Pocket Frontpage and Publisher

[JustinGTP]

Hello everyone!

I would like to know if I can get Pocket Frontpage and Pocket Publisher for Windows Mobile 2003 OS. I could really use the frontpage that was available when the Jornadas were the "thing"

Can anyone help me?

Thanks,

Justin.

[qmrq]

I really cannot put into words how much I hate Front Page...

Friendly advice from me is to get a good text editor, check out http://www.w3c.org/Markup/ and http://www.w3c.org/Style/CSS/, then do everything from scratch. :)

[JustinGTP]

:nonono:

I wanted to know whether or not I can get it for my ppc, you can start another thread to discuss how badly you hate Frontpage. I need it on my ppc for school work.

Justin.

[qmrq]

I don't believe you can get FrontPage for PPC.

Also, you say you "need" it.. why do you "need" it, if I may ask.

[dean_shan]

Some one asked the same question (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17644) earlier today.

IgtEditor (http://download.com.com/3000-2178-10194214.html?tag=lst-0-5) is what I use on my PPC. It is a freeware app that you can code on. It is very nice and has some time saving tools in it.

[ledpocket]

As far as I know, there are no ppc equivalents to frontpage or publisher.

You could investigate using terminal services to access them in a client/server method either at school or at home, if they are that critical.

I was searching for a wysiwyg html app a while back, and came up empty. There are text editors, as mentioned above, with some coding tools built in, but that's the closest I think you'll get at this time.

[dean_shan]

I think that it would be close to impossible to make a good web site with a WYSIWYG editor on a PPC. There is just not enough screen space. You would have to scroll all the time. Anyways I'm fine with a text editor on the ppc for quick things. As for desktop WYSIWYG I like Adobe GoLive.

[Jon Westfall]

Just out of curiosity - I don't use Pocket Word much - does it have the ability to open HTML files like its big brother on the desktop? I've never tried - figured someone who uses word might know.

As far as the frontpage debate goes, I'll admit that I've used FP since 1997, but not exclusively. I don't believe any decent web designer can rely on only one product. My arsenal includes FP, Dreamweaver, CodeCharge (Anyone use that product / know that product here?), Photoshop, and even notepad. FP is nice to quickly put* up a web page, and for allowing multiple designers to work on one project. The newest versions don't muck up your HTML as badly as the previous ones had. I absolutly don't recommend scratch HTML writing - some things (such as tables) are a nightmare to do by hand. I guess the point of my rant isn't to endorse full WYSIWYG or full HTML-by-Hand but to point out that most web designers take my approach and have a very full bag of tricks for whatever the situation calls for.

Back to the topic - Honda_Civic_Si - what do you plan on using Frontpage & Publisher on your handheld for? Perhaps other utilities could do similar. Honestly I can't see you creating publisher documents on the fly, so if all you need to do is view them, perhaps convert them to PDF for viewing on the go.

* initially I had "throw up a webpage" but then considered all the times I'd seen really HORRIBLE FP sites that look like something had vomitted them onto the internet, and changed my wording.

[dean_shan]

I guess the point of my rant isn't to endorse full WYSIWYG or full HTML-by-Hand but to point out that most web designers take my approach and have a very full bag of tricks for whatever the situation calls for.


That is true. WYSIWYGs make table making a much faster job. As for CodeCharge what is that?

[Jon Westfall]

Codecharge is an awesome tool for rapidly generating database-driven websites. It hooks into a variety of backend databases and generates the code for you depending on what you want various pages to display (i.e. grids, records, search results, even user authentication). Its at www.codecharge.com.

[dean_shan]

Note Tab (http://www.notetab.com/) is the program I use to handcode (besides Notepad). It is nice and not expensive at all.

[ledpocket]

If you can believe it, I have designed all of my webpages in either word or excel using "save as webpage" (corpoarate website, 2 company intranet sites, and 2 personal sites, pie homepage).

They are decent beginner tools.

Obviously, they aren't very complex or flashy sites, but they work.

[dean_shan]

If you can believe it, I have designed all of my webpages in either word or excel using "save as webpage" (corpoarate website, 2 company intranet sites, and 2 personal sites, pie homepage).

They are decent beginner tools.

Obviously, they aren't very complex or flashy sites, but they work.

<rant>
Ugg, how can you stand that? I hate the save as funtion. It does a bad job writing the code and it is a pain to modifiy is as well. They might as well take that funtion out.
</rant>

My $.02

[ledpocket]

code?

8O

Seriously, I am less than a beginner when it comes to coding html. Access and excel (vb) I am a late stage beginner. VCR's - starting to really get the hang of.

[dean_shan]

VCR's - starting to really get the hang of.

VCR? Those things are going out. DVD is the thing now. :wink:

[Jon Westfall]

Ok, just thinking...

1) Not all webpages designed in pure HTML look good.
2) Not all webpages designed in Excel/Word look bad.
3) Nobody besides web designers look at the HTML code of a page, so who cares how garbled MS makes it look from a internet user standpoint.

And I still own a VCR, just have it packed up in a box right now for when I plan on moving in 10 years....

Oh, and Dean - how much space does note tab take up? Sounds like a nice tool.

[dean_shan]

Oh, and Dean - how much space does note tab take up? Sounds like a nice tool.

Note Tab is a real small program. Doesn't take up much space at all. They have 3 versions, a freeware one, a $5 one, and a $20 one. I have only used the freeware one but I am considering buying one of the full versions.