website layout rapid development?

[slavik]

Is there anything that allows quick mock up of a site design/layout? (I am guessing something with WYSIWYG HTML design?)

Pardon the web dev noobness :)

[LaRoza]

You mean for visual representation or in code?

You can use the time proven technique of drawing and sketching, which never fails.

For code, I am hesitant to recommend any WYSIWYG editor, as the code will likely be unusable.

I keep my own templates for rapid layouts, and refine later.

[slavik]

visual stuff ...

hmm, drawing ... :-\ (I completely suck at visual design :P)

[LaRoza]

visual stuff ...

hmm, drawing ... :-\ (I completely suck at visual design :P)

It is easier for web design, as you don't have to be precise. You can get a way with a lot on paper.

If that fails, a simple paint program can help.

Typically, I just take one of my style sheets and tweak it a bit.

Learning CSS shouldn't be hard for you. (You can do all that cool stuff in Perl...)

[slavik]

I am actually more interested in placement of things ... (I've dabbed a little with php/css/javascript)

[Wybiral]

If you just want a simple layout editor that can generate HTML, OpenOffice Writer (the word processor) might work. I haven't tried it for HTML so I can't vouch for the quality of markup it generates, but I occasionally use it for PDFs and it works pretty well.

[LaRoza]

If you just want a simple layout editor that can generate HTML, OpenOffice Writer (the word processor) might work. I haven't tried it for HTML so I can't vouch for the quality of markup it generates, but I occasionally use it for PDFs and it works pretty well.

Not much. A blank page is not even close to being worthwhile markup.

[Balazs_noob]

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