]

Jay:
Since you added a bit about hiring a part
time web designer, there are three ways to
answer this, trying to use some logic

With the caveat that FrontPage can do
anything you want or need to do.

1.If you are going to create / edit / manage the
web yourself,
1b. since you are not that far into FrontPage.
1c. and you are familiar with Adobe products.
My answer would be use Go Live because you
are familiar with the Adobe GUI and interfaces.

2. If you are going to hire an established part time
Web Designer, the question is moot because the
web designer will want to use the program they are
familiar with. It will be just a matter of turning over
your files and having them create a web site from them.

3. If by part time web designer, you mean adding
someone to your staff and training them then 1 would apply.

But you really don't want to try option 3. Trust me.

hth
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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
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Steve,

Thank you for pointing that out. I am still seeking advice, as I am

getting mixed reviews on this issue. Before I hire a part-time Web Designer,
I want to know what product to go with & what works best for my
organization.

 

[mac townsend]

Over the course of several decades of "screwing around with" graphics
software and the like, I strongly believe questions like yours are best
answered thusly:

1) the best application for you to use is the one you are most comfortable
using. You will be most productive and can spend less time trying to figure
out how to do this or that.

2) someone else's choice is their choice and their input is almost
irrelevant unless you are starting from scratch.

3) If starting from scratch, get freebie demo trials of each candidate and
try em before you buy em.

4) refer to #2, and don't expect someone you hire with experience to use
your choice of tool. The most capable web coders don't use any of the tools
you mention, they use Cold Fusion or the like...direct coding, not
"wysiwywyg" ("what you see is what you wish you'll get")

 

[Bob Lehmann]

As the others have said, use what you or your developers are comfortable
with. At my work, EditPlus, Homesite, UltraEdit, and even <shudder>VI &
emacs</shudder> are used by the different developers.

At a place I used to work at, the pointy-haired boss decided we should
switch to DreamWeaver. For awhile we used demos and productivity and
attitudes plummeted while we tried to learn something we didn't particularly
care to learn.

I think results is the ulimate goal, not how you get there.

Bob Lehmann

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!)?

 

[Jay DeWitt]

Thank you to all that have shared your input. I will simply "go with my gut," after I take Mac's advice and use the demo versions

Again, thank you

Jay DeWitt

 

[Steve Easton]

The most capable web coders don't use any of the tools
you mention, they use Cold Fusion or the like...direct coding, not
"wysiwywyg" ("what you see is what you wish you'll get")

Yep and for only $1299.00
With that and Flash you too can build web sites with
home pages that display "Please wait while loading"
or "Click here to skip intro"

Darn, and all this time I thought cold fusion was
that unproven nuclear energy theory that doesn't work.


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

 

[chris leeds]

if you're going to hire a part time guy, ask him what he's used to. see
some work he's done with it and buy that if you have to. usually he'll have
his own.

Steve,

Thank you for pointing that out. I am still seeking advice, as I am

getting mixed reviews on this issue. Before I hire a part-time Web Designer,
I want to know what product to go with & what works best for my
organization.

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

You can also try the FP2003 Trial online at
http://www.runaware.com/microsoft/frontpage2003/




| Thank you to all that have shared your input. I will simply "go with my gut," after I take Mac's advice and use the demo versions.
|
| Again, thank you.
|
| Jay DeWitt

 

[Sparky Polastri]

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