CWM Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 I picked Joomla and I hope someone can look over my shoulder... I am now doing my first website from scratch; these are my questions: Can I use paint.NET to create the website instead of Photoshop or dreamweaver? My site is mainly video and photos. Do I need any other software? I am very good at following directions I am just not sure how to begin. Thank you, signed a noob Charles Charles Worthington Photography Studio 323.874.4478 310.721.5383 :shock: :oops: :? LA, CA http://worthingtonphotography.ifp3.com http://charlesbeautyphotography.blogspot.com/ http://charlesworthingtonphotography.blogspot.com/ http://www.myspace.com/charlesworthingtonphotog http://buffnationcwphoto.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWM Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I picked Joomla and I hope someone can look over my shoulder... I am now doing my first website from scratch; these are my questions: Can I use paint.NET to create the website instead of Photoshop or dreamweaver? My site is mainly video and photos. Do I need any other software? I am very good at following directions I am just not sure how to begin. Thank you, signed a noob Charles Charles Worthington Photography Studio 323.874.4478 310.721.5383 :shock: :oops: :? LA, CA http://worthingtonphotography.ifp3.com http://charlesbeautyphotography.blogspot.com/ http://charlesworthingtonphotography.blogspot.com/ http://www.myspace.com/charlesworthingtonphotog http://buffnationcwphoto.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 No. Paint.NET is an image manipulation tool. In order to make a website you need to do some coding and therefore need an HTML editor (notepad+, PSPad are examples). You can code in Word or Notepad but these are minimalist approaches. Paint.NET can be used to create the graphics for your website, but hanging the content (images and text) together requires knowledge of (X)HTML (and CSS!). Have a read of this thread for a discussion of all things "web design": viewtopic.php?f=17&t=24557 Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 No. Paint.NET is an image manipulation tool. In order to make a website you need to do some coding and therefore need an HTML editor (notepad+, PSPad are examples). You can code in Word or Notepad but these are minimalist approaches. Paint.NET can be used to create the graphics for your website, but hanging the content (images and text) together requires knowledge of (X)HTML (and CSS!). Have a read of this thread for a discussion of all things "web design": viewtopic.php?f=17&t=24557 Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 If you're using Joomla then unless you're creating your own theme you don't need to know HTML nor use Dreamweaver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 If you're using Joomla then unless you're creating your own theme you don't need to know HTML nor use Dreamweaver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWM Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 No. Paint.NET is an image manipulation tool. In order to make a website you need to do some coding and therefore need an HTML editor (notepad+, PSPad are examples). You can code in Word or Notepad but these are minimalist approaches.Paint.NET can be used to create the graphics for your website, but hanging the content (images and text) together requires knowledge of (X)HTML (and CSS!). Have a read of this thread for a discussion of all things "web design": viewtopic.php?f=17&t=24557 cool so if i use a tool like the ones below and paint.net for design that should work. I am going to the link you suggested now. many thanks CW http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions ... 47/details http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions ... 78/details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWM Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 No. Paint.NET is an image manipulation tool. In order to make a website you need to do some coding and therefore need an HTML editor (notepad+, PSPad are examples). You can code in Word or Notepad but these are minimalist approaches.Paint.NET can be used to create the graphics for your website, but hanging the content (images and text) together requires knowledge of (X)HTML (and CSS!). Have a read of this thread for a discussion of all things "web design": viewtopic.php?f=17&t=24557 cool so if i use a tool like the ones below and paint.net for design that should work. I am going to the link you suggested now. many thanks CW http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions ... 47/details http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions ... 78/details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWM Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 If you're using Joomla then unless you're creating your own theme you don't need to know HTML nor use Dreamweaver. hey many thanks guy! CWM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWM Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 If you're using Joomla then unless you're creating your own theme you don't need to know HTML nor use Dreamweaver. hey many thanks guy! CWM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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