Topic: question about Windows Vista

[thegallery]

I use a bunch of tools for for creating and mainting websites.  All my original sites where done during Windows 98, and all my sites exist on my computer at a specific "documents and settings" folder, actually called "default".   With XP  I was was not able to create a 'default' user profile with the same address, so I just created the directory and copied everything to it.

It's hard to explain but this location is important as some of the special tools I use to generate and maintain the sites look specifically for this location, and if I ever was forced to change it the nightmare would be unbearable.

Basically I was wondering if anyone knew if Vista would still allow me to create the same directory at the same address, like XP allowed. The exact directory I'll need is :  "C:\Documents and Settings\Default\My Documents\My Webs\

Any ideas?

[sam]

i havent heard any more than the rumours / screen shot betas that have been out. I think this is one that can't really be answered yet. My solution would be, dont use windows to do websites....write the code from scratch and then you wont have this location issue. but heck thats just me!

I'll let you know if I hear anything but I think its still a bit early, though I doubt things will change too much

[thegallery]

Can't help it Sam; I'm Bill Gate's step child, one of the reasons why he's so rich.

What can I say? I like it that when I type an email and press Shift+F7 -  it brings up the Thesaurus. It's the same when whether I'm in Word, Publisher, or Frontpage (yes, Frontpage!). I like how all the things I do seem to work well together.

But, of course, it also means I'm showing up at PC-Pals to beg for help every now and then!

Hand coders and others are appalled by how I do what I do, but it's all my little brain can handle.

I guess I should be more worried about how Vista will run on my tablet; I love my Tablet, but I can't afford a new one :?

[sam]

tut tut on frontpage, but i'll leave you alone! (have you ever though of using dreamweaver, it is a step better!)

as for vista, knowing microsoft it will be incompatible with all previous hardware! lol

[thegallery]

you know I signed up recently for a seminar Macromedia was giving live on the internet a couple weeks ago, but missed it. If I go dreamweaver I'd probably want to do the full bore, and get their MX studio thing. But that is a major investment.  For most of my work I FrontPage simply to keep things organized, as I have other tools that generate most of the actual pages. Frontpage is mainly there to lay things out and to keep the 'flow hart' of the site organized, and for publishing. I almost never use a FrontPage "themed" site, and if I do, it is so customized no one can tell. But there is the occasional client who wants Flash everything and in that respect I'd love to have all the Macromedia tools at hand. For now I just get by with Swish for flash splash pages and effects.

[sam]

firstly Flash is evil! As a webdeveloper I would never use it on a site. Actually saying that, I might for games or cartoons. I personally hate flash sites. Out of people I know I'm not the only one! However for splash pages alone its not the worst thing as once in you can bookmark a page in the site if you ever want to go back.

I use xemacs for most of my web work. It is like notepad for linux but has syntax highlighting, just what you need.

Id agree though a flow chart can be useful, I normally just note it down on paper and this can get rather messy!

I personally hate allowing software to generate pages but I guess thats a quick way of doing it, though you can just use css and php to do it all for you (once you have wrote the corresponding code). Its not that hard to learn - trust me, I can do it!! LOL (and that says a lot!)

[Reno]

The first time I wanted to get into webpage design sandra pointed me in the direction of www.htmlgoodies.com. I know its a little more complicated then just having frontpage generate a page for you, but this way you might have an easier time learning webdesign and picking out a software that suits your needs. Most people look at dreamweaver and are in panic by the amount of options and tools stuffed inside. Im not a teacher but if you read those primers and tutorials im sure you'll get the foundation you need to take care of your current problem and most of any future ones you might come across.