Website Creation/design Programs

Joined: 11/28/2008

Hey there
Been a while since I last posted in this forum so hello again! Can anyone recommend (a preferably free or cheap) a program used for creating websites? Years ago I used to use Macromedia Dreamweaver but I can't really afford this anymore. I tried searching the forums but I couldn't see any posts on this already so apologies if there are a plethora of articles devoted to this topic already!

Recommendations appreciated. Thanks /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

Joined: 11/28/2008
notepad ++ works fine for me

notepad ++ works fine for me (it is not a WYSIWYG however, which IMHO shouldn't be used anyway)

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Do you know any good WYSIWYG

Do you know any good WYSIWYG editors? I like to use code and WYSIWYG at the same time

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happypad @ Sep 21 2008,
QUOTE(happypad @ Sep 21 2008, 02:30 PM)
Do you know any good WYSIWYG editors? I like to use code and WYSIWYG at the same time

There's no such thing - even Dreamweaver is only an approximation.

However, have a look at http://www.osalt.com/dreamweaver for some stuff.

Personally, I use DW8, and I have no plans to upgrade to DW CS4 when it's released. I'm moving everything to Aptana (with PHP plugins) because I spend most of my time in code-view anyway. I believe that code-view plus uploading to a test server (either local or remote) is the only way to see what a site will *really* look like when it's finished.

Regards,

Pete.

Peter Connolly
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KP Direction LLC
http://www.kpdirection.com
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Joined: 11/28/2008
Not free, but not as

Not free, but not as expensive as Dreamweaver, a couple programs I have and like:
TextMate (text editor for Mac)
Style Master (CSS editor for Mac and Windows) It provides both code and design views.

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There aren't any really good

There aren't any really good ones, but a few free ones. Kompozer and Seamonkey. But, with both of these, you'll need to edit your code with a text editor to get good clean code. That is if you want the page to comply and validate with W3C. I would check the web page in several different browsers to make sure it displays as you want it to, even if you don't validate it.

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thanks for all the advice

thanks for all the advice guys = much appreciated