Best WYSIWYG web site program

SuperJ

SuperJ

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Hi

I am looking to build a website for a local football team, with match reports, photos, player profiles etc,

I used to use Frontpage, but I guess it is old now and I never found it that powerful.

Are there any new "Frontpage" type WYSIWYG programs out there that folks would recommend.

J
 
The majority of people will tell you that you will be better off with Notepad and learn the code yourself.

MS Web Developer express?
 
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MNuTz said:
The majority of people will tell you that you will be better off with Notepad and learn the code yourself.
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I think they'll say it for good reason though - as the likes of FrontPage and Dreamweaver aren't as flexible as they could be. At least in terms of general usage anyway.
 
Slogan said:
I think they'll say it for good reason though - as the likes of FrontPage and Dreamweaver aren't as flexible as they could be. At least in terms of general usage anyway.
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never said it was a bad thing :D

Personally, i hate WYSIWYG programs, i find them ten times more difficult to use than just using the code.
 
MNuTz said:
never said it was a bad thing :D
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Wasn't sure if you were complaining about people preferring standard coding to WYSIWYG for no real reason. :p

I always find it good to get a book on coding - as I'm too easily distracted by researching online - but there is plenty of information (endless, really) in the latter format.
 
Slogan said:
Wasn't sure if you were complaining about people preferring standard coding to WYSIWYG for no real reason. :p

I always find it good to get a book on coding - as I'm too easily distracted by researching online - but there is plenty of information (endless, really) in the latter format.
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im the same, i cant learn from an online tutorial, i just have to have a book on the subject.

On a side note to the OP, HTML is just the beginning, id also look at xhtml and CSS
 
I use Netfusion 9 which was free on a CD mag, uses CSS but has a few nice features like scrolling news tickers, RSS link (cant get it working at the mo though as it want a .RSS link but most RSS''s are XML. I've used dreamweaver which is good but it screwed my web sites when changing res's, netfusion seems to fix it.
 
SuperJ said:
Hi

I am looking to build a website for a local football team, with match reports, photos, player profiles etc,

I used to use Frontpage, but I guess it is old now and I never found it that powerful.

Are there any new "Frontpage" type WYSIWYG programs out there that folks would recommend.

J
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Up until a couple of months ago I used FrontPage 2003 and was extremely happy with the results.
I've got good looking, clean sites with 100% compliant HTML.
I then upgraded to Expression Web and am pleased I made the move.

It has all of the same features of FrontPage and can be as easy to use.
However it also has a hell of a lot more options and is extremely powerful.
I started by just playing with Expression.
I've since bought a book on it and am unlocking a lot of its secrets.

The upgrade price from FrontPage 2003 to Expression Web is really quite reasonable too.
 
stoofa said:
Up until a couple of months ago I used FrontPage 2003 and was extremely happy with the results.
I've got good looking, clean sites with 100% compliant HTML.
I then upgraded to Expression Web and am pleased I made the move.

It has all of the same features of FrontPage and can be as easy to use.
However it also has a hell of a lot more options and is extremely powerful.
I started by just playing with Expression.
I've since bought a book on it and am unlocking a lot of its secrets.

The upgrade price from FrontPage 2003 to Expression Web is really quite reasonable too.
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EXACTLY what I did and haven't looked back. I could never click with DreamWeaver, and despite everyone moaning about Frontpage (I'm sure 90% of them just followed other people like sheep just because it was a Microsoft product) it gave me the results I wanted each and every time.

Bought expression a few months ago and is a massive improvement. Almost identical to the Visual Studio IDE, it's got everything I want, quick, easy to learn and the price is pretty good too.
 
Use Dreamweaver. I've tried loads of web-dev applications, and I'll stand by Dreamweaver and say it's definately the best one :) It has code view (which you should use to do all your developing, or at least whenever you can), and it also has a WYSIWYG section :)

Syntax highlighting / previews / built-in FTP / code hints ... all makes developing a website much quicker and easier, even if you are only using code view. It has great support for php too.

I only really use the WYSIWYG bit for making forms, and even then I go back into the code view and tidy the code it generates :p
 
furnace said:
Use Dreamweaver. I've tried loads of web-dev applications, and I'll stand by Dreamweaver and say it's definately the best one :) It has code view (which you should use to do all your developing, or at least whenever you can), and it also has a WYSIWYG section :)

Syntax highlighting / previews / built-in FTP / code hints ... all makes developing a website much quicker and easier, even if you are only using code view. It has great support for php too.

I only really use the WYSIWYG bit for making forms, and even then I go back into the code view and tidy the code it generates :p
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I totally agree. I've tried every program going and find Dreamweaver to be the best. Don't understand why you would want to code in notepad or similar, it's such a long winded way of doing things. In a WYSIWYG editor you can at least see the changes you've made instantly and you have the advantage of being able to use it to manage the site too. Just generally makes life easier!
 
stoofa said:
Up until a couple of months ago I used FrontPage 2003 and was extremely happy with the results.
I've got good looking, clean sites with 100% compliant HTML.
I then upgraded to Expression Web and am pleased I made the move.

It has all of the same features of FrontPage and can be as easy to use.
However it also has a hell of a lot more options and is extremely powerful.
I started by just playing with Expression.
I've since bought a book on it and am unlocking a lot of its secrets.

The upgrade price from FrontPage 2003 to Expression Web is really quite reasonable too.
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Can you give me a couple of you web address links so I can see what is achievable

Cheers
 
furnace said:
Use Dreamweaver. I've tried loads of web-dev applications, and I'll stand by Dreamweaver and say it's definately the best one :) It has code view (which you should use to do all your developing, or at least whenever you can), and it also has a WYSIWYG section :)

Syntax highlighting / previews / built-in FTP / code hints ... all makes developing a website much quicker and easier, even if you are only using code view. It has great support for php too.

I only really use the WYSIWYG bit for making forms, and even then I go back into the code view and tidy the code it generates :p
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100% agree with this!
 
Robdav said:
Agreed. Been using it for years. Now using Dreamweaver CS3 and loving it :)
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[Thread hijack]

How are you finding CS3 to be compared to previous incarnations of DW?.

I'm using DW 8 just now, but thought about upgrading to CS3. Is it worth doing?

[/Thread Hijack] :p
 
stoofa said:
Up until a couple of months ago I used FrontPage 2003 and was extremely happy with the results.
I've got good looking, clean sites with 100% compliant HTML.
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Compliant according to what standard? You do know IE is broken, don't you?
 
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