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- chedabob, on 10/12/2007, -11/+48Time and time again, somebody says thats its wordpress' fault. ITS NOT. If you have a crappy server (which is almost always the case), even a HTML page would fail to load. Shouting "Oh noes, dont use wordpress" does not make your e-penis any bigger, so please, shut the ***** up.
- DonCarcharo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25I tend to prefer
DreamWeaver
CSSEdit
Photoshop
Transmit
Yes I use a bloated web editor and a Mac. I'm not a real web designer, I know, I know. But I've been in business for eight years now, I've got plenty of customers and we're all pretty happy. Moreover my toolset is one of the more robust ones compared to the dozen or so web design companies I've worked with. You wouldn't believe how many shops design directly in FrontPage and employ a full time staff. Boggles the mind. - TenebrousX, on 10/12/2007, -6/+30I can't be the only one who likes Notepad++
- cultur3b0mb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18Step 7:
Make sure your database can handle the load when your site gets Dugg... :( - txcrew, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16Great stuff! I love the Typography Comparison.
Just thought I would add my .02:
7. More color scheme stuff: http://www.colourlovers.com/
8. Firefox Web Developer Toolbar: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/60/ - blogkitten, on 10/12/2007, -4/+15Jumping in with my own (all for the Mac):
1. Smultron (awesome FREE text editor) - http://smultron.sourceforge.net/
2. CSS Edit (CSS editor) - http://macrabbit.com/cssedit/
3. Cyberduck (FTP) - http://cyberduck.ch/
4. ColourLOVERS for color/theme ideas - http://www.colourlovers.com/
5. Web Developer's Handbook for most other resources - http://www.alvit.de/handbook/
Dreamweaver, while it has its uses, is too bloated for everyday use, IMO. - UGM2099, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Turning be on to http://typetester.maratz.com/ was enough for me to forgive the fluff about Mountain Dew. Nice list.
- jamester, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9duggmirror didn't catch it.
- darksheer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Over 100 diggs since the site crashed.
gg on reading the article! - Topher06, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11Best advice for better web design is to ensure your web designer isn't a tool.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9No, but minimum input with maximum output is nearly impossible to achieve with only notepad and mspaint.
- Daniel591992, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6it's stupid.
mountain dew and itunes... - psychotron, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Pulezze! Pen & paper biches! That is all a REAL web designer needs...
- lava, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11"Time and time again, somebody says thats its wordpress' fault. ITS NOT."
I'm willing to bet that if the page was static we'd still be seeing it right now... - 8270369, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Okay, so to sum up today's responses to this article, we all use some kind of image editor and some kind of text editor and some kind of file transfer client.
- blogkitten, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5But what were the last two?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"Coffee Cup Firestarter"
Dear God.... I beta tested, wrote the original help files/tutorials and put together the website for that abomination.
Oh, and all of the example stuff, including that "film" intro for the page, was done in Flash, not Firestarter. When Firestarter first came out, you couldn't do much of jack with it. - rwallen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6This list is pretty worthless. Thanks for telling me you use a notebook to sketch out ideas I never would have thought of that.
- jazbek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Good call on the web developer's toolbar, but Firebug is even better (for many web development tasks -- some are only available in the web dev. toolbar).
http://www.getfirebug.com/ - Charlotte_Web, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Here's one of my favorite tools:
http://www.gliffy.com/
Gliffy is a diagramming tool built in Flash. It allows you to build site maps, save them online, and send out collaboration invites to your clients. It can also export diagrams to JPEG format for use in proposals or other Word docs. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5BTW, my toolset:
Photoshop
Illustrator
Notepad2
Dreamweaver (for a few rare things)
ColorSchemer and ColorPix
Firefox (with IE Tab, Firebug and the Web Developer toolbar)
Flash (on rare occasion when it is needed)
FileZilla
XAMPP
PuTTy - jongos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3One of my favorites is the color scheme generator at http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html
- Mardala, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Its not the hosts fault either. You assume that a shared host will provide full server resources to 1 account. It will never happen. Word Press will request a lot of sql connections when a shared environment does not allow more than 30, typically.
- darksheer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Need to stop digging links from this site--the info might be fine but the site just can't take the heat.
- Mith, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Sorry for the downtime... I haven't installed WP Cache yet, but I've put up a mirror:
http://findsoccercleats.com/digg/ - resplence, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3What, noone uses TopStyle? Or RapidCSS?
I can't write css anymore without instantly viewing the changes in the preview window that's just next to the code window. It really feels like 'building in real time'. I tried working with dreamweaver with a client and F12 was just too much of a hassle. - carolinaws, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I'm not so much a designer as developer so my apps are slightly different, even though I'm on a Mac. If I had to bunch together the 6 main tools I use daily, they are:
• Zend Studio
• BBEdit
• Firefox with Web Developer Toolbar & Firebug
• iTerm / Terminal
• Interarchy
• Photoshop - sembetu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Mine:
1. Spiral note-book (brand irrelevant, content matters most)
2. Color-Blender for color schemes (http://www.colorblender.com/)
3. Typography:
--a. Designing Type by Karen Cheng
--b. Logo, Font, and Lettering Bible by Leslie Cabarga
--c. The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst
4. Browser testing: Well this is an interesting one, because I have four computers in front of me at all times::
--a. Windows XP Corporate SP2 for Firefox/IE testing
--b. Widescreen Mac for Safari/Mac Firefox/Camino/Opera/Shiira/IE 5.2 testing
--c. Widescreen GNU/Linux box for Opera/Firefox/Konqueror testing
--d. 12" Powebook for small screen testing on FF/Opera/Camino/Safari etc.
