I chose Dreamweaver, since it's the only HTML/CSS editing tool I use. But my favorite web design tool is still my trusty ol' pen and paper. You know, many so-called web-designers have no idea of what DESIGN is all about : thorough investigation, case studies, and, what is most important, ART.

i use Macromedia Dreamweaver for HTML editing

Macromedia Flash / Electric Rain Swift3D for flash / 3D integration in flash content

Macromedia Fireworks / Adobe Photoshop for creating web layouts and web graphics

Corel 11 for illustrations / logos / quality printwork

DzSoft PHP Editor - for php coding / editing / testing

Other softwares for specific work (sound editing / sound mixing work, 3D stuff (3dsmax + brazil))
and of course.. inspiration

FiveseveN,
I completely agree with you, a web design should start with pen and paper or if you are adept at using a tool like visio or even word, you should do a layout and plan where the contents go before actually starting to code in dreamweaver or whatever. I had this web design process chart flow I created at University many years back, I will post it one of this day if I find it in the hope that it will help some novice.

Whaooooo Novocaine,
You seem to have all the kits. I am not really a web designer this days but in my web design days I do hand coding using Text Pad and I some time use Homesite. ( I wonder if homesite still exist).

BTW Novocaine I saw you tread on needing PHP web hosting, if you are desperate for quality web space you may be able to barter some of your service for web space. You can choose a web hosting package from here: http://www.velnet.co.uk/uk-web-hosting.html I can't think of what to ask off you in return yet.


This also gives me idea for a new forum where we can trade services ... bingo! I think I will go and create it right now!

well.. the thing is.. i "won" a 1Gb hosting with 30 Gb traffic and a lot of stuff. but i need a .com domain name.. so that is my problem for the moment. a domain name

Ummmm,
Domain name ehh? Okay I am feeling generous this evening, I will give you a domain name, what domain name would you like ?

Don't post it on this board send it to me via PM and give me you full details so that I can register it to you

Thanks

Corel Graphics for "quality printing" ?! I should say not !
Well, if you want a full list of the tools I use...

why not Corel ???? it is a professional software used by firms around the world for prints.
What do you think the newspappers in our country use??.. trust me.. it's a good software

Well Im young and new to the actual design side of things so I stick to FP because it seems easy. I have words for microsoft that out of respect for the boards I will not use, but FP is easy for the html beginner. I also have a few sites with Homestead sitebuilder LPX as it saves me TONS of time and can be tweaked quite a bit to make things work the way I want them to. I have dreamweaver but it is WAY over my head when it comes to color and such, this is why I begin design school this fall. You are all advanced compared to my design talents. Im a lot better at marketing as I worked for Wells Fargo Banks online marketing department right out of high school, this is how I decided to get into online biz.

I'll leave you all to the tough stuff. :wink: