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From: Hains <[log in to unmask]>

> If you plan to create a "big" web site then you need to learn how to use
the
> proper tools, FP is not a proper tool. You need to go out and get
> Dreamweaver or GoLive. These are the photoshop's of HTML editing.
> You have probably gathered from this that I am anti-FP. But when you start
> doing "big" web sites where one person no longer controls when/where
content
> is added then FP becomes a problem maker.

Kevin,

I've never used or seen the tools you mention, so would you indulge me with
a couple of quick comparisons here..

In a collaborative web site with several people adding content (as you
described), FP will instantly and AUTOMATICALLY update ALL linked pages when
anyone adds a new page.

If the administrator decides to move an entire subweb to a different
location within the web, it can be done with one quick, simple, click and
drag,  and (just like above) FP will instantly update all the links
throughout the web.

Assume that I have a web site that wants to offer a special sale for the
month of December.  With FP I can create the special sale page, upload it to
the web site in September, and have  the FP server extensions AUTOMATICALLY
put the sale page in place of another (or create a brand new page with all
the appropriate links) on the first of December.  And then on the 31st, it
will automatically put the old page back in place of the sale page (or
remove the extra page and delete all the associated links).  And I can be on
vacation in sunny Florida when all this happens automagically.

How do DreamWeaver and GoLive handle those types of situations?

All versions of FP default to editing in a WYSIWYG (graphical) mode, but
with the click of a tab, you can work in the raw HTML code just as easily.
Personally, I would rather take 5-10 seconds to point and click the
insertion pointer, click a toolbar button to insert an image file, and then
click and drag the edge of the pic to resize it,  rather than bang away on
the keyboard and create 2 or 3 loooong lines of text code to place that same
picture.

FP 2000 has more than a dozen reports that can analyze the web site and give
an accurate picture of the health of the web.  It can test all (internal and
external) hyperlinks and identify any broken links.  It can identify pages
that are too complex and take too long to download (because of graphics or
scripts or just because of length and content).  It can list which pages are
assigned to a team member.  You can create to-do items and assign them to a
page or a team member.  It can create a report that lists those to-do items.
It can identify old (stale) pages. It can list pages that have been added or
updated recently, etc, etc.  But what I DON'T like is that none of those
reports can be printed  <grrrrrr....>
they are screen displays only.

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