Does anyone know of a good solution/software for building a website. I need something for windows. I have IWeb and RapidWeaver for MacOS and need something that comparable but for a PC. MS Publisher is ok but creates in .pub not normal html/CSS format.
The best one which I'm also using is Dreamweaver. But if you want a free solution, you can try NVU : http://net2.com/nvu/index.html - Dynashox -
Adobe Dreamweaver is a good WYSIWYG program. But I would strongly recommend that you hand-code your work if you can. It would prevent code bloat and ensure cleanliness.
Kompozer is the "unofficial" upgrade to NVU. It also has an HTML validator to clean up some of the messy WYSIWYG code. Download it at http://kompozer.net/download.php
The Adobe Dreamweaver or for more easy, Frontpage XP. Dreamweaver is more professional and the one of all internet. Use Dreamweaver! Satisfaction guarantee!
Adobe Dreamweaver is nice because you don't really need to know css or html to use it but it definitely would be good to learn it to make things easier. I have Dreamweaver CS3 and i think it's a pretty powerful program i'm very satisfied with it.
There are lots of WYSIWYG editors...However the best way is to learn some HTML and try these editors. You can't use these editors upto the mark unless you know some basics of html. If you are still more concerned about an editor, then you may try "Dreamweaver". This is not a typical WYSIWYG editor but still worth in spending money for it.
Dreamweaver all the way mate, CS4 is especially good with some great features especially for a new time designer, until you get to learn CSS and xHTML. May be good to look into some tutorials on w3.org -Z-
Thanks everyone for your replies, I was hoping not to have to spend hours/days learning how to use a program to develop a simple website for myself. So I returned back to my MB using IWeb, and in about 6 hours had a pretty good looking website that meet my needs. Now just need to create a site map so I can be found in search engines then publish. BTW I do have CS4 and found the learning curve for Dreamweaver just to steep and I would have to agree with hnaghy that its not exactly a WYSIWYG as in the same sense of IWeb. What Adobe should do is create a light version of Dreamweaver and change the interface for beginners. They should take cues from Intuit's Turbotax software. From the very beginning ask the user through various steps what kind of website they need and how will they use it. The interface will guide the user by the hand through the whole process from beginning to end(publishing). Each step can also link to more help and examples. Actually around 1993 I build my first website hand coding html, shortly after that I used Pagemill to build a few sites. My career at that point changed to more design and manufacturing so focused on learning Autocad and over the past few years mastering Filemaker Pro. So its been a long time for me to remember how to hand code html and so much has changed since the beginning of the WWW. I do have a ecommerce site now I need to develop but I think I will leave that to a professional to build for me.
I agree that there should be more available tools for beginners to build websites. But I think Adobe creating one might be unlikely, since the people who use their software are mostly advanced users. Does anyone here know of any good WYSIWYG website building applications for Windows that respect web standards and have a high W3C validation rate? I've always wanted an easy application to suggest to family and friends who ask.