What do you use to design your blog?

[Kevin]

i mentioned in a comment recently that i still use Textpad (http://www.textpad.com) to design all of my websites

does anyone else out there use this?

if not, what do you use to design your blog?

:)

[StephenWelton.com]

As you probably know by now I have extremely limited knowledge on coding. Anything that I have learned so far has been from tips online. Some of which I have picked up here. I use alot of pre existing templates and rely soley on that and the help of others.

I do however think that if I were to go at it more it would be dreamweaver. I use that to manage the sites and such and then Fetch for Mac for the FTP.

Recently you also showed me how to use the file manager in the cpanel which is good for me to see the code there and start to comprehend the Egyptian style writings I call computer code.

[JamieHarrop]

It's fantastic to finally meet a fellow Textpad user. :D I've used Textpad for the past four years after deciding Notepad just wasn't up to the task.

My full Web arsenal...

Textpad (http://www.textpad.com) for coding
Fireworks (http://www.adobe.com/products/fireworks/) for graphics
FileZilla (http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/) for FTP
Putty (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/) for SSH
PHPDev (http://www.firepages.com.au/) for offline development
Vlog It! (http://www.adobe.com/products/vlogit/) for video blog recording

[Mani Karthik]

Dreamweaver(HTML and CSS), Fireworks,Photoshop and Flash(Am weak at scripts though!). That's my best. :(

[Celebrienne]

Hi there,

I use:

PsPad (http://www.pspad.com/) - Editor (Freeware)
SmartFTP (http://www.smartftp.com/download/) - FTP program (free for personal use)
Photoshop 7 (http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&catref=C12&from=R10&satitle=photoshop+7+-training&sacat=18793%26catref%3DC6&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=ZIP%2FPostal&sabfmts=1&saobfmts=insif&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search&fgtp=) - Graphics (not so free, but older versions are cheap on eBay now ;))
ColorCop (http://colorcop.net/) - Color picking (Freeware)
several Firefox web developer extensions

[ses5909]

It's fantastic to finally meet a fellow Textpad user. :D I've used Textpad for the past four years after deciding Notepad just wasn't up to the task.

My full Web arsenal...

Textpad (http://www.textpad.com) for coding
Fireworks (http://www.adobe.com/products/fireworks/) for graphics
FileZilla (http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/) for FTP
Putty (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/) for SSH


I've been using Textpad for about 6 years now I think and am also a Putty fan. I prefer fireworks to PS and also use filezilla for ftp :)

occasionally i will use fireftp.

[JamieHarrop]

I've been using Textpad for about 6 years now I think and am also a Putty fan. I prefer fireworks to PS and also use filezilla for ftp :)

occasionally i will use fireftp.

I think I just found the female version of me. "anything outdoors" in your profile too. Dayum! It's a shame I'm not a few years older. :D

Sorry Sara. That was just me saying "hi". :p

[ses5909]

It's a shame I'm not a few years older. :D


niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.


;)

[shypys]

I use -

-Notepad++/EditPlus 2
-Filezilla
-Paint.NET(I'm just too scared of photoshop, and at 512MB, so is my RAM :p)
-Dreamweaver, but thats mostly when I'm experimenting and learning.

I still dont create too much code, just keep tweaking it - still learning :D

[JamieHarrop]

-Paint.NET(I'm just too scared of photoshop, and at 512MB, so is my RAM )

Earlier today, I had Textpad, Opera, Firefox, FileZilla, MSN, AVG Anti Virus and Photoshop open. My 512mb RAM desktop handled it perfectly. I don't think you'll have any trouble running Photoshop. :)

[rhyswynne]

I use a combination of Fireworks and Dreamweaver.

It's what I use at my job (and before anybody says anything, I generally do the codey stuff, not the designy stuff)

[shypys]

Earlier today, I had Textpad, Opera, Firefox, FileZilla, MSN, AVG Anti Virus and Photoshop open. My 512mb RAM desktop handled it perfectly. I don't think you'll have any trouble running Photoshop. :)
Ah...nice to see another 512RAMer...we are a dying species mate :D

[Michael-Martin]

EasyPHP (http://www.easyphp.org/index.php3) for local development.
Dreamweaver for coding
Photoshop for graphics
Filezilla and Putty for FTP and SSH of course.

And it wouldn't be right not to include Firefox as a web development tool as well. I wouldn't dream of designing a site without the web dev toolbar, firebug and source chart extensions. :D

PS - 2GB of RAM here. I installed Vista. Not-upgrading the RAM simply wasn't an option after that... xD

[JamieHarrop]

Ah...nice to see another 512RAMer...we are a dying species mate :D

Unfortunately (or fortunately, whichever way you see it) this desktop with 512mb isn't my usual computer. I usually work from a 2gb RAM laptop, but I left my power cable in a Chicago hotel last week, hence the switch to the desktop. :(