any good webb page freeware?

[unclej]

i registered a domain name today and started playing around with microsoft's front page while i was at the store today. got home and don't have it on this computer. anything available that is similar and free?

 

[WaxNWane]

A couple years ago I played around with this one - it was pretty good and very free:

http://www.evrsoft.com/

 

[KillerMuffin]

Well, notepad is lovely.

Word will do a webpage, too. Not as nicely as page-specific programs, but you can get by in it.

 

[Asendin]

macromedia has trial versions of Dreamweaver MX

http://www.macromedia.com/software/trial_download//

 

[Shy Tall Guy]

I would recommend staying away from FrontPage and Word for generating HTML. First, they pretty much suck, especially if you want to maintain the HTML, and second, if you use one of the FrontPage extensions you have to find a host that supports them.

I would go with Asendin's recommendation; DreamWeaver creates decent and maintainable HTML. There are probably some freeware/shareware programs out there that do a decent job, but I don't use them; I write my HTML from hand - that is the only way to go if you want to learn it well enough to say you know it.

It really isn't that hard to write your own basic HTML from scratch - the tags are fairly simple and there are a number of decent tutorials out there.

 

[unclej]

thanks for the suggestions. i went ahead and downloaded waxnwane's suggestion. i want it mostly to learn my way around the design phases. i'll try dreamweaver also. shy, my business partner has offered to help me write my own and i'll probably do that once i learn what i want to do.

thanks again everyone. i really appreciate it.

 

[ShamelessFlirt]

here ya go


http://www.coffeecup.com/

 

[Jedi_Outcast]

I use notepad for the simple web pages I design, no dazzle, just info. Hand writing it is the best way to learn HTML.

Word makes huge webpages, 100k for a file I could write in 5k. I also use perl to make semi-dynamic web pages (I run the script instead of having to write it by hand) there is a really good book on HTML I have at work, If I remember I'll post the title and isbn tomorrow. I live by it when I do web stuff.

 

[unclej]

ok, my right eye is starting to bleed and my ears are ringing. i downloaded the eversoft 1st page and you have to know a whole hell of a lot more about HTML and such than i do. when i was playing with front page at the store you hit format, background, browse, picked something and there it was. user friendly is, i believe the operative word here. i'm trying to avoid using the term dummy (me) anywhere here but i may just have to design this at the store unless there's something else available with menues that i can understand.

once again, thanks for the help so far.

 

[kwt]

ok, my right eye is starting to bleed and my ears are ringing. i downloaded the eversoft 1st page and you have to know a whole hell of a lot more about HTML and such than i do. when i was playing with front page at the store you hit format, background, browse, picked something and there it was. user friendly is, i believe the operative word here. i'm trying to avoid using the term dummy (me) anywhere here but i may just have to design this at the store unless there's something else available with menues that i can understand.

once again, thanks for the help so far.

ive taught a lot of people about web design and creation and I can tell already ... Dreamweaver will be your friend. I can hand code in simple text or notepad or whatever and I use dreamweaver just because its so damn good.

also, GoLive fro adobe is good as well. but either one will be better than the freebies. demos are available for both, but they will run out eventually.

good luck!
kwt
professional web schmuck

 

[Spinaroonie]

Well, notepad is lovely.

Word will do a webpage, too. Not as nicely as page-specific programs, but you can get by in it.

What's really cool about Word is that you can dl the file and open it in BBEdit, and you can see what songs the guy was listening to when he saved the file.

Some servers cock up on word files as HTML tho

 

[ScarlettRose]

zd.net is a great place to look for freeware. They have reviews, and often tell what skill level they are suited for, plus ratings by people who have actually used the programs.

 

[KillerMuffin]

http://htmlgoodies.earthweb.com

It's a free HTML tutorial. Very indepth. I think Weird Harold turned me onto it in the first place.

 

[unclej]

thanks again everyone...this should be enough info to keep me busy for the next day or two

 

[Todd-'o'-Vision]

thanks again everyone...this should be enough info to keep me busy for the next day or two

put 1st page into beginner/tutorial mode that plus the site Killer muffin posted and you should be rocking in under a month so well that you will be able to write html backwards in your sleep

Killer Muffin's stie as the teacher 1st page as the tutoe to let you know what you did wrong and where to learn to correct it.

 

[ShamelessFlirt]

http://htmlgoodies.earthweb.com

It's a free HTML tutorial. Very indepth. I think Weird Harold turned me onto it in the first place.

Here's another ...


http://www.htmlhelp.com/

(BTW, there's a free html editor on the link I sent you, you should like it)