As a web developer, I always find ways to do my coding and designing in a comfy and flexible development tool like Dreamweaver. But sometimes, companies require to do the development of websites in a Linux environment, not in Windows. But no more worries because there is an open-source tool that will help web developers ease this problem. Itś name is Nvu.
A complete Web Authoring System for Linux Desktop, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users to rival programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver. Nvu (pronounced N-view, for a “new view”) makes managing a web site a snap. Now …read more

Don’t check your spell check, I did say “Prodcasts”. It’s a new term coined for a productivity podcast by Shawn Murray. Not sure I like the term, let’s just call it what it is, an interview delivered in MP3 or WMA format that can be enjoyed from your computer or portable media device.
All that aside though, if you’re interested in learning more about the functionality of Office, but don’t have time to sit and read, this may just be the thing for you.
There are lots of topics now available, check the list out at the The IW Center, A community …read more

First there was Clip Art, then Word Art, and your good ‘ol Word Diagrams. With the Office 2007 release, there’s a new sibling to the fold called, Smart Art.
David Gainer has a great post that introduces all the details and specifics of SmartArt and it’s goals. I’m just not sure how worked up I get about it. I personally abhor Clip Art, unless you take it and greatly modify and combine it with other items in a graphics program so it doesn’t look so much like clip art anymore.
I’ve used some of the diagram stuff in Word and PowerPoint, but …read more

I recently used an Office Live Beta invite that I had and tested out the waters. I’ve been playing around with it now for about a week. The experience has been pretty good so far, and I setup and registered for a free domain and hosting package. I’ve been pleased with the features I’ve seen so far and used. The simple fact that a small business could register a domain and get free hosting is a great asset to them.
The full features of the subscription option I chose are:

A company domain name
A hosted Web site with 30MB of storage
Five free …read more

Rob Mauceri shares about the potential capabilities with Micrsoft SharePoint Server (WSS) and integration with FrontPage 12. This interests me for obvious reasons with my web interests in general. One thing that stood out for me was this:
The SharePoint Portal Server is an example of a large collaborative web application that is built on top of WSS, and we recently shipped a set of 30 simple application templates for collaborating on WSS for things like project tracking, equipment and room reservations, or managing marketing campaigns.
Being able to easily build some web-applications with FrontPage12 and SharePoint may be something I need …read more

Was reading an old post about the developments of the Frontpage 12 application. The post itself is really old, it’s from October 23, 2005.
There was one paragraph that just got me to thinking about something, web standards.
Another trend we’ve seen is that the desire to build web sites around web standards, specifically the use of XHTML and CSS has increased dramatically in the last few years (refer to the IE team’s blog for discussion about IE’s improving support for standards). There are several reasons driving this, but certainly the desire to support a range of browsers and platforms, a variety …read more