Best tools for designing static webpages -(WYSIWYG html editors)

perla — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:14:31 +0000

WYSIWYG html editors are used to create static web pages easily, without knowledge of html or any other languages. It is as easy as using your word processor to create simple websites using these tools. There are many such tools available in the web, both ree and commersial. This post is an attempt to collect some of such tools that you can use and compare. This will help you to get an altrenative for any editor that you are using currently.

Free tools

NVU

NNU is 100% open source (released under the Mozilla Public License (MPL)) and free webpage editor.

Integrated FTP helps you to Simply transfer and organize your sites online. You can login to your web site and navigate through your files, edit web pages on the fly, directly from your site.
You can Jump between WYSIWYG Editing Mode and HTML using tabs.
Tabbed editing to make working on multiple pages a snap.
Supports for forms, tables, and templates.
Available for Desktop Linux, Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintoshflatforms. It has built-in spell checker and page previewer.

http://nvudev.com/index.php

KompoZer

CompoZer is based on NUV and Gecko, the layout engine inside Mozilla. Those who are familiar with the DreamWeaver interface will feel right at home with KompoZer.

http://www.kompozer.net/

Amaya

Amaya is W3C's Editor/Browser used to create and update documents directly on the Web. It works on Windows, MAC and Linux.

Amaya includes a collaborative annotation application based on Resource Description Framework (RDF), XLink, and XPointer.

Amaya is opensource and software is written in C.

http://www.w3.org/Amaya/

EvrSoft Firstpage 2000

Has lot of features including

Customizable Keyboard shortcuts, Toolbar buttons
3 primary development modes (easy/expert/hardcore)
Store your own code snippets in myCode Library
Lot of Javascripts/VBScripts collections for dynamic effects
DHTML Zone with re-usable DHTML scripts
HTML Source Compressor - Reduce webpage file size
Javascript Wizards
Syntax Highlights Perl , CSS, HTML, CF, ASP, SSI,
Auto format Source Code, check spelling.

http://www.evrsoft.com/

Commercial tools

Microsoft Frontpage

Frontpage was a part of Maicrosoft Office till 2003. No more continued and now Expression Web is promoted instead. Has many built-in server templates and easy to publish with frontpage extension. Very simple to use, good SEO options are the added advantages.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/frontpage/default.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/expression/

Adobe dreamwaver

Dreamweaver is feature rich editor was developed by Macromedia, which is now taken over by Adobe. Untill version 8, it was Macromedia dreamwaver. After Adobe bought Macromedia, it began integrating Dreamweaver with Photoshop and other applications in the Adobe Creative Suite, and Dreamweaver CS3 is the impressive result.

Dreamwaver now includes CSS tools and Ajax components for building dynamic user interfaces.

Works with Windows XP?Vista and MAC.

http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/

EvrSoft Firstpage 2006

With All the features of Firstpage 2000, shareware version 2006 has some extra advantages.