php & *nix,
only as there are more samples-instructions-freeware around that can do whatever you need, be modified or added to in a simple manner. (
[email protected]) am using DevPHP feeware from the sourceforge as my wysiwig
Both are extensible flexible languages with similar structures.
FrontPage does not work as you expect
A page you write in frontpage will look malformed on any other computer but one where the display is configured as yours.
Frontpage uses fixed sizes for imgs divs ps everything is set in the format width=XXXpx
If your screen is 1024*762 then the set size will look ok
mine is 1280*1024 or in widescreen 2560*1024 and your page will not look right. any person viewing your page in less than fullscreen will have to pan to see everything, and most people won't.
Intelligently designed development tools, and there are examples of wysiwyg as freeware set the sizes to XXX
%, except for items that actually require a certain size like a click-me icon. That means that everything zoom with the page and the layout is preserved on any screen size or resolution.
If you are comfortable with frontpage, before ftping the developed file, change to HTML view and edit all instances of size=XXXpx to %s (400px is ~40% of a 1024 display)
example is the somersoft forums, where displayed images in the gallery, and this post as well, adjust as you change your monitor resolution, or drag the window borders and resize the window.
I use php,
php web site is
one script to read the folder structure and text descriptions placed inside them,
one script to display
one script to monitor the other two.
everything else is generated when you open the page
larger traffic sites, somersoft, has sql databases to keep track of all the posts,
I only use the database to log visitor locations on the map, actually had to write that one, thinking sucks
