Hi All,
My main focus is content & business rather than web design or development, so I intend to use good tools where possible to save time building my site - eg DreamWeaver.
2 tools I intend to purchase this week are builders for Menus and for CSS. I'd appreciate any advice or experience you folks can share about these. My research so far has led me to:
CSS
Style Master is my #1 choice, but nobody seems to be familiar with it.
TopStyle Pro is my #2, and seems to be everyone else's only choice. It does have the advantage of integration with DreamWeaver.
Menu
I really like the look of
AllWebMenus, but I'm told the links are generated completely within the script and so would be inaccessible to search engines and people with disabilities, eg braille browsers.
MenuMagic might be the best alternative - again, this product integrates with DreamWeaver.
Within reason, price is not an issue - getting the best tool for months/years of work is far more important.
My main requirements for the CSS Builder are:
- Accuracy, + ability to specify which browsers & standards I want to support
- Preview facility so I can mess around with alternatives quickly
- Help re available attributes & values would be very nice, but not crucial
- CSS management - I envisage using 2+ sheets on many pages
For the Menu builder:
- Compatible with Search Engines, disabilities, W3C standards
- Easy preview ability
- Nested sub-levels, 3-4 levels deep
- Use text links - images not required
- Usable with handheld, mobile and wireless devices
- Capable of 2+ separate menus on a page - ie 'main' menus
Both tools need to behave well with DreamWeaver templates, library items and layers.
Thanks
