Hi monks,

I'm studing Template Toolkit and intend to build a website for monitoring system running. But I found serveral points stuck me When I get to start

1. Html code examples in Perl template toolkit are written manually. Could anybody recommand some good free Web IDE(WYSIWYG)?

2. As a SA, I are surely not familiar with Web design, how can I layout webpage? how set appropriate fonts, color and where image pictures is? Could anybody provide some free web templates so that I just modify on it but not create it from scratch.

3. Before I do some new matter in perl, I will always be dazzling about so many modules in CPAN. ;)
CGI::Application, Catalyst, Mason.... which one is the best for me? the website I will do is to monitor about 20 servers including database, app servers, and will be browsed by serveral guys(less than 10), but it still need to connect to database because I intend to requiry some system view of Oracle directly and retrieve database information running. Last, I hope it has more flexbility to extend for future.

Could you please give the insights to enlight me? Thanks in advance!

I am trying to improve my English skills, if you see a mistake please feel free to reply or /msg me a correction

In reply to newbie questions for web in perl[OT] by xiaoyafeng

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