Comments on: How to make a website: the only 8 tools you need to make websites http://www.woobzine.com/topics/tools/how-to-make-a-website-the-only-8-tools-you-need-to-make-websites/ For people who want to build better websites Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:13:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: pat http://www.woobzine.com/topics/tools/how-to-make-a-website-the-only-8-tools-you-need-to-make-websites/comment-page-2/#comment-738 pat Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:47:09 +0000 http://www.woobzine.com/?p=596#comment-738 hey, thanks for this post. though i am a mac user. just wanna point out that it's really great for someone to post on something simple like this, makes the noobs like me to keep wanting to learn, see what the advanced guys use. cheers hey,
thanks for this post. though i am a mac user.
just wanna point out that it’s really great for someone to post on something simple like this, makes the noobs like me to keep wanting to learn, see what the advanced guys use.

cheers

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]]> By: Holger http://www.woobzine.com/topics/tools/how-to-make-a-website-the-only-8-tools-you-need-to-make-websites/comment-page-2/#comment-523 Holger Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:54:43 +0000 http://www.woobzine.com/?p=596#comment-523 Hey there. Basically I only use a few tools which are: THE GIMP - if you know how to work with it you can do really nice stuff. MSPAINT (dont laugh) - There's no better way to rapidcraft various design concepts like "move the logo to the left" .. or "what would it look like in a diffent color" (of course your basic design has to be made with photoshop or whatever) If you know how to deal with it, it's a wheapon. IRFANVIEW - Small tool with various image editing functions. Perfect for rezising, color corrections and filetype transformations. ECLIPSE PHP - Nice IDE, lot of tools, doesnt crash, supports various syntax highlightning dir different weblanguages FILEZILLA - Fast and easy FTP Tool COLORGRABBER a small tool that jsut shows up some HEX-ColorValues from the cursor WWW2FTP.de - a nice onlineservice that provides secure FTP access to any server from the browser, including an editor and various functions (when you need it) XAMPP by APACHEFRIENDS - For those of you who do NOT only code pure HTML but PHP and those who need a database. INTERNET EXPLORER - Some who dont open their eyes to the reality still think that its not neccesary to get a page running in IE Firefox, Safari, Opera, and some one or two PDAs to check the page on different platforms AND YOU DO NOT NEED A MACBOOK. Bye so far Hey there.

Basically I only use a few tools which are:

THE GIMP – if you know how to work with it you can do really nice stuff.

MSPAINT (dont laugh) – There’s no better way to rapidcraft various design concepts like “move the logo to the left” .. or “what would it look like in a diffent color”
(of course your basic design has to be made with photoshop or whatever)
If you know how to deal with it, it’s a wheapon.

IRFANVIEW – Small tool with various image editing functions. Perfect for rezising, color corrections and filetype transformations.

ECLIPSE PHP – Nice IDE, lot of tools, doesnt crash, supports various syntax highlightning dir different weblanguages

FILEZILLA – Fast and easy FTP Tool

COLORGRABBER a small tool that jsut shows up some HEX-ColorValues from the cursor

WWW2FTP.de – a nice onlineservice that provides secure FTP access to any server from the browser, including an editor and various functions (when you need it)

XAMPP by APACHEFRIENDS – For those of you who do NOT only code pure HTML but PHP and those who need a database.

INTERNET EXPLORER – Some who dont open their eyes to the reality still think that its not neccesary to get a page running in IE

Firefox, Safari, Opera, and some one or two PDAs to check the page on different platforms

AND YOU DO NOT NEED A MACBOOK.

Bye so far

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]]> By: PoundBangWhack.com http://www.woobzine.com/topics/tools/how-to-make-a-website-the-only-8-tools-you-need-to-make-websites/comment-page-2/#comment-521 PoundBangWhack.com Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:24:56 +0000 http://www.woobzine.com/?p=596#comment-521 Good article. I use 7 of the 8 tools you mentioned (don't use Aptana Studio), depending on where/what I'm developing. Sometimes I'll switch it up a bit, just because. Most of it depends if I'm developing on my Windows or Linux Machines. I think this is a great post for anyone beginning in web design or looking to start. - Notepad++ (win) / vim (lin) for coding - Photoshop for layout and comp design - Fireworks and Illustrator for illustrations, icons, graphics, etc - Flash for flash design/animation - WAMP Server / Local Fedora 10 server for testing - Firefox 3.5 / Firefox 2 / Chrome 3 / Safari 3 / Opera 10 / IETester (for 6,7,8) for browser testing - Filezilla for FTP - PuTTY for production server/MySQL server management via SSH - MySQL Query Browser for remote MySQL database administration - MySQL Administrator for remote MySQL server administration - Synergy to share mouse/keyboard between two computers - Classical Music (the vocals distract me to much) Good article. I use 7 of the 8 tools you mentioned (don’t use Aptana Studio), depending on where/what I’m developing. Sometimes I’ll switch it up a bit, just because. Most of it depends if I’m developing on my Windows or Linux Machines. I think this is a great post for anyone beginning in web design or looking to start.

– Notepad++ (win) / vim (lin) for coding
– Photoshop for layout and comp design
– Fireworks and Illustrator for illustrations, icons, graphics, etc
– Flash for flash design/animation
– WAMP Server / Local Fedora 10 server for testing
– Firefox 3.5 / Firefox 2 / Chrome 3 / Safari 3 / Opera 10 / IETester (for 6,7,8) for browser testing
– Filezilla for FTP
– PuTTY for production server/MySQL server management via SSH
– MySQL Query Browser for remote MySQL database administration
– MySQL Administrator for remote MySQL server administration
– Synergy to share mouse/keyboard between two computers
– Classical Music (the vocals distract me to much)

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]]> By: Tsedaka http://www.woobzine.com/topics/tools/how-to-make-a-website-the-only-8-tools-you-need-to-make-websites/comment-page-2/#comment-519 Tsedaka Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:10:24 +0000 http://www.woobzine.com/?p=596#comment-519 @chris Dear Chris, I'm sure you are an experienced web designer, but, there are also beginners. When you don't know what you should use in order to start doing some web design, a small post like this one is way better than huge lists.... And I seriously wish I'd read something like this when I started web design. Because I don't know how many hours I lost learning Dreamweaver, tweeking my sites without any Firefox addons, etc. Last, if I only wanted to get "hits", I would spend more time promoting my posts... and up to now, I always chose to add content instead of only trying to bring people here. (btw, Even if I could, I didn't delete your comment. I'm honest when I write my articles, and I'm honest too when I must face comments like yours). @chris

Dear Chris, I’m sure you are an experienced web designer, but, there are also beginners.
When you don’t know what you should use in order to start doing some web design,
a small post like this one is way better than huge lists….

And I seriously wish I’d read something like this when I started web design. Because
I don’t know how many hours I lost learning Dreamweaver, tweeking my sites without any Firefox addons, etc.

Last, if I only wanted to get “hits”, I would spend more time promoting my posts…
and up to now, I always chose to add content instead of only trying to bring people here.

(btw, Even if I could, I didn’t delete your comment. I’m honest when I write my articles,
and I’m honest too when I must face comments like yours).

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]]> By: chris http://www.woobzine.com/topics/tools/how-to-make-a-website-the-only-8-tools-you-need-to-make-websites/comment-page-2/#comment-517 chris Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:51:16 +0000 http://www.woobzine.com/?p=596#comment-517 Wow i didn't know all i needed to make a website was contained in this crappy post you created just to get hits, awesome! Worthless post, seriously write better dude. Wow i didn’t know all i needed to make a website was contained in this crappy post you created just to get hits, awesome! Worthless post, seriously write better dude.

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]]> By: Dino http://www.woobzine.com/topics/tools/how-to-make-a-website-the-only-8-tools-you-need-to-make-websites/comment-page-2/#comment-513 Dino Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:51:07 +0000 http://www.woobzine.com/?p=596#comment-513 Thanks for sharing your list of tools. As for me, I use: - XAMPP - Notepad++ - Fireworks for web design and layout - Photoshop for photoediting and manipulation - Adobe Illustrator for Logos and Types - Firefox, Safari, IE -- all modern browsers for testing - Filezilla - pen, paper and music That's all that I need for web design and development! Thanks for sharing your list of tools. As for me, I use:

- XAMPP
- Notepad++
- Fireworks for web design and layout
- Photoshop for photoediting and manipulation
- Adobe Illustrator for Logos and Types
- Firefox, Safari, IE — all modern browsers for testing
- Filezilla
- pen, paper and music

That’s all that I need for web design and development!

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]]> By: Sean Nieuwoudt http://www.woobzine.com/topics/tools/how-to-make-a-website-the-only-8-tools-you-need-to-make-websites/comment-page-2/#comment-508 Sean Nieuwoudt Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:59:14 +0000 http://www.woobzine.com/?p=596#comment-508 This is my setup (Mac): - Photoshop / Illustrator CS4 - Netbeans (Free) - Coda - Firefox - Bitnami MAMP Stack (Free) - Sequel Pro (Free) S This is my setup (Mac):

- Photoshop / Illustrator CS4
- Netbeans (Free)
- Coda
- Firefox
- Bitnami MAMP Stack (Free)
- Sequel Pro (Free)

S

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]]> By: 60+ Fresh Community Picks for Web Designers and Developers | tripwire magazine http://www.woobzine.com/topics/tools/how-to-make-a-website-the-only-8-tools-you-need-to-make-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-489 60+ Fresh Community Picks for Web Designers and Developers | tripwire magazine Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:53:39 +0000 http://www.woobzine.com/?p=596#comment-489 [...] How to make a website: the only 8 tools you need to make websites [...] [...] How to make a website: the only 8 tools you need to make websites [...]

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]]> By: Roland http://www.woobzine.com/topics/tools/how-to-make-a-website-the-only-8-tools-you-need-to-make-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-475 Roland Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:10:22 +0000 http://www.woobzine.com/?p=596#comment-475 I like chillout dreams, ambient and pure piano :) And when I need to do some crazy photo-manipulations, I put something like psychedelic playing in my headphones and get inspired :D I like chillout dreams, ambient and pure piano :)
And when I need to do some crazy photo-manipulations, I put something like psychedelic playing in my headphones and get inspired :D

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]]> By: Erik http://www.woobzine.com/topics/tools/how-to-make-a-website-the-only-8-tools-you-need-to-make-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Erik Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:27:55 +0000 http://www.woobzine.com/?p=596#comment-471 You can easily replace Photoshop and Illustrator with Fireworks and save some money. Photoshop is for pictures, Fireworks is for websites. You can easily replace Photoshop and Illustrator with Fireworks and save some money. Photoshop is for pictures, Fireworks is for websites.

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