As mentioned in a previous post I am new to web development, but have created simple sites with some graphics , ad’s etc. using Network Solutions web building software and also CC HTML editor. Now to move on…..

I understand the concept of CSS code but no clue on how to create or integrate into new more advanced looking sites I wish to create. When using a theme template and Website Project I get CSS and JS code, so for now it is the way to go.

I purchased all 29 CC programs and would like to know how some of the specific web building programs fit together.

I am using the HTML editor / Visual Editor to build the basic pages. Would I use visual site designer with the HTML editor? Or do they have independent functions depending on what the developer wishes to use. It seems to me the HTML editor has all that is needed.

Now I wish to add Menus / buttons. Would I use the flash menu builder the code and manually copy code to my html page? Or can it be called from within the HTML editor ?

Finally, I have reviewed all the visual tutorials relating to the overview and basics of all the products. Is there any that bring related CC site building software together? Example: HTML editor creating a project, then pages, then inserting menus along with a photo gallery. It seems they are all independent, but how to move into my project and also do they create CSS / JS in folders that I can add to my project.

You can integrate different CC software together. I work with html editor where you can create both your css document as well as your html document. You can easly integrate the form builder forms in your html document by just copy/pasting the form builder code from the html file the form builder creates. The same goes for the picture gallery you created with the CC software. As for the other software I am sure other people can add more information.

Hope this helps

Thanks ad99wd, all help at this point is grateful.

Over the last few hours I experimented with a few things that helped me understand CSS better. I downloaded from my current host my web folder that I built using Network Solutions builder. I then created a project with it. The style.css file was my style/theme the java scripts and .css file were in a folder call scripts. All but on which was style.css. I see that CC themes bring a JS and a CS folder. I guess just different ways to organize. I don’t think for now I am going to worry about creating custom css. I will use available themes.

I found the answer a few posts down about adding other CC programs to the HTML editor. I guess I need to poke around other threads before asking questions. But sometimes I am not sure how to use the correct terms for the search. Enger Eik helped with that one.

I still have a few open questions above, but will scan threads to see what I come up with. I did see another menus software for free on the CC free stuff called DHTML Menu builder 2.2 is that better than Flash Menu builder ?

I have used the DHTML menu and like what it does. You must remember that it is JavaScript and some people disable JavaScript. I mostly solved that problem by putting a set of standard <a> </a> tags in the footer of my pages. Then I informed that the menu was not visible at the top, so I added the footer menu to the top and hid it with JavaScript. Now if JavaScript is working, the DHTML menu shows and if JavaScript is not working the link I have in the footer are duplicated at the top.

Now I am working on using the HTML Editor built-in CSS Menu. It will do everything the DHTML menu will do and is search engine friendly.

I know the search engines are making headway on searching flash objects, and that is what the Flash Menu Builder is all about (using flash). If search engines are important to you, I think the CSS menu is best.

You may find that there are advocates for several different menu options, including some that are not made by CoffeeCup.

i think the topic name is wrong what you are doing is building static sites , web development for which i havent seen any cc tools, is much more complex and use for example a myslq database backend for data management and a php / html / css front end for the user, and true you can do amazing thing with your menus via css.