Ideas about making money

Another problem that I started running into was that when I would just write a simple page it was no problem when the page started getting a little larger and I started copy and pasting and moving things around on several pages I would lost track of the tags and I would end up with extras on some pages and missing some closing tags on other pages.

At first I just got a program that would run error checks called  CSE html validator lite V3.5, from www.download.com it is a free program that will give you a list of the errors in your html code.

That solved my missing tag problem, but I am not happy with the process itself.

I have been looking at different CMS systems for publishing web pages but they are all either:

• too complicated
• don't work
• way too expensive
• take to long to learn how to use
• don't write pages in the style I want

My style requirements are:

• don't change the size of the font (too small)
• don't change the color of links
• make the page adjust to the window size

I don't think this is too much to ask, but it's not that easy to find a program to do all this.

I thought PostNuke was not a bad option, and if I had spent some more time working on it I think it might have done more of the things I wanted.

But I keep coming back to the fact that I can use note pad and put in a link to a page in about 15 seconds or so. Now if I spend 5 hours trying to learn PostNuke how many links will I have have it put in to justify the time spent.

And most of the programs I have tried to use I found out that it actually ended up taking more time to run the program and just do all the things that were required to generate a web page and note pad was a lot faster.

Note Pad has two major problems.

1. to make a change you sometimes have to load each file.
2. loading each file and keeping track of the files is not easy.

If your working on a web site that has 15 pages and you want to make a change to your menu on each page, then all 15 pages have to be loaded in and the changes made. 

This starts taking more and more time as the size of your web site increases.

My solution to this problem was to go back to download.com and find another program this one called seRapid it will search though all the files in a directory and make changes to all the files.

The first time I used the program I backed up all my files in a subdirectory then ran the changes I wanted to make. I then found out that it not only changes all the files in the directory your working on but all subdirectories also.

Fortunately the changes I made were good ones but you want to make sure you have some good backups before you use any program like this.

This was working ok, but I always want something better so I went back to download.com and kept trying different programs until I found something.

PageBreeze HTML Editor

I downloaded PageBreeze HTML Editor and it was really fantastic.

You can start using it immediately, no learning curve to slow you down.

The WYSIWYG feature is really nice, but the best part is the file window on the left side of the screen.

You have a list of all your files and just double click on one and it pop into the editor, double click on the next one and now it's in the editor.

This really saves a lot of time over note pad, and you can keep track of where you are very easily.

Another feature that is really great is that when you forget to close a tag it just adds the closing tag for you.

I can't understand why all programs don't do this, I mean if you know there is a mistake then just fix the dang thing. don't make me run some other piece of software to find out where it is.

So now I think I am happy with the way I am making these web pages... for now anyway.

March 14, 2005

I have been using PageBreeze for a month now, I am glad I put the date on my last post so I can see when I got it.

It looks like after a month the program goes into a nag mode, they advertise no nag screen, which is technically true.

There is a large banner at the bottom that flashes while you are trying to look at your text.

The other annoying thing it does is resizes your screen everytime you run the program. It changes to full screen then when you change it back it resizes your window to a very tiny window.

The program is set to over ride your windows settings each time, I guess to make their nag banner as large as possible.

I am really dissappointed in this program, I was really close to buying the pro version, but it is really hard for me to spend money on a program that has soooo many bugs in it.

I have lost several pages that I had to retype because of what I call their auto delete feature.

The program will delete your entire page if you use their tab to change the title or the keywords, I think it has to do with their position in your code to start with.

Also the spelling checker only works about 3 out of 4 times, which I could live with for free, but I can't pay money for bad programming like this.

My assessment after a month is that this is a great free program, but it's not worth paying any money for.

April 15, 2005

• Money Making Web Site

  My first thoughts were to figure out how to write web pages and try to make money selling web sites or free lance programming for people who want to set up a site on the internet. Feb 5, 2005

• PostNuke CMS

  not that hard to set up, looks like a useful piece of software.