http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ Web Fiction Guide Forums » Topic: Poll: What do you use to make your web pages? en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:06:03 +0000 http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/poll-what-do-you-use-to-make-your-web-pages/page/2#post-5959 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:02:34 +0000 Verydien 5959@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Site: <a href="http://shadowslight.yolasite.com" rel="nofollow">http://shadowslight.yolasite.com</a><br /> Software: I use Yola's site builder, which is like the old geocities one with many differences. You choose one of their themes, and depending on what you choose you can change the background and the banner. I use the free service right now, but I'm planning on upgrading my service to a paid one in due time. I think it makes my life really simple for building webpages etc compared to geocities, so I love it. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/poll-what-do-you-use-to-make-your-web-pages/page/2#post-5957 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:04:48 +0000 Sayer 5957@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Site: <a href="http://99.244.17.124/" rel="nofollow">http://99.244.17.124/</a><br /> Software: Drupal for the site<br /> - Custom theme created using Photoshop and Notepad++ (and a Stylus) </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/poll-what-do-you-use-to-make-your-web-pages/page/2#post-5943 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:03:16 +0000 Ayami Tyndall 5943@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Site: <a href="http://ayami.rain.org" rel="nofollow">http://ayami.rain.org</a><br /> Software: WordPress for the site, OpenOffice for composing the text content. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/poll-what-do-you-use-to-make-your-web-pages/page/2#post-5751 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:10:49 +0000 noodles 5751@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Blogger is a godsend for those of us who can't push a button without having our laptops explode. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/poll-what-do-you-use-to-make-your-web-pages/page/2#post-5750 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:36:05 +0000 kellyzollo 5750@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>New her but here us my info:</p> <p>Name: Kelly Zollo<br /> Site: <a href="http://kellyzollo.com" rel="nofollow">http://kellyzollo.com</a>, all 3 sites I host can be found there including my serial West Lake</p> <p>I use CSS, Dreamweaver and Photoshop for all my sites </p> <p>Kelly </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/poll-what-do-you-use-to-make-your-web-pages/page/2#post-5742 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:41:03 +0000 eikasia 5742@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p><a href="http://www.eighthcirclestudios.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.eighthcirclestudios.com</a></p> <p>Tool?: I hired a web designer to make a simple portal for the main website. I share this domain with a longtime friend and colleague of mine. I don't know what he used, but if I had to guess, it was probably photoshop. I strain the word "web designer" because the guy only does this on the side, and I only knew about him because a college classmate referred me to him. For those looking for a cheap web designer though, I can offer his contact information.</p> <p><a href="http://www.eighthcirclestudios.com/eikasia" rel="nofollow">http://www.eighthcirclestudios.com/eikasia</a></p> <p>Tool: Wordpress. Used the free theme "WP-Brown" and went nuts tweaking the theme to make it more stylish and interesting. Replaced the title text with an image logo (they say that's a no-no, but it couldn't be helped) and just recently put in a tooltip that brings up a caption when you hover over the cover images in the header. Tweaked the font color and did an overhaul on the post order to make my story readable. Tore out the ad code to put in project wonderful, which fits perfectly.</p> <p><a href="http://www.eighthcirclestudios.com/ns" rel="nofollow">http://www.eighthcirclestudios.com/ns</a></p> <p>Tool: Wordpress. Using the free theme "Elegant Grunge". Picked this one up because of the styled image frames and interesting (but simple) header. Didn't do much to this one as it's just for my author blog.</p> <p><a href="http://eighthcirclestudios.com/swordfish/" rel="nofollow">http://eighthcirclestudios.com/swordfish/</a></p> <p>Tool: Wordpress. Used the free theme "Oulipo". I loved how minimal and easy to customize it was--the typography is beautiful. This is still a work in progress, but I've already gone ahead and replaced the title text with a logo image, and I hope to add more as the project picks up steam. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/poll-what-do-you-use-to-make-your-web-pages/page/2#post-5730 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:43:32 +0000 ABadRain 5730@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I modified a free template from Blogger and then made my header using a Creative Commons photo from Flickr, which I modified in Photoshop (but GIMP is a good free alternative if you don't have PS). </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/poll-what-do-you-use-to-make-your-web-pages#post-4560 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:20:05 +0000 vjchambers 4560@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p><a href="http://vjchambers.com" rel="nofollow">http://vjchambers.com</a></p> <p>I used notepad++ to code and Photoshop for graphics.</p> <p>I've also made some widgets on widgetbox.com. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/poll-what-do-you-use-to-make-your-web-pages#post-4547 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:11:33 +0000 JM Choras 4547@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I use Drupal on <a href="http://www.eristhenia.net/">my site</a>. I've got a custom theme based on Zen -- just took a little CSS tweaking to get it where I wanted it. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/poll-what-do-you-use-to-make-your-web-pages#post-4545 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:19:06 +0000 Kess 4545@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Sites: <a href="http://www.apoclaypseblog.com">Apocalypse Blog</a>, <a href="http://www.starwalkerblog.com">Starwalker</a> and <a href="http://writer.apocalypseblog.com">Adventures in Text</a> (writing blog)<br /> Runs on: Wordpress<br /> Uses: Free themes, heavily modded to look the way I want them to (MT dark, Danika and Fabel, respectively). I usually go into the CSS and fiddle with the code until it does what I want (and try not to break anything). </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/poll-what-do-you-use-to-make-your-web-pages#post-4525 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:51:09 +0000 Shutsumon 4525@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Site: <a title="online fantasy stories by Becka Sutton" href="http://firebird-fiction.com/">Firebird Fiction</a></p> <p>Runs on wordpress and uses a free template (<a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/blueprint-theme">Blueprint</a>) because you could fit what I know about graphic design on the back of a postage stamp and even that exceeds what I know of php (which could fit on the head of a pin without disloging the dancing angels).</p> <p>I did mess with the css to make it the colours I like rather than the default green.</p> <p>The gorgeous masthead I paid for. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/poll-what-do-you-use-to-make-your-web-pages#post-4523 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:03:57 +0000 Lizzy 4523@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>It is more about having good design sense than powerful tools when it comes to how your site LOOKS, but obviously the tools are more important when you're determining how you want your site to behave. Some tools have nicer templates available to download than others (specifically, I think there are some gorgeous wordpress templates out there, but the blogger defaults are kind of boring). </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/poll-what-do-you-use-to-make-your-web-pages#post-4522 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:13:14 +0000 HouseEros 4522@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I just use Gedit and GIMP</p> <p>But ya, Jim is correct...it is more the designer than the tools. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/poll-what-do-you-use-to-make-your-web-pages#post-4519 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:15:41 +0000 Jim Zoetewey 4519@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>For coding: Jedit (a great text editor), Eclipse (an IDE with a lot of options), Komposer (it's free and decent for editing html, but insanely bad for coding due to an annoying tendency to move things around)<br /> Graphics: Photoshop, the Gimp (depending on whether I'm on Windows or FreeBSD)<br /> CMS: Wordpress, (though I've been experimenting with Drupal lately)</p> <p>Unfortunately, the thing that makes a website look good isn't really the tools. It's more whether you've got a basic background in graphic design, allowing you to use the tools in a way that doesn't make the reader's eyes bleed.</p> <p>A good beginning might be "The Non-designer's Design Book" by Robin Williams (not the comedian). </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/poll-what-do-you-use-to-make-your-web-pages#post-4517 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:28:00 +0000 Dash 4517@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p><a href="http://www.skipthebudgie.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.skipthebudgie.org</a><br /> Drupal, my own theme..., coding (when needed) usually with notepad++ </p>