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Comparison
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An example of the page created is further down this page
| Program | Type | Advantages | Disadvantages |
| Notepad | Text Editor |
- Complete control over coding
- Able to keep file size to a minimum.
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- Not WYSIWYG
- More typing
- Flow of work interrupted by coding tags and checking in browser
- No spellchecking
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| Microsoft Word | Word Processesor |
- Familiar application
- Spellchecker
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- No control over coding
- Lack of control over exact colours
- Over-large file-size + extra folder
- Messy code
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| Microsoft FrontPage |
WYSIWYG/HTML Editor |
- Ease of use
- Spellchecker
- Familiar-style application
- Can work WYSIWYG or HTML and can preview within program
- Inbuilt FTP capability
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- Slight over-coding [if unchecked]
- Some confusing toolbar items and terminology i.e. 'webs'
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| HotDogPro 5.5 |
HTML Editor | - Complete control over coding
- Spellchecker
- Familiar-style application
- Able to keep file size to a minimum
- Inbuilt FTP capability
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Not WYSIWYGCan't preview within programSlight over-coding [if unchecked] |
Facts and Figures
| Program | File Size | Paragraphs | Lines | Words | Characters [not including Spaces] |
| Notepad | 2k + 4k image | 1 | 23 | 217 | 1,681 |
| Microsoft Word | 12k + 4k image + extra folder | 274 | 312 | 872 | 10,685 |
| FrontPage | 3k + 4k image | 54 | 61 | 286 | 2,183 |
| HotDog | 3k + 4k image | 29 | 49 | 320 | 2,112 |
This is a Web Page made using Notepad
This is an example page to test the same web page created in a variety of different web authoring packages. The idea being to identify the distinct advantages of each approach. Each page in the test batch will have the same basic elements. These are
- Coloured background and links
- A main heading
- Some different size text
- Some coloured text
- An image saved in the same folder as the document and
- A small table.
In this page I have complete control over the html coding and can design my page through a combination of writing the code in a text editor and viewing the results in a browser.
This is some larger text - 2 sizes up from the default and This is some 'size 2' text
This text should be size 6 and green
and what about some other coloured text just for fun?
This image should be 
aligned to the middle of the text
| This is the 'header' row and should span the two columns below it |
| This is column 1 of the second row | And this is column 2 |
| Row 3 - Dummy Text | Row 3 - Dummy Text |
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