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I don't necessarily disagree with everything you've said. I also haven't dug into the code your tool generates, but I've yet to see such a tool create great code. iWeb was nasty awful, for example. That thinking has killed multiple website bu…
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Not that I'm a fan of Wix/Weebly, but aren't they CMS systems? I think that distinction is important to keep in mind. While it is possible to create static web pages that outperform a CMS (and thus, maybe a good reason to do so for some applica…
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Maybe a compromise between the two approaches would work; when selecting another device layout, maybe Sparkle could "ballpark" position and scale existing elements with an easy way for me to tweak them to my liking, rather than me having to essent…
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fastasleep said: lorin schultz said:One of the things that attracted me to it was I thought it would automagically reformat the site I created for computer screens to one optimized for tablets and phones. I don't know why I thought it wou…
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leehamm said: jdw said: Great article. Please also do an article on Blocs, which from what I've seen is even easier to use than Sparkle for creating responsive websites. For now, I'm still using SoftPress Freeway Pro 7. It's not eas…
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Building a website in iWeb, Sparkle, or even Dreamweaver is just setting up a future mess to be fixed. If you aren't a web designer, then just setup a SqureSpace account, or establish a blog on one of the many 'free' services. Agree to disagree?…
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leehamm said: At these prices, I'd expect the free version to at least work. You know, important stuff like links between pages. The free version allows you three pages on one site...and you can't link them together? FFS. I'm not sure why…
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volcan said: WYSIWYG website builder apps have always been crap and probably always will be, especially now since modern websites commonly use things like include files, scripting environments such as PHP, Javascript frameworks, database conn…
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SpamSandwich said: If a person wants to avoid nearly all of the pitfalls of coming to web site design from a no-experience point of view, I'd recommend Blogger.com. Free and pretty easy to set up something very basic. Blogger has canned templ…
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grifmx said: Hype is better and cheaper Also not really in the same space as Sparkle? Hype is primarily an animation package like Flash was. Sparkle generates entire websites, with all the implications (optimizing code and images across th…
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dewme said: I'm curious how Sparkle directly compares to online authoring tools and hosting services like Wix and Weebly? Both Wix and Weebly are free web based tools and have a free hosting tier inside their domain. The free layers have some…