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I was able to create a web site 10 years ago with Microsoft Frontpage without learning anything, today with a copy of Adobe Dreamweaver CS6, I can't even figure out a way to change the font size of a simple text. CSS is the thing, so I went through the CSS tutorials in w3 and I get it now. It's a good idea, but It is also a good idea to kill creativity, ie all sites like similar, see screenshot below. It sucks floppy disks.
My questions will be:
Does web 2.0 really kill creativity?
Is there a "modern" web design application that I don't need to go into these CSS thing?
Is there a way to create a circular navigation menu like this using css? I want to have this menu in the middle of the page, and with a button on the corner to activate it.
No it doesn't
You don't have to use CSS. You can use inline styles,
but it won't be right. Using the CSS is a good coding practice and
you just need to learn it better.
Yes. If you google it, you'll find several links. Here is just some examples:
https://css-tricks.com/building-a-circular-navigation-with-css-clip-paths/
http://www.cssscript.com/pure-css-circle-menu-with-css3-transitions-transforms/
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I am using Dreamweaver, but now I am thinking about trying another program. I am kind of new to html and css, but I feel I have kind of control using html and css3. Now I am learning how to creative responsive webdesign using bootstrap.
Might be a stupid and simple question; When I want to create a new html page, I can choose "create a responsive page using Boostrap". If I just select html and makes a css sheet, will I still be able to make a responsive design? Thinking about using "insert" and then choose "Bootstrap Components".
I have made pages with bootstrap templates now. It's ok and I am managing to style the template. Still I feel more comfortable making it from scratch. I feel I am learning more and have more control doing it this way.
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I guess I should just stick to Dw, but I want to learn more. I am kind of a learning-by-doing-girl and want to try out another program. I like the ability to use "Show code and design" in Dw, so a program with this included would be great.
Which programs have this capability?
I have downloaded Atom, and I know you can refresh the website to see the result, but that means I have to connect the site to a server? Right now I don't want to connect the site to a server of different reasons.
You should try out a standard text editor like Sublime Text or Atom. Do your code editing there and open your page in the browser. Refresh to see changes as you make them.
I like Notepad++.
The problem with programs like DreamWeaver is that they can instill some pretty bad habits in novices. You are absolutely right in wanting to learn without it first.
The reason I like Notepad++ is that it has great code highlighting, one of the things I think draws people in to DW, too.
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I am currently new to HTML and CSS. I completed codecademy's HTMl/CSS course yesterday and started working on something which doesnt really have a use but it will touch on everything and I will finish it as I learn more including PHP. I am using bootstrap right now and it honestly feels like I am cheating. I have tried to do everything myself but it basically gives you a navbar which I wont just steal and use, I will try to make my own later on. This is my current site: http://i.imgur.com/nM3wzWv.png
What should I be using? Should I cut out bootstrap and try to do everything with my own CSS?
I mean I did use my own CSS for the positioning but it doesnt seem like much. What do professionals use? Thanks.
Professionals mainly use Bootstrap or Foundation (since these are the most popular frameworks). If you're completely new, it's probably not a bad idea to code some websites from scratch to improve and probably even perfect your basic HTML/CSS skills and once you're comfortable I highly recommend using a framework. As for Bootstrap you can check out the documentation. It is very detailed and once you've figured out the basics, you're way faster than coding everything from scratch.
Generally speaking a professional application parts from a CSS framework of choise and goes arround to customizing it as needed for the application. Of course in order to learn you should neglect those when just starting in order to learn more.
professionaly speaking you use as much "premade" code as possible. That is the reason for the grat ammount of frameworks in any language.
is like asking is it okay to use JQuery it feels like cheating normally I would write like 20 lines of code but using JQuery it became a one liner.
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So this has been a topic of debate between me and another coder. We are using foundation for a project and he really likes following the system they provide. I like to venture out when it doesn't fit exactly.
An example was this was when I was doing the login form and I wanted a singular sized view that looks the same on every view. I created a login form with a solid width and centered with margins. He comes back to the code and puts it in foundation with large/medium/small columns. The justification was that they know how to handle responsiveness better than us. I just wanted stack overflow's opinion on this one.
When is it right to use a css framework and when should you go outside of it?
I guess on big projects, where you'd like to use each an every feature that a css framework provides, you should go for it. Whereas in small websites, using Bootstrap/Foundation would be a slow-down factor.
Otherwise if you are confident with building a responsive framework yourself, you should go ahead. But, if you feel you aren't take help from others in the form of css frameworks.
This question is way too broad and there can be many possible answers. The above is just my point of view.
First of all if you already have experience with one framework, unless you're doing it for research stick with it.
Otherwise you could check this comparison.
Also if you're using a web framework like Rails, Spring MVC, etc, check the integration status between the both frameworks.
Another point you should care is the community, and in my humble opinion bootstrap wins (as my personal perception).
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This is a novice question. I was given a web page design with CSS files and AI (Adobe Illustrator) files. My task is to create the web contents properly. What is the easiest way going about? Can Dreamweaver come handy here? Or do I have to code the html manually? (I am sure there should be a better way). The site is supposed to be up in a .NET environment.
Thank you for the help
CSS needs the HTML for structure and normally the two are written hand in hand. Spend the extra time and write the HTML and CSS manually while slicing up the supplied artwork. It's a rewarding process if you are learning or you challenge yourself to do a really good job of it. You can probably salvage a lot of css from the existing stylesheets (typography styles etc). In this way you can be more confident about the code you are using and ensure that it is legible. The HTML templates can then be integrated into a CMS, .NET framework based system or whatever the next step is.
If you are not up for the task, outsource the job to someone who is passionate about HTML and CSS to supply the complete HTML and CSS templates. There are plenty of us out there ;)
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I use CSS to stylize my pages. I use % style instead of using px values. However, since I need to add several elements of different sizes in different positions, I end up spending more time in designing the layout than the coding.
I tried using a WYSIWYG editor but it uses px style coding. Can someone help me with a solution so that I can design the layout quickly and proceed to real part? I use WordPad right now.
The best thing to do is practice more. Get better at coding them, and reuse parts from prior projects where it makes sense.
There is no WYSIWYG tool that will save you time, for most projects. They all write garbage code, because editing with such a tool is a bit ambiguous. It is up to you as a web developer to write your markup and styles in a way that will be interpreted correctly across many user agents.