The
following is a list of popular website design software packages.
Some are free and some offer a free 30 day trial. All work fine
on CompuWebHosting servers. We recommend these because they are
the website design packages that are most recommended by designers
and have received numerous awards. If you have any questions
on these products we suggest you contact the manufacturer.
Each program is rated by our technicians on Ease of Use, Advanced
Options & Price.
* - Lowest Score, *** - Highest Score, $ - Least Expensive, $$$
- Most Expensive
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Templates -
Website templates, Flash intro templates, Logo templates and
Custom Web Designs are available at ClassyWebDesign.com. Create
a unique web presence using pre-made designs and templates of
the highest quality.
* Ease of Use: ** Varies Between Templates
* Advanced Options: ** Advanced
* Price: Varies
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1st Page -
1st Page 2000 is a professional HTML editing software which lets
you create great websites! Styled on Allaire's HomeSite this
program is for "hand coding" HTML. A huge plus is it
comes bundled with over 450 Javascripts and supports all the
latest web languages.
* Download
for FREE
* Ease of Use: ** Moderately Easy
* Advanced Options: ** Moderately Advanced
* Price: FREE
* Take
the 1st Page tour
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Adobe Go-Live - Easy to use and easy to learn visual web
design program. Adobe have years of experience making desktop
publishing programs which is reflected in this WYSIWYG (What
You See Is What You Get) web page editor.
Download
a 30 day free trial.
Ease of Use: ** Moderately Easy
Advanced Options: ** Moderately Advanced
Price: $$$ Expensive
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Allaire
HomeSite - Industry leader in "Hand Coding" HTML
editors. Allaire has merged with Macromedia, the combined company
provides the most popular suite of products in the industry,
including Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash & Fireworks.
Download
a 30 day free trial.
Ease of Use: ** Moderately Easy
Advanced Options: ** Moderately Advanced
Price: $ Inexpensive
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Coffee
Cup HTML Editor - Fairly easy to use. Takes some getting
used to, but it is fun to learn on.
Download
for FREE.
Ease of Use: ** Moderately Easy
Advanced Options: * Not Too Advanced (Works great for most Web
sites)
Price: FREE
More information on Coffee Cup
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Macromedia
Dreamweaver - The most popular Web site design software on
the market. The first WYSIWYG editor widely used by professionals
and 'power' designers. Integrates seemlessly with other Macromedia
products such as Flash (for creating animations) & Fireworks
(graphics design software). Powerful visual features and comprehensive
tutorials make it the easiest way of creating database driven
web sites (though absolute beginners or those not familiar with
databases are not recommended to try).
Download
a free 30 day free trial.
Ease of Use: ** Moderately Easy
Advanced Options: *** Very Advanced
Price: $$$ Expensive
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Microsoft
FrontPage - Popular easy to use tool for site development & management.
Familiar to use for those used to Microsoft products. HTML code
rewriting makes it fail safe for beginners but inhibits advanced
designers.
Download
a free 30 day.
Ease of Use: ** Moderately Easy
Advanced Options: ** Moderately Advanced
Price: $$ Moderately Inexpensive
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Netscape
Composer - Comes FREE with Netscape Browser. Easy to use!
Just click on the Composer link at the bottom of Netscape 6.0
and above or choose Communicator/Composer in older versions.
We recommend downloading the newest version since it offers more
options. Offers a ton of great point and click options like tables,
forms, hyperlinks, images and more!
Download
for FREE
Ease of Use: *** Very Easy
Advanced Options: * Not Too Advanced (Works great for most Web
sites)
Price: FREE
Online
Support for Netscape Composer.
Netscape FAQ page
can be found here.
