(Newbie.) Web (HTML) page editing in Kubuntu

[Andrew Jarrett]

On Dec 19, 2007 9:20 AM, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> Andrew Jarrett wrote:
>
> > No personal experience, but logically speaking the output should be
> > very similar (and the html just as messy) with the exception that
> > Impress would probably give you more control over how everything
> > looks.  The downside would be that a real webpage shouldn't look like
> > a presentation slide.  Again, I have no personal experience in that
> > area, but I think you should learn to use a _real_ web authoring tool
> > like Quanta, Kompozer, or Bluefish (especially if you are in this for
> > the long run).
>
> I'm sure I'm in the minority, but I really can't agree.  HTML is a poor
> excuse for a programming language, and I just don't believe much is served
> by using a program like Quanta.

I agree.  I have never considered any development with web markup
languages to be "real programming", but what I am trying to say is
that learning and understanding HTML, XHTML, CSS (et al.) might be
better for the OP than (being limited by) OpenOffice.  Like I said
before, it really depends on what goals Bas has (although it sounds
like using OpenOffice would be a decent option).  My sticking point is
that I am of the mindset that people should know what's going on
beneath the surface and I was just saying that _writing_ code *could*
be more beneficial than having a WYSIWYG program write it for you.

> I will make every possible attempt to not
> write HTML for the rest of my life (and I build websites...)
> --
> derek

Good luck with that one... ;)
I'm a freelance web developer on the side, so I understand your
frustration with HTML.  However, I hope there is some type of web
markup language you fancy, or you might not be getting paid...

Andrew

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