whats the best software to use for making webpages

RapidWeaver
http://www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/

 

I also cast my voto for Dreamweaver 8. I started with FrontPage but did not like it.

Dr. K.

 

Frontpage, Bluevoda, HTML KIT is suitable for me

 

Notepad can solve the purpose. But I suggest Dreamweaver for beginners. Dreamweaver will give you code for your design. Remember those generated codes and make a habit of coding pages from memory. In all respect Dreamweaver is very helpful to learn html coding.

 

Notepad, Deffinitly my choise
At allmost no ram usage and no cpu usage you get everything you want, the ability to write pure html, css, js and more

Recommended.

 

Here are a few freeware options. I have arranged these by category as I do not know your level of proficiency.


Beginner

Namu6 - Probably the easiest way to build a website. Entirely visual, so it is limited in its scope, but even a 3 year old can build a website with this program (I best stop using 3 year olds as examples because they are not far from being smarter than me )

EZ Sitemaker - A linear, fill-in-the-blank style of editor. Very limited in its choices, but at least you can insert HTML and Javascript (body only) into your work. This is a revamp of the old program Webpage-o-matic.


WYSIWYG

(NVU has already been mentioned and, as I am not fond of it myself, I shall not bother to mention it again )

Website Builder (they obviously spared no expense for the name) - This bugger was really hiding as I found it while looking for something else. Website Builder is simply a complete WYSIWYG webpage designer with no nags, catches, or anything like that. Very easy to use and comprehensive in the features it offers, especially for something completely free. The site also includes a boatload of graphics that can be downloaded for use with any program.

WebDwarf - Good luck in finding a link to this on the publisher's front page, or anywhere on the site for that matter. WebDwarf is a fairly complete WYSIWYG web editor; the company offers an advanced version, and an apparently advanced advanced version (I know I double typed, I did it on purpose) of WYSIWYG web editors; so don't expect this to have everything in it. Not as intuitive of an interface as Website Builder, but useful nonetheless.

DFM2HTML - An up coming WYSIWYG editor that has an amazing number of features for its small size (almost an 850K download). Includes templates, buttons, and navbars. The layout can be a little confusing though.


HTML Editors

EasyHTML, Alleycode, and EasyCoder all all excellent editor with some common features; most notably of which is a split screen preview that allows you to view the code and how you page will look in a browser simultaneously. Although EasyHTML is my regular editor, I am really liking EasyCoder. Alleycode is a great editor for someone learning HTML as it allows tag insertion from just a click on the side panel. Alleycode, however, though it does offer a browser preview, cannot access the internet, so you will not see any content which is remotely linked to your page.

BPlainPro - This is a really nice editor which is more for the hand coder (no WYSIWYG or anything like that), but incorporates several tag insertion and automated features that can speed up page building.

Webniac - A notepad style editor which also offers some handy tools for insertion of common tags, meta tags, and a few others handily laid out along the bottom of the editor. One of the features I like best is, trivial as it may be, the 'tools' menu which allows you to place shortcuts to five of your most used programs so you can just open them from the editor. Includes an external browser preview. The color picker in this program, however, just plainly sucks. If you want a handy color picker, actually two of them, and more tools than you can shake a stick at, download a copy of Webmaster Tools 3 (the site was down when I tried to access it).

Unfortunately, I don't have a working link available for HTML Builder XP 5.6 Lite, which was a really nice and comprehensive HTML editor. If someone knows of a working download, could you share?


Commercial: (well...sorta)

My favorite commercial HTML editor was HotDog Pro. It had a number of features that made design easy, including a split screen preview (which they did away with in version 7). The SuperToolz menu allowed you to place a shortcut to as many programs as you wanted and just open them from within the editor. Version 5.5 IMLTHO was the best as it was less buggy than 6 and they made it available for free with magazine coverdiscs when they came out with version 7. You can download version 5.5 here. Unfortunately you need an unlock code, and they don't respond to emails anymore. Luckily if you do a Google search for 'hotdog pro serial', you can find the unlock code all over the internet. Hey, they gave it away for free; we are just all keeping them to their promise.


Hope this helps some.

 

Definitely Dreamweaver and Notepad (with a little fireworks and flash mixed in)

 

Have any of your tried PHP Designer? It's a really nice tool that has syntax highlighting for php, html, css, Java, C++, Perl, SQL. JS, XML, etc...It's a really handy software and provides an easy development environment for debugging..There's a ton of coding shortcuts provided...a highly recommended package

 

Dreamweaver 8!!!!

 

dreamweaver for sure, but i never start without having a good drawing program (I use paint shop pro 9) running too. To make a good website you need to use images a lot and not just html, just dont overuse them, one small imaged that acts as all your tabs or an entire sidebar is very tiny and can be streched a long way

 

Save your money. Learn HTML and use a free text editor.

 

I have begun with Netobject is very easy, I am utilizing it now to build a Web.

 

Namo web editor
www.namo.com and dream weaver

 

Dreamweaver ofcourse and "Web Builder" is also a good one .

 

Take Dreamweaver, its the only choice.

 

Well said!

 

hmmm suprised to see so many votes for Dreamweaver 8...

Last I tried it was 5-6 years ago. I've been using adobe golive but it's not that great..

Prefer vi

put it together with golive then clean up the files with vi

 

I mastered tripod's old downloadable editor program and then moved on to Front Page (on my PC) and Dreamweaver (on my Mac). Notepad suffices for everything else.

 

Use frontpage or dreamweaver.

 

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