margaux25

Just to get back to you also, because I'm new to the forum, there is a section on the forum directed toward dreamweaver and we can look at what they have to say. Someone said, which I think is a good point. If you want to work for a company, or get a job working for someone else, they most likely want you to know dreamweaver. I do see frequently in job postings, dreameaver experience needed. As far as freelancing, learning code is what's most important. Editors, do not make the webmaster.

I didn't think that sounded like spam at all. I have NVU loaded on my computer but haven't had the time to learn it. I had dreamweaver in the past, but when XP (i know that was awhile ago) came out my copy of dreamweaver did not upgrade. I wasn't doing web design during this period, so I didn't have to make a decision. Now that I'm building websites again, there are so many other options for doing web design. I currently do alot of sites on wordpress, but sometimes I need to build something from scratch. I talked to tech support and there are no upgrades for my version. 600.00 is alot of money to spend for some of us, and I took it as the other person does not have a copy yet. What I liked about dreamweaver was I could load all my templates in there, and use them in the future making my production go alot faster. I haven't found anything that gave me that feature, and I've been wondering if I need to invest in dreamweaver again if I'm going to be working full time as a web designer. Dreamweaver has a huge learning curve, and as the newer versions came out, it got harder and harder to learn, with hardly any tech support without payment. So, I also, would like to know if anyone has compared the two, and if they prefer one or the other. Thanks

Again, it comes down to if you asked for a custom design. Using themes or templates is usually an acceptable practice for building websites. Even if he used a theme it takes alot of research to find the correct theme for the client, and to put it all togeather. Is it a content site. Were there articles written by you or the designer? 1500. is about right for a website, that maybe takes about three weeks worth of work. Are there any records of how many hours were put into building the site? Are there tons of links and pages and catagories that had to be done by hand? If you already know how to use themes or templates, and you could have put that togeather yourself, you could have saved a bundle. So, I'm figuring that you thought it was going to be a custom layout. Your customers surely are not going to know that it's a theme. It's the content that your customers are coming to see. How much aggravation is it going to take, to start all over with another designer?