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changintimes
11-15-2007, 03:46 PM
i have Expression Web, but i am about to start work on a website that requires PHP, as opposed to Expression Web's ASP capabilities,

i do not have Dreamweaver, how good is Nvu for PHP development ?
ryanbutler
11-15-2007, 03:59 PM
Not a clue regarding NVU, but I use either:

PS Pad:

http://www.pspad.com

or

PHP Designer

http://www.mpsoftware.dk/phpdesigner.php

It's free for personal use. I like both of these because it has syntax highlighting which is extremely helpful when programming in languages with C syntax, such as PHP.
changintimes
11-15-2007, 06:31 PM
i used to know some PHP basics awhile ago, is it difficult to learn ? i need it for a project i am about to begin,

you say free for personal use, but is voluteer work considered personal ??
ryanbutler
11-16-2007, 09:04 AM
is it difficult to learn ?

Not terribly.

you say free for personal use, but is voluteer work considered personal ??

Look on their website, it probably states what's deemed as personal use.
Compguy Pete
11-21-2007, 01:49 AM
i'm just this week giving nvu a shot .

Because of DW's cost hopefully this could solve A couple client issues. Those who want to update their own site text.
ryanbutler
11-21-2007, 11:01 AM
I have a feeling your clients aren't going to like NVU either. Let me try Contribute or set them up with a CMS solution such as Drupal.
changintimes
11-21-2007, 05:26 PM
i looked CMS and Drupal up on wiki, sounds like a kind of adware system to me, maybe ??
ryanbutler
11-22-2007, 10:40 AM
No, Drupal is an open source content mgmt solution that your end-users can use to easily update their web pages inside their website. However, it does look like Drupal has a fairly high learning curve.
changintimes
11-23-2007, 05:15 PM
so would you suggest another CMS that's not as difficult to learn ?
bathurst_guy
11-23-2007, 11:59 PM
Personally I don't like NVU but I only used it a couple of times. It just kept adding heaps of crap code to my pages which annoyed me. Although I didn't even look to see if I could turn it off.
ryanbutler
11-24-2007, 03:24 PM
so would you suggest another CMS that's not as difficult to learn ?

Any good CMS is going to take a while to learn. You either take the time now to learn it or you fool around with a solution that doesn't meet your needs. I've been looking at Drupal for my employer but I haven't had a chance to dive into the documentation.