Why all this HTML typing – is it not better to use Frontpage ?
A. No, and it is not even easier nor faster. Let me explain. 99% of professional Web authors agree in saying that a good, professional web site can only be made in pure HTML. Why ? Because WYSIWYG Editors, such as MS Frontpage, are not accurate enough: they attempt to write HTML Code for you, but their HTML Code is not very “clean” and it’s also redundant, sometimes full of useless strings of code. Moreover, you don’t know what happens behind the Frontpage screen – it becomes very difficult to have “control” over what you are doing. More: Frontpage code works normally very well with Explorer, but may look a mess with Netscape. Finally, to learn to use well Frontpage or a similar wizard will take you nothing less than 100 hours of solid studying. In that time you learn well HTML and some good WebMaster tricks on top (this Course of mine – 30 Lessons – require no more than 90 hours of solid study….). To cut a long story short, there is no advantage in using a wizard over pure HTML. But
