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  • #46752
    David R
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    I’m another of those Mac users. ;)

    I started with TextWrangler but switched to Coda after seeing it introduced in the Podcast.
    Of course, Photoshop.
    Cyberduck for FTP
    A program called "SpamStopper" that changes a text e-mail address into Java script. It doesn’t stop all spam (some of the spam crawlers now can read the Java script addresses) but it certainly stops a lot of it.

    One thing the Podcast didn’t mention (but I saw it on a different Podcast) was a Dashboard widget that produces Lorem Ipsum text. That is really useful!

    A great Adobe Air program called "WebKuts" that can take a complete, multi-page screen shot of any website and save it as a jpg. Great for making a compilation of your favorite website designs.

    That’s about it for web design.

    #46756
    Hawke
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    Quote:
    A great Adobe Air program called "WebKuts" that can take a complete, multi-page screen shot of any website and save it as a jpg. Great for making a compilation of your favorite website designs.

    I’m not really sure to get what you mean. Could you show us an exemple :D ?

    #46758
    Flavia
    Member

    Whoo-hoo! Mac users galore! Me too! (Enough with the exclamation points already!)

    Mac (at home):
    Aptana/BBEdit (though I’m experimenting with Coda and TextMate)
    Photoshop/Illustrator
    Firebug, Web developer toolbar (I would be a lot slower without it)
    Transmit

    Win (at work):
    jEdit (just because of its customizable syntax highlighting plugin – we use HTML::Template perl Module so it’s a blessing (no perl-pun intended :D) to see all kinds of <TMPL_..> tags at once, each type (conditionals, loops, vars…) with its very own highlight style. Maybe there are other options for this, but I didn’t find them as for now)
    Aptana (for everything that’s not HTML::Template’d)
    Fireworks
    SftpDrive
    Firebug, Web developer toolbar
    Fireshot (FF plugin to take screenshots)

    plus, the most browsers I can get my hands on, with a little help from a virtual machine running Ubuntu (at work and at home) and WinXP (at home).

    Cheers!

    #46796
    Chris Coyier
    Keymaster

    Hey I saw ya’ll were talking about an application to screen capture the entire length of websites. Paparazzi! is another one of those and it works really really well!

    http://www.derailer.org/paparazzi/

    #46858
    David R
    Member
    "Hawke" wrote:
    Quote:
    A great Adobe Air program called "WebKuts" that can take a complete, multi-page screen shot of any website and save it as a jpg. Great for making a compilation of your favorite website designs.

    I’m not really sure to get what you mean. Could you show us an exemple :D ?

    Here’s the URL:
    http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/i … id=1431018

    David

    #46868
    dag
    Member

    On Windows
    ASP: Microsoft VIsual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition
    CSS: Microsoft VIsual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition, TopStyle Lite
    PHP: Notepad ++
    All graphic: Adobe Photoshop CS3,
    FTP: FIleZIlla Client
    Browser: Firefox, IE6
    Audio/Video: Windows Media Player 11
    Remote Control: Ultra VNC
    Virtual Machine: VMware (Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy, SUSE linux 10)

    #46890
    O5C4R
    Member

    photoshop cs3 and illustrator cs3 for desing,
    notepad ++ for coding,
    cute ftp for upload my files,
    app server for testing my sites locally.

    #47697
    ThinkSoJoE
    Member

    I do most of my design and coding on Linux, I’ve had problems running Photoshop through Wine, but as powerful as it is, I don’t think GIMP is really suitable as a replacement when it comes to doing the PSD to CSS type of thing. Bluefish works great as an editor for all of my coding, and I used to have a separate editor for CSS, though I forget which (but will probably re-install it when I get to work tonight).

    Anybody have any tips for linux users as far as software to use to design my mockups?

    #47741
    koewnet
    Member

    WinXP (work)

    • Notepad++[/*:m]
    • CS 1[/*:m]
    • Firefox 2 with Firebug/Web developer[/*:m]
    • IE7 with accessibility toolbar[/*:m]
    • Opera 9.0[/*:m][/list:u]

      Ubuntu (Debian) (home)

      • nano/vi[/*:m]
      • The GIMP[/*:m]
      • Firefox 2 (same as above)[/*:m]
      • IE6, IE5.5 and IE5[/*:m][/list:u]
    #92226
    districtweb
    Member

    I was wondering what the upside to using Photoshop for web design instead of Fireworks was.. specifically for wordpress theme design? I feel that Fireworks is much easier to learn than PS, but I’m not sure it’s optimal for the WordPress theming…

    #92240
    TheDoc
    Member

    Holy three year old thread…

    It has nothing to do with WordPress theming and is 100% personal preference. Personally, I use Photoshop.

    #92245
    standuncan
    Member

    Back from the dead!!!

    I use to like Fireworks and solely use it, until I learned more about Photoshop and now that is all I use. In my opinion I think Photoshop is much more powerful than Fireworks, however for some things like designing and creating simple small patterns Fireworks is much quicker/easier. Really it is all about personal preference and your abilities in each program.

    #92248
    districtweb
    Member

    Thanks @TheDoc and @standuncan for responding! I know it’s an old thread, but what can I say?

    Stan, do you know of any Fireworks video tutorials that could help me with the web design process. I know how to use the program, but I’m not sure if there are certain protocols I should follow when designing for WordPress themes? For example, specific layering or naming techniques etc for divs or layout pieces…

    #92250
    TheDoc
    Member

    Designing for a WordPress theme is no different than designing for a website built on any platform.

    #92261
    jamygolden
    Member

    I have pretty much the exact as @cnwtx – however I use Virtualbox ( A virtual machine application ) + Windows XP + Photoshop CS3 for image editing.

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