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php Coder
WebCoder
Site Sinc


Expression
Evrsoft First Page

Antenna (CSS)

Sothink
ShowKit2 (flash)

Xara Extreme beats Photoshop hands down UNLESS the person using photoshop is an expert
On the other hand, XARA makes everyone look like an expert!

Kompozer is one I use at times. Very easy to use. it's only major drawback I can see is it doesn't support php

IKnowSEO

Hello,

Now that I use Ubuntu Linux I have discovered gedit, which is a very capable syntax highlighting text editor with support for HTML, css, JavaScript, python, bash, and many other languages. It is available for windows as well.

It comes with the ability to add plug ins, some of which are ones which allow you a file folder view in a side pane that you can load files from, to insert custom text snippets into files by typing specially defined words and hitting tab after you type those words, complete html code insertion side pane you can double click on code elements to add them, etc...

Gedit is hands down the very best text editor I have ever used. I use it for all of my programming chores now.

Get gedit here - http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/ The Windows binary link is on the right hand side of the page.

I'm trying out a new program for web page design, found it through the site here. HTML-Kit. Will give it a try as my previous program caused me trouble and in a fit of diabolical anger, I threw it away.

I have 3 websites; 1 is a wordpress blog and the other 2 are pure html. I use Arachnophobia as an html editor and I upload to my host which is Site Build It. They provide superior hosting and automate a lot of processes for you as well as provide extensive tutorials. But this is all in exchange for a hefty yearly fee which is worth it in my opinion.

They track and present me with search engine keyword presense for each of the main keywords on each web page and they track traffic. One of my websites is several years old now and very successful. Anyway, html coding seems to get a higher search engine ranking in google compared to .php from what I've seen.

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Yeah, that sort of doesn't make sense because a web spider can't tell the difference between a page coded in straight HTML, or a page that was created by PHP. In the end, it is just HTML.

Stofzuiger, on 30 May 2009 - 08:20 AM, said:

Stick to this. I would recommend avoiding software like Dreamweaver for serious coding.

Hi
Has anyone heard of, or is using Microsoft’s WebMatrix? http://www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix/
A few months ago I was drawn back into web development and discovered this recently released version and have been using it ever since. I could not be happier with the way this tool has been able to get me up to speed on all the various ways and tools that are available to create top notch sites, as complicated or as simple as needed.

From what I understand about WebMatrix is that it was originally released years ago and neglected by MS, just to be reborn the end of last year. They certainly have put some effort into this and it works hand in hand with their .net framework. Websites in cshtml are a snap adding dynamic server code using the new “Razor” syntax.

I would be interested in hearing from other users and if the response warrants, opening a new topic to bat around our experiences. This bad boy does it all.

Noah

This post has been edited by groovicus: 16 August 2011 - 07:58 AM

Appreciate the list, straightforward and useful
Some programs other members have mentioned in the past:

Microsoft Office SharePoint Web Designer 2007 and Microsoft Expression Web Designer.
Adobe Dreamweaver
FirstPage
Pagebreeze
Coffee Cup HTML editor
PhpDesigner
Notepad (don't laugh, it works!)

I am a complete novice (you could say idiot ) when it comes to website creation and editing. For years I just used MS Frontpage 2000 to load up my site and make simple changes, which was great as I didn't really have to know any HTML. My web host has just removed/stopped supporting Frontpage Extensions on their server though, so it seems that I can't do that any more.

Can anyone recommend a similar piece of software that does the same thing? MS Office SharePoint Designer possibly?

Well you can still use Frontpage 2000 to create your website and upload it, the extensions just allow you to have certain things like searches and stuff.

Here is what you will not be able to do:

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Per: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232524

So if you do not have any of those needs you can still use Frontpage.

Does anyone know of a free website builder that supports making and using your own templates?
I don't really care about anything else, including the GUI or preview system, in fact I'd be perfectly happy if it were text only since I really want to hand code things. It is just very annoying going back over all your pages to add a single link to the navigation bar or make some similar change, but nor is it quite worth writing a script to do that.

This post has been edited by JosiahK: 04 February 2012 - 11:46 AM

If you are going back over all of you pages to change a single link, then you have a fundamental flaw in your design. You don't need any templating engine to aid you. You just need to refactor your site a bit. Any site (created by someone who knows what they are doing) that features the same navigation bar across all pages uses either a php fragment or an html fragment to include the menu bar across all pages.

Try here and see if this helps:
http://friendlybit.com/html/html-includes/

If not, I can perhaps provide an example.

OK, thanks for the tip. The server I'm looking at for this particular site doesn't support php, and I'm loathe to let something as critical as navigation depend on the server side handling things as expected. I can probably get the same thing to work in ASP though.

That being as is, what's the advantage of using templates in the first place?

Once you have a template, a developer can quickly fill in the content. This makes it easy to update and change content.

How you do your menu template is irrelevant. It is the fact that one uses a template in the first place.

This post has been edited by groovicus: 05 February 2012 - 10:58 AM