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Amaya W3C’s Design Solution

Mitch — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:28:46 +0000

By Mitch “W3C Rocks” Keeler

A web editor with style, Amaya is a tool that focuses on creating documents for the Web. With integrated preview and editing tools it is a tool that can not be overlooked. An open source solution, Amaya is also hosted by W3C – they know a thing or two about Web design standards.

Amaya Pro: Download is quick, and the tool has tons of the basic HTML techniques covered.

Amaya Con: Interface could use a design makeover – but does the job.

Download Amaya! | Visit Amaya’s Web Site

Amaya has a long history in the design world that can not be ignored. The origional project was started back in 1996 and continues to be an excellent open source tool to help you with your site designing needs.

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Trellian WebPage

Mitch — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:39:50 +0000

By Mitch “Trellian Lover” Keeler

Another fabulous freeware tool that will help you get your web site out of your head and onto the Web is Trellian WebPage. This freeware download features an intuitive interface, importing, color highlighted HTML editor, meta tag editor, drag and drop editing, a built in spell checker and more.

It does all of this pretty much in the same window. No need to switch back and forth between windows or getting overwhelmed by design clutter on your desktop.

WebPage Pro: Seems to do a little ‘bit of everything!

WebPage Con: Top toolbars are a little busy and might seem intimidating.

Download Trellian WebPage! | Visit Trellian’s Web Site

With tons of features, and the ease of use definitely in its checkmark box I think Trellian WebPage is a great alternative for those looking for an simple WYSIWYG web page editor.

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KompoZer

Mitch — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:58:06 +0000

By Mitch “Well KompoZed” Keeler

KompoZer is Nvu’s brother from another mother. As a complete web authoring program that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing KompoZer delivers just as much (if not more) punch than Nvu.

It features you files on your left and your editing window on your right. From there you can go back and forth between the “preview” (how your site would look like when published) and editing mode as easily as you can click the tabs back and forth. Along with many more valuable features KompoZer is the hammer, nails, screwdriver and jackhammer you need for your web developer toolbelt.

KompoZer Pro: More bells and whistles than you can shake a server at.

KompoZer Con: The install might confuse some, you’ll need to unzip it for Windows and then hunt down the “kompozer.exe” to use inside of the unzipped folder.

Download KompoZer! | Visit KompoZer’s Web Site

KompoZer delivers where it counts. Not only does it include a color picker, tabs, CSS editing, forms, and markup cleaner it is also un-buggy and a solid program I would suggest for anybody to use as a companion to their Lunarpages hosting account.

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Alleycode – Text and HTML Editor

Mitch — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:17:07 +0000

By Mitch “Drag and Drop” Keeler

Being lucky enough to be the one selected to look at the slew of freeware products we will be reviewing here has been a blessing. I check to check out and use a lot of awesome programs and honestly one of the most impressive thus far is Alleycode.

Alleycode is like a mash up of your traditional text and WYSIWYG editors. The Synchro View feature allows you to edit the page in question in real time and see instantly how your changes effect the layout. Other features worth looking into are the Quick Edit, CSS Wizard, Turf View, HTML Toolbar and more. You can check out all the features it provides on their web site. From head to toe a great freeware download.

Alleycode Pro: Does more than most paid applications do, plus it is free!

Alleycode Con: Not recommended by developer to use with Windows Vista.

Download Alleycode! | Visit Alleycode’s Web Site

I honestly can not say enough good things about this product. In comparison with some of the paid software solutions that do the same thing, it beats them hands down. So if you are in the hunt for a solid HTML and text editor Alleycode is well worth checking into.

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Nvu – Powerful WYSIWYG Editor

Mitch — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:01:32 +0000

By Mitch “Easy Editing” Keeler

Maybe you don’t have the cash to splurge on Dreamweaver or FrontPage but you still want a good WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get) editor. What options do you have for your web hosting plan? There are many out there – but top of the line in my opinion is Nvu.

Nvu is the open source version of the editor that used to come with Netscape. It has been improved upon though by the open source community and has become on of the better free site editors out there. If you can use a word processor, you can use Nvu to create and maintain your own web site.

Nvu Pro: Great editor for static sites, and the help section is awesome too.

Nvu Con: Might take some playing around with before you learn how to use it.

Download Nvu! | Visit Nvu’s Web Site

Once you learn how to do things and what you are doing, Nvu is a great tool for any webmaster to use to build up their web site, update their content and change their design. It is powerful yet doesn’t overwhelm you with a lot of stuff you do not need.

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