Do you guys use dreamweaver or something and go from scratch, or do you use templates, or do you use the canned script based sites, such as php-nuke, etc.

Just wondering how most people get it done.

Thanks

Leah

Most of the sites I've created are relatively small scale, and I've built them from the ground up in Emacs (Unix text editor).

I've made use of the odd prewritten script, mostly phpBB.

I prefer to go from scratch, makes me feel like I did the real work myself.

Notepad all the way... (and Fireworks for images)

I have no coding skills so I tend to take a template for reference and then try to modify it enough so that it doesn't look like a template

Dreamweaver With Fireworks - Designing The Page In Fireworks And Pasting It Into Tables In Dreamweaver

I have "normal" sites and CMS powered ones. In the first category I first create the layout in Photoshop in order to be able to have a beautiful site as I'm very interested in this. I slice it and take what I need and put the coding in. In the CMS sites I install the CMS and then mod the themes. I hate default themes so I spend quite some time taking care of how it looks. CMS powered site are limiting my layout possibilities but I do all I can to have them look beautiful. I spend more time in CSS modding and image modding than I do for a normal layout i can create in 2-3 hours of Photoshop work. For the raw code work I use Crimson Editor. For the layout puzzle Dreamweaver

The idea is that I'm picky and I have high expectations from me. I've changed the layouts many time and I'm never satisfied .. I always want more and know I can do better.

I used DW and Crimson Editor.

As for CMS, nothing was satisfactory to me. So I built it from scratch.
Got some inspirations from PhpBB.

Photoshop, DW, Cold Fusion, ASP, Access, SQL Server

Notepad, UltraEdit, Pico, DreamWeaver (in code view)...

Depending on the scale of the site I usually combine Notepad to edit codes and make files such as .htaccess, Photoshop for a nice graphical and interface and Dreamweaver for putting everything together - as these normally cover all of my needs.

I code everything in Textpad.

I use Dreamweaver and handcode in Notepad. I also like using HTML Kit for handcoding because it has a nice autocomplete function that makes it a little easier. I just picked up Topstyle Pro and it is also very nice.

Kaiman

Storm King Design

I hand code using a mixture of Notepad and EditPad Lite, and use Photoshop for images.

Originally Posted by Minaki

Notepad all the way... (and Fireworks for images)

snap!...

I use Frontpage, Nvu, Notepad, PHPnotepad, PSP8, whatever else i feel like using...

I do design in Photshop and export through ImageReady. Then I use tables in Dreamweavor for layout and production.

I use photoshop and dreamweaver. I use a split view as I want confirmation that what i am doing is giving me what i want without having to save and view like you have to do in notepad. I know the code and understand it so I feel it is the best way as I can instantly see what i have done.

Just wondering how most people get it done.

Most of my projects require a lot of customization -- stuff that isn't available in php-nuke and other pre-made site scripts. So, I have to code the site from scratch. Usually using a standard set of php includes (header, footer, nag, etc). It's the only way to be sure.