095 – Software for Everyday WordPress Users
Today’s episode is a little different than most. Today I had multiple guests on the show to share with us what software they use everyday to create WordPress websites.
I asked everyone the same questions and you can find their answers and links to the things that they use below. Enjoy learning the software for everyday WordPress users.
Chad Warner
Website: OptimWise.com | Twitter: @warnerchad
Computer OS: Windows
HTML, CSS, PHP Editor: NotePad++, Aptana Studio
FTP Clients: FireFTP
Photo Editor: Paint.net, Inkscape
Web Browser: Firefox
Productivity Tools: GTD, http://pomodorotechnique.com/, GTasks
Ann Marie Gill
Website: CascadeValleyDesigns.com | Twitter: @CascadeVDesigns
Computer OS: Windows
HTML, CSS, PHP Editor: Dreamweaver, Stylizer
FTP Clients: Dreamweaver
Photo Editor: Photoshop
Web Browser: Chrome
Productivity Tools: WorkFlowy, Basecamp
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Adam Silver
Website: silverliningproductions.net | Twitter: @heyadamsilver
Computer OS:Mac OS
HTML, CSS, PHP Editor: Headway, Text Wrangler
FTP Clients: Cyber Duck
Photo Editor: Aperture, Photoshop,Fusion (for Windows)
Productivity Tools: OmniFocus, iCal, Evernote
Stephen Cross
StephenCross.com, ParallxInfoTech.com | Twitter: @stephencross
Computer OS:Mac OS
HTML, CSS, PHP Editor: BBEdit
FTP Clients: Transmit
Photo Editor: Photoshop
Web Browser: Chrome
Productivity Tools: Basecamp, OmniFocus
Adam mentioned using a different browser to sign into different accounts. In Chrome, you can use Incognito mode to log in with different accounts within the same browser. (http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95464).
Sep 26, 2012Hey Chad.. yeah.. could do that I suppose! To easy! 😉
Sep 26, 2012@Adam Silver Yea, that would definitely be too easy 🙂 That’s why I don’t do it either, lol!
Sep 27, 2012Like @CascadeVDesign, I use Dreamweaver but mostly because it has the only acceptable FTP engine of any Web development tool. I love, and even bought, Coda 2 (for Mac), but I cant use it because its FTP engine is too primitive. If someone else makes changes to files that I need to sync up, Coda 2 cant figure out which files someone else changed. DW handles it easily. Shame, because I love everything else about Coda 2 better.
Sep 26, 2012@forresttanaka Wow Forrest! I don’t think I’ve met anyone who owns Coda 2 that still prefers Dreamweaver! You have to use whichever tool works best for you to be most efficient!
Sep 27, 2012I really liked the interview format of this episode. It’s great to learn what tools and processes others use in their web design/dev businesses.
Sep 26, 2012@warnerchad Thanks Chad! It was great having you on. I’m seriously considering doing it again with 4 new people 🙂
Sep 27, 2012@dhartzler10 @warnerchad I’ll sign up for that 🙂
Sep 27, 2012@JoshuaWRivers @dhartzler10 @warnerchad meaning you’ll listen or you want to be on the show?
Sep 28, 2012@dhartzler10 @JoshuaWRivers @warnerchad Both. Most of mine are “primitive” compared to some mentioned on the show, but it may help others that are just starting.
Sep 28, 2012Wow Dustin, you have been one busy guy getting this episode up this week – packed full of helpful information. Thanks for chatting with me. Great idea for a podcast. It’s amazing how many tools there are available to us as web developers/project managers. It was fun to hear what everyone else is using. Can’t wait to hear about what you use in a future episode.
Sep 26, 2012@CascadeVDesigns Definitely! Once I locked in a time to record with @Adam Silver I knew I could get it out this week!
Sep 27, 2012Dustin, that was my favorite episode to date. I’m excited to start trying all the new tools I learned about, especially inkscape, google tasks, hexadecimal color finder and the Pomodoro method. Keep up the great work! BTW, what are the “pts” next to the commenters’ names?
Sep 28, 2012@QuietCuisine I’m so glad you enjoyed the show, I had a lot of fun recording it! The numbers next to your name represent how many likes you’ve received on comments. You automatically get 5 for signing up with LiveFyre. That’s why I like almost everyone’s comment 🙂
Sep 28, 2012I love how the two people on PC felt the need to qualify why they are on PC. LOL I love my PC and my droid!!
Oct 3, 2012@Brian Wallace I guess it’s peer pressure; Macs are predominant at the web design meetups I attend, and are heavily featured on the web shows and podcasts I subscribe to. It’s almost accepted that web professionals use Macs. I actually like Windows 7; it does everything I need in a PC OS. Like you, I have an Android phone, and it works well too.
Oct 3, 2012@Brian Wallace Haha! I didn’t ever realize that 🙂 Definitely peer pressure, ha!
Oct 4, 2012Thanks great show
Nov 1, 2012@enezar What software do you use?
Nov 1, 2012Hi I am a Windows & Android user I use Artisteer 4 for my themes, Notepad++ for quick html editing, Microsoft WebMatrix for testing and demo’s most of my work I do online so I use firefox & chrome with addons like SEO quake Web Dev tools. I also do alot of updating and editing using my Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and the WordPress app, Ps Touch, Control Panel and Evernote
Nov 4, 2012