5. SoBe No Fear: I live on this stuff.
6. iTunes: I have a continuous connection to HBR1. Seriously, it is on all the time.
I also have additional items in my toolkit, which are essential items. The above were my contrast to the items in the article.
1. Inkscape (logos, illustrations, brush creation etc)
2. GIMP (image editing)
3. Eclipse PDT with Aptana Plug-In
4. Cyberduck (FTP)
5. Sitesucker (Sometimes I like to pull down entire sites so I can whip up proposals for site improvements. It is acually a pretty good strategy if you aren'y cocky about it).
6. iShowU: Mac video capture for video tutorials.
That about does it. - campo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2subehta is the shiznit
- Lostangel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2My picks:
gVim (for all text editing whatsoever, coding, db, css, html, asp.net, php, etc.)
Photoshop (for comps & design)
Illustrator (logo's & icons)
BeyondCompare2 (FTP/file comparing)
BaseCamp (for client interaction and project management)
Apps I can't stand:
Dreamweaver (could a text editor BE more bloated and error ridden?)
Flash (if I absolutely have too I'll use this, but 9 times out of 10 a website has absolutely no need for Flash)
Visual Studio .NET 2003 (this can't even manage it's last opened projects correctly... ugh) - cfish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2what about Golive.......I used dreamweaver (which is a crap) but Golive seems to work well!
- toughice, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21. Textmate - for coding (HTML, PHP, Javascript)
2. CSSEdit - for CSS
3. Fireworks, Photoshop, Illustrator - for graphics & basic conceptuals - I really can't wait for true MacIntel versions
4. Kuler - for color ideas
5. CocoaMySQL - for MySQL stuff
6. Fetch - for FTP
7. FreeBSD - for hosting
That's what I use for desigining and building websites. To me CSSEdit is the best tool of them all - I find that it saves me more time than any of the others. I haven't found another tool that is on par with it yet. - blogkitten, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@ Jimmyinnz
The only time I use a colorblender tool is to get the best complimentary color for the main color I've chosen. Sure, the eye works, but I'd rather get the "mathematically correct" compliment and work from there. - trashlikeyou, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Notepad++ (or Quanta+ if I'm using Linux)
GIMP
Inkscape
Firefox/IE/Opera
CreativeCommons Image Search - doodirock2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Um how did this hit the Homepage? Mountain Dew? Seriously. I wish I could get that 5 sec of my life back.
- netwookiee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3BBEdit FTW!
- ScottBookG4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Guy's got a point with #1. It sounds lame, but the Moleskine is really great for quick sketches of layouts, which is why I carry a grid-lined Moleskine in my bag alongside my PowerBook.
- Mith, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Yes, I haven't installed WP Cache yet... trying to sort it out with host. Here is the mirror:
http://findsoccercleats.com/digg/ - notastat, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Free coffee cup ftp is another great ca web design tool.
Sarah
http://www.designvitality.com/irvine-web-design-anaheim/ - K3lviN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://browsershots.org/ is great for browser testing across different operating systems
- Ceko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've got to give props to Crimson Editor. That plus WinSCP (when available) makes programming websites ridiculously easy. The only thing I don't like is that you can't reorder the tabs on the top, but there's probably a mod somewhere that lets me do that.
The link is http://crimsoneditor.com/ if you're interested, I went from Notepad++ to this and they're pretty similar, with Crimson edging it out with its customizability (with syntax highlighting) and feature list.
Also even though I don't use a Mac we have it in the office for cross-platform desktop programming, and we have a couple yellow rubber duckies in homage to Cyberduck :) - Mith, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ok, site is now redirecting... I've learned my lesson the hard way :(
- navvvv, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1energy drinks make me want to do anything but work...
I generally choose running round the office, headbutting colleagues. - phatvolvo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Zend Studio (love it)
Symfony 1.0 (is this a tool? i'ma say yes)
TortoiseSVN (love it)
Firefox with Web Developer Toolbar (I donated to Chris Pederick!), colorZilla, MeasureIt, Firebug... etc
MultipleIEs (ie 6 and 7 in parallel)
Illustrator (vector lovin')
Photoshop (sudo cut up my images)
Notepad++ (feel the love?) - MarvelingOne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1browsershots use to be better when it didn't get as much traffic now you might not get all the screenshots you were hoping for
- rspeed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The winningest combo!
SubEthaEdit
Fireworks
CSSEdit
Transmit
Terminal
Parallels - phatvolvo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@resplence
TopStyle is good for auto formatting code. For real-time building, use Web Developer Toolbar, and press Ctrl-Shift-E. You can edit the HTML too. - drastick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1How nobody has mentioned EditPlus is beyond me
Illustrator
Photoshop
EditPlus
Color Schemer Studio
FireFox (web developer toolbar, Firebug, colorzilla, HTML Validator)
MultipleIE - qber, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Only 3 of the 6 are actual "must-have" tools. Not everyone needs an overpriced notebook to sketch ideas in when any scrap paper lying around will do. Good design isn't always dependent on an energy drink, and some people prefer to work in silence as they find music distracting. Would have been much more relevant if he had maybe included his image manipulation program or HTML/CSS editor of choice instead.
- Davidofff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Who the hell is digging this crap?
Anyone involved in webdev should be born knowing that firebug and chris pederick's toolbar are the best. -
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