Re: CHAT: Finally! My conlang is now up on the Web...

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>I do all my stuff in Homesite.  It has all the simplicity of notepad --
>ie,
>no unwanted formating -- but allows me to insert my HTML tags at the click
>of a button.   It also has some wonderful search-and-replace features that
>are much faster and allow me to be more specific than anything provided
>for
>by any of the WYSIWYG programs. (A couple months ago I reformatted more
>than 3000 individual lines in under 6 minutes!)
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>That's another thing Homesite does: it has tabs on the screen to toggle
>between text, browser, and WYSIWYG modes, so you don't need to have
>another
>program loaded.
I think I may have to check this program out. I use composer because it's
pretty simple to use.
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>Once you are familiar with the HTML code, doing tables by hand is faster
>than in Word and easier to edit (ie, new cells, rows, columns, different
>formats in individual cells, etc).
I dont know, using word to do the tables was pretty easy. just draw up the
basic design, then used the draw table option to draw it all out.
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>I generally don't use any background for the main part of the content, and
>only simple coloring for the less important parts - like the top of the
>page.
Well, my pages on Saalangal have a simple geometric design for the back
ground that is a few shades lighter than the rest of the background. It's
noticeable, but gives a little visual interest. Other than that, I dont
have any images. The main page is a solid color.
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>Hmm. My computer is right on my desk, and I only shut it down when I go to
>sleep, so calling up the entry in the database is just as quick as looking
>it up by hand.
True, it's easy to call things up fromt he database, but my computer is a
3 year old relic (doesnt even have USB ports, and just 1.86 GB of space),
so it's often slow, especially if I have several of my pages open and I am
trying to do a translation.
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>I do that too. Scraps of paper don't last long in my "filing system" so
>they have to be input into the computer very quickly. I've lost a couple
>nice words by not being fast enough. :(

I have no filing system :). I write things down, then they get lost with
all the other papers i have in my room ;). Also, I save trees and space by
using my computer to store everything.
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