Posted By keystone on May 11, 2013
I was recently asked what equipment and software I am using for the development of this website. I generally use or make use of the following:
First lets talk software.
For web development: Adobe CS3 (particularly Dreamweaver) – I know it’s an old version but so am I… I got a legitimate package for free and splurging on 2 thousand+ dollar updates isn’t in the budget right now. I also have a large repository of scripts and add-in tools for CS3 which make things a little faster for some tasks. For search Engine work I use “Zoom Indexer”
For DB work: I use “PHP Magic Pro”, “MyPHPAdmin” and I stage data in “MS Excel” and “MS Access” before importing to SQL. I also keep track of some content/data in “MS OneNote”.
For Web Captures: I use “Inspyder web2disk” and “SnagIt 8”.
For graphics: I use “Photoshop”, “MS Picture Manager”, “3D Box Shot” and “Fireworks” (once in a while).
For file management: I use “Windows Explorer”, “Richcopy 4”, “Bulk Rename Utility”, “DupDetector” and “PaperPort”
For project management: I use MS Project to track tasks and to-do’s. Visio to diagram pages and relationships (internal links). MS One Note for web dev tips, scripts and how-to notes.
For article / content writing: I use MS Word. Although I don’t use Word to author content in HTML. Word builds real dirty code and stuff it full on extraneous crap that is unnecessary. After composing the content I cut and paste into Dreamweaver as unformatted text then I format it. I also have a Word add-in to save files at PDFs when I need to. I also have Adobe Acrobat Pro.
MS Onenote, excel, word, etc… are all part of MS Office Pro. Project and Visio are sepreate. I managed to get MS Office Pro, Project and Visio through a HUP (Home Use Program) via where I work for under 30 bucks.
For scanning: I use HP’s software and I also use Paperport.
For Backups: My sever automatically backs up my PC and has RAID for data drive protection. Otherwise, I generally just write backups to CD/DVDs with “Nero” or drag-n-drop through XP.
Operating System: Linux rules but… For this type of work, I prefer Windows XP but will more than likely be forced to move to Win 9 by the time it becomes available because XP support will have been stopped by Microsoft. Win 7 is OK but still has printer drive issues that bite me. I don’t like win 8. We bought the kids laptops last Christmas and they came with it pre-loaded. Even MS has backed off of 8 and admitted grievous errors.
For Computing Hardware… I’m a IT geek professionally…
I have a custom built PC, with a 24″ flat screen, a 27″ flat screen and a 19″ CRT. A home network with an HP Server, hardware/software firewall, 24 pt (full gig fabric) Router, etc. For imaging I have a digital microscope bought new on eBay, a HP 8390 work-group scanner (dual head ADF scans both sides in one pass) which was bought used on eBay and a HP 7525 Multi-Fiunction Machine (scan, print, fax, copy). I also have UPS (uninterruptible power supplies) on everything. For photography I use my wife’s SONY a300 Digital SLR with a variety of lenses.
For Printing: I occasionally have access to a size-E plotter at work, which is OK as long as I buy my own paper and don’t use it often. At home, I use a networked black and white HP4+ laserjet with duplexer (22 years old and still works like a charm) and a local color canon 4550 for larger paper but it needs replaced, it’s slowly dying. I’m thinking about getting an Epson R series that takes the optional 13″ rolls as I also do geneology research (family tree maker V11) and could make use of it for family tree charts.
Some of this (such as the server and UPSs) was bought when Circuit City went out of business and in the last days, they were really chopping prices down to move the products.
I talk about some of this on the website and I won’t bother going into detail on stamp equipment as I really do cover that on the website.
I hope this answers the question, if not send me a note.
Jeff
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