I am fairly new to web development. I've used some basic wysiwygs. I recently was given Dreamweaver and I am learning how to use it. I also have photoshop cs2.
I came across a product called site grinder that says it alows you to take a photoshop document and create a site with it. It looked interesting.
I was wondering if anyone has used this or have an opinion on the product. I'm not looking at seriously buying it. I like dreamweaver and what it can do. I'm just wondering if anyone has ever had any experience using Site Grinder.
Look into a CMS
Hey corinth1974,
You are wise to design a .PSD file and code from there. It took me years to adopt this approach and there is no comparing the final sites.
I've not used Site Grinder, but slicing up a Photoshop doc really isn't that difficult. .CSS can seem confusing at first, but once you get the hang of it, it's not bad.
For what it is, Dreamweaver is likely the best WYSIWYG out there. However, before you put too much effort into it, I'd strongly consider you look into a CMS. Drupal is my tool of choice, but Joomla! and WordPress certainly have their place at the table. Designing a dynamic site is a little more work than creating a static one, but they offer significantly more usability.
Blessings!
-NP
PS: If you end up going with Drupal, check out Episode 33 for some theming tips.
Sitegrinder 2 is an amazing
Sitegrinder 2 is an amazing tool. I use it to slice up and pre code my PSD files. Seriously, a fantastic tool. If you are beginning this is an amazing tool, keeps the focus on the creative side.
Its simply awesome.
Cant believe I havent heard
Cant believe I havent heard of this before. Have to go checkout sitegrinder 2 now. Thanks
Danger, Will Robinson...
Just a word of warning...not all of the sample sites validate.
http://validator.w3.org/
-NP