Design Software - not coding related.

[GhostPig]

Hi all,

Basically, what I want is something that will quickly allow me to prepare a graphical demo of what I would like a page to look like - without having to bother with the code until I've agreed on a layout with the person whose site it is.

Is there a quick and easy page designer that would allow this? Even things like Dreamweaver don't always give me what I want, and I'd really like to just spend as little time as possible putting these together.

Cheers

[justgowithit]

Have you looked at laying out page designs with Photoshop. It's not really quick and easy to learn but you can get proficient enough to make page layouts fairly quickly.

[Marshall]

You can also try MS Publisher, or even WORD.

Marshall

[jtara]

A pencil and paper.

If you want to get fancy, a bunch of fancy colored pencils.

If you are brave and confident - felt-tip markers or rollerballs.

[mack]

To be honest any WYSIWYG editor such as Frontpage or Dreamweaver will enable you to do this. Then the final touches and code cleanup will be done by the end designers.

Mack.

[Marshall]

A pencil and paper

Do they still make those things? :)

Marshall

[mack]

Do they still make those things

yea, you can get them online lol

Mack.

[vincevincevince]

A pencil and paper.

I can't design but when I've tried through using the aforementioned electronically-challenged system I've produced by far my best output. I've drawn first, then redrawn, then drawn again... finally I've put it into HTML.

For software - Inkscape is very responsive once you've got used to the shortcuts. You can really express yourself in vector form. If you can't really get used to vectors - then use The Gimp.

[Mr Bo Jangles]

I agree - an art pad (plain unruled paper) and pentel pens - fine black ink and maybe other colors. It's fast, and easy.

[justgowithit]

A pencil and paper.

Huh? I don't get it...? ;)

I would often try to brainstorm via pad/pencil but found that I was quicker with PS. With the capability of graphics software now-a-days the pad/pencil is too limiting even for playing around.

Pad and pencils are great for lists and rough drafts of text.

[KCook]

How about a DeskTopPublishing program? Many of these will now output HTML pages. I've been using Serif's Page Plus (sometimes sold as Page Designer Pro). About as quick and easy as you can hope for.

Kelly Cook