Does anyone here host their own website?

[Ride]

Originally Posted by Dabbler

True, but seeing the vast majority of users use EI6. I would code for IE6 first and adjust for Firefox which is the only other browser which is in popular use.

The majority that use IE6 are people who don't know any other browser, it's families who aren't computer literate, use a Windows based OS that always comes with a version of IE. There are SOME people that choose IE over Firefox, and that's simply because some sites aren't coded in Frontpage/non W3C compliant, which starts the loop all over again. I can see your point, but it's a loop that people don't realise exists.

[CarBroker]

Originally Posted by RED_EL_XR8

FTP as a rule!

Yes, FTP as a rule, but beware of security issues. Most FTP clients are capable of SFTP nowadays, which is encrypted and runs over ssh so you can turn off your FTP server software and be safer! Try Filezilla or use the built-in FTP client in your editor (which should support STPF, or throw it out!)

For editing, I personally prefer editplus. Great for PHP! (and supports SFTP)

[max^power]

For a beginner, i'd still recommend dreamweaver. Using it in design mode is easy, and the resulting code, while not perfect, is still 1/4 the size of a frontpage or word produced html page. The benefit with Dreamweaver, is you can pickup bits of html and learn it.

Filezilla is a great program for BATCH FTP uploads, but for single page changes, you can't go past the ease of Dreamweaver (upload on save is a great feature). I use both, as some sites go through a testing phase, some are only minor text changes.

I may be a little biased here, as i've been using dreamweaver for a while, and know it well.