Best Web Design Software?

[RainMaQer]

Just as the title says... I'm lookin to build a web page/site and was wondering what is the most user friendly/ flexible software to use?Any advice or Links?

[Burning Phoenix]

I love this one CoffeeCup (http://www.coffeecup.com/) and am currently using it almost daily. I do know HTML pretty well and you may need to use it when doing some things with this software.

[RainMaQer]

I know some html from back in my adult web site days... I used arachno something or other:beer: I can't remember exactly. From your post I'm assuming Coffeecup doesn't use html? I'd prefer to use html if possible so I can brush up:D

*edit* I checked the website... I think I'll give CoffeeCup a go... thanks for the link:D

[eobard]

If you have the choice between using Microsoft Home Publishing 2000 to make your site or smashing your own teeth in with a sledge hammer and hoping that that somehow will cause you to suddenly have a web page, I recommend the sledge hammer option. It'll be less painfull.

[XWRed1]

EditPlus (http://www.editplus.com)? Vim? (http://vim.sf.net) ANY text editor, preferably with syntax highlighting?

[Cowboy Shane]

1'st page (http://www.evrsoft.com/1stpage/) seems to be pretty decent, and it's free :) . I haven't worked with it much so can't say to much about it.

[trey_w]

i love front page!!!

lol just kidding

its ok if you don't want to get into HTML

[Cowboy Shane]

Not Front Page by MS, but 1'st page by Evrsoft.

[Teacher_Doug]

originally posted by RainMaQer

I'm lookin to build a web page/site and was wondering what is the most user friendly/


agree with XWRed1, any simple text editor, even notepad will help to teach you the basics. However I found that this little program will have all you need. It even has a good help file attached.
link below to arachnophillia, its not shareware or freeware, it's careware , where you don't have to pay any money, but try to help someone else. :cool:

arachnophillia (http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/index.html)

[mcoon]

I liked Dreamweaver. For me, It took some getting used to (especially if you're used to notpad), but it saved me a lot of time. I made a website using some preaty complex tables. With dreamweaver all I had to do was click them in a resize. Also, I would say it was userfriendly enough. You can download a 30 day trail from www.download.com

[Guid0]

CuteHtml is a great prgram. it has autocomplete, auto inset tables, spellcheck, syntax highlighting and lots of other handy features.

Another good one is, if you have Visual studio is the inerDev that comes with it. It also has the same features and sometimes will even let you run your scripts if you have a working server.

DreamWeaver is cool, but i just can't seem to get into how it generates the code for the page. It seems like it has to confuse you inorder to work. But it does let you make Flash 5 buttons right in the wizywig editor. Although it's a lot better to make your own. Heck some webmaster i know call flash the work of the devil. who knows each to their own.

ummmm if your using Linux, Emacs has syntax highlighting for HTML and just about everything else except cobal, but not much cobal programming involved with web....lol

Another good one for linux and my favorite is quantra plus. Just like inerDev.

CuteHTML (www.cuteftp.com)

[rogerdugans]

I used to use NoteTab: text editor like notepad- only better.

Nowadays I have to use FrontPage; not real fond of the whole gui thing, and the dynamic content can be a pita if you want to include 1 page with a modified theme.......but FP 2002 finally does frames.

[Monaco]

Dreamweaver all the way. The interface is very odd at first, but once you get used to it you wonder how you ever did without it. I use the UltraDev version, it synchronizes changes for me:)

For doing it by hand I use mostly PFE, best text editor ever.

[David]

Notepad :D

I have also used Quanta (which is good), and Adobe Pagemill is OK.

[Quaky]

I use Visual Interdev 6.0 from M$. It comes bundled with Visual studio. I really like the ASP debugging options.

[Gnufsh]

Notepad rules!
I use PHP Coder (www.phpide.de) now because of syntax highlighting for HTML and PHP

[matti2]

Originally posted by PenguinFreak
Notepad :D

I have also used Quanta (which is good), and Adobe Pagemill is OK.

I use Notepad now that I know html but I use to use Front Page. I do not really like Adobe Pagemill. There are a lot of things the Front Page and Adobe Pagemill cannot do or display.

[drunkmonkey]

WYSIWYG editors are bad.
I would strongly advise you to goto www.webmonkey.com , read there tutorials, and use notepad. I have never used an editor and I have still made some kick a** web pages. I don't even use Flash, instead I use DHTML/Javascript. It takes me 500 more lines of code to do but it is still better(I have made 500-line DHTML/Javascript image scrollers, beat that. Don't ask to see it, when I reformatted my HD I put it on a bad floppy disk, GRRRR!)

[Beelzebub]

It depends on if you want to know the HTML code what program you should use. If you want to be joe average web builder, then get a WYSIWYG editor like dreamweaver. It screws code pretty well, but has some interesting features and gets the job done for simple and intermediate things. If you want to be joe hard-core web developer, I would suggest a program like Homesite or Visual Interdev.

One suggestion tho, if you are going to pick a program, stick with it. Don't jump from one to another because most WYSIWYG editors alter the structure of your code, if not change it all together.

[XxDonRamonxX]

g00000000000000000 dreamweaver! heheh :)!

[Jeff Bolton]

hot dog is also a cheap but effective alternative, i've made a few webpages with it.

jeff

[SpeedFreak]

I have been using 1st Page 2.x for a while and looking very forward to version 3.

This is the best and very comparible to Alaires HomeSite with a bunch of added features.

[expryo]

i use edit pad(a text editor) to code the html, and i use dreamweaver to place my layers. I also use a program called imapper studios, u can get that at patorjk.com

[nihili]

I just started useing a freeware program calle HTML-Kit. So far it seems great. I prefer it to arachnophilia, and it's cheaper than Homesite.

nihili