Do website generators and WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) programs really help?

I suppose this is an ongoing debate depending on the skill level of the user.

I personally am not ashamed to admit that i too started off designing my personal sites in microsoft publisher, and for a while was blissfully unaware with the problems this would cause, unaware of any such thing as browser compatibility, css and even what a div box was it was only when i was asked by a...

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