Comments on: DIY http://peteashton.com/2006/02/diy/ June 2000 to June 2010 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:48:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: groc http://peteashton.com/2006/02/diy/comment-page-1/#comment-1647 groc Sat, 04 Mar 2006 04:13:37 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/02/diy/#comment-1647 I remember moaning about this sort of thing - how stupidly hard work it was/and still is trying to make web pages look good using css, (which let's face it is for coders - not normal human beings) and the grief I got from some commenters touting the same old party line they'd cribbed off web monkey or AListApart doesn't bear thinking about. Now we're 'allowed' to have fun again? About time. Have you heard about the new google app - that let's you design web pages online in real time - no forms - no muss? I remember moaning about this sort of thing – how stupidly hard work it was/and still is trying to make web pages look good using css, (which let’s face it is for coders – not normal human beings) and the grief I got from some commenters touting the same old party line they’d cribbed off web monkey or AListApart doesn’t bear thinking about.

Now we’re ‘allowed’ to have fun again? About time.

Have you heard about the new google app – that let’s you design web pages online in real time – no forms – no muss?

]]> By: Pete Ashton http://peteashton.com/2006/02/diy/comment-page-1/#comment-1646 Pete Ashton Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:21:56 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/02/diy/#comment-1646 Jenni: You can save the whole site to a folder and then FTP that - at least that's what my mate Dave did. It's an extra step but it does mean you don't need a .Mac account. Jenni: You can save the whole site to a folder and then FTP that – at least that’s what my mate Dave did. It’s an extra step but it does mean you don’t need a .Mac account.

]]> By: Jenni http://peteashton.com/2006/02/diy/comment-page-1/#comment-1645 Jenni Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:33:13 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/02/diy/#comment-1645 Oh! this is interesting. I recently bought the latest iLife partly because of iWeb. Haven't got round to playing with it all that much, but it does look pretty & is very easy to use. The thing that puts me off is that my previous web design thingy also had an inbuilt FTP command, and iWeb doesn't (as far as I can tell) unless you want to upload to your dot Mac account. But given that I want to get myself a different host for my site anyway, I have a few things to sort out yet before redesigning it.... Oh! this is interesting. I recently bought the latest iLife partly because of iWeb. Haven’t got round to playing with it all that much, but it does look pretty & is very easy to use. The thing that puts me off is that my previous web design thingy also had an inbuilt FTP command, and iWeb doesn’t (as far as I can tell) unless you want to upload to your dot Mac account. But given that I want to get myself a different host for my site anyway, I have a few things to sort out yet before redesigning it….

]]> By: Pete Ashton http://peteashton.com/2006/02/diy/comment-page-1/#comment-1644 Pete Ashton Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:51:26 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/02/diy/#comment-1644 I think for what you're doing the combo of Blogger and Flickr is fine. But when I come to put this book online something like iWeb may well be more effective than just whacking it all into blogging software. I think for what you’re doing the combo of Blogger and Flickr is fine. But when I come to put this book online something like iWeb may well be more effective than just whacking it all into blogging software.

]]> By: Paul http://peteashton.com/2006/02/diy/comment-page-1/#comment-1643 Paul Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:27:36 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/02/diy/#comment-1643 I have to admit that I dismissed iWeb when it was announced in January. But this was based on two factors. One we have had a lot of trouble with iPhoto (the dreaded grey thumbnail problem that is fully acknowledged by Apple as they have published work-a-rounds on their help page). Two I had only just started using Blogger. I am not inclined to try iWeb, though, because it appears not to be interactive other than offering RSS. Or am I missing something? I have to admit that I dismissed iWeb when it was announced in January. But this was based on two factors. One we have had a lot of trouble with iPhoto (the dreaded grey thumbnail problem that is fully acknowledged by Apple as they have published work-a-rounds on their help page). Two I had only just started using Blogger.

I am not inclined to try iWeb, though, because it appears not to be interactive other than offering RSS. Or am I missing something?

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