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CraigL. I have tried to access NVU. Please tell me how, as I am confused. Wish they had a StartHere button. ~daniel~ It looks really promising!

I may have a few websites needing their promise of ease.

Nvu is an Open Source WYSIWYG editor, developed by the same folks who gave us Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. The project released version 1.0, then began to languish. I`m not sure where it stands at the moment, but a boatload of people really like the program. (Being Open Source it`s free to distribute.)

To download it, simply click the Download tab on their main page. Here`s the direct link. If you`re running a Mac, then choose the "Mac" version. If you`re running a PC (Windows), then choose nvu-1.0-win32-installer-full.exe - Windows full installer.

Download and run the installation as you would any downloaded shareware or freeware program. When it`s installed, simply run the program. You`ll be presented with a blank page---a new file. You can then "Open" an existing .HTML file and see it.

At the bottom are four tabs. If you want the Source Code, click on the "Source" tab. The Preview will show you within Nvu what it will look like. The HTML Tags tab shows you the tags, and the first page shows you a plain editor with only lines around areas.

The tutorial (above) is excellent, and gives the best reference manual I`ve seen for using the program. Beyond that, if you still don`t understand what`s going on, I`d suggest maybe taking another look at the whole idea of designing a Web page on your own.

The only initial confusion I had was that the "Publish" button isn`t the same as the "Browse" button. To see what your work will look like in an actual browser, you FIRST have to save the file (to some name), then click the Browse button. It will call up your default browser and render the page you`ve designed. Otherwise, just click the "Preview" tab or the "Normal" tab, and you`ll still see what you`ve got.

 

Hello Tracy,

I go along with the others accept I know better. If you did not want to be my partner it would of been easier just sending me an e-mail.

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Yours Truly, Rose M. Palinkas, secondhandroseboutique.com

thank you rose, i apologize for not emailing you.  however, by the time you had gotten back to me (seven (7) months later) i had actually forgotten what it was you were talking about.  i had to get into my mailbox to read the `sent` letter i sent you.

i am assuming by this post that it had something to do with websites and design.  seeing i am wanting to push this website hard in the next few weeks, i had to get in touch with someone who already has my 35-40,000+ items ready to market.  when this shopping cart site goes live, i will have had very little to do with it.  it is a template that others use and will be used by myself as well.  i cannot seem to get a link to it to work, to ask advice.  everyone that i have shown it to, seems to think it will do a fine job and the price is wihin my budget.  right now i do not have the time to deal with layout and design, i just need something that works well, to begin with.  based on traffic i will decide from there if this idea will fly.

the CPS site is one that has received nothing but positive feedback from everyone i have asked to view it.  UNTIL i asked the SUN community.  based on SUN`s replies, i will fix as recommended.  it will have a click thru to the shopping cart site, as i do not own that site.  if it does not work, then i will pull it and start over.  if it does what it is paid to do, then i am fine with that, (for now).

as mentioned, i welcome all advice and comments about how to change to bring a more professional looking presence to the www.continentalprintingsupplies.com site.  in the meantime once i get a better URL for the demo shopping cart site, i will repost.  until then, please critique my informational site.  and as always - thanks to all!!

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But without faith it is impossible to please him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Hebrew 11:6