Easy web page maker?

[whatnow]

ok i dont know much about making web page so is there something to help me make one?

thanks

 

[wackyjoe]

try using dreamweaver its simple and straight forward

 

[G_C]

If you don't know much about web design and coding, use Content Management Software (CMS) such as Joomla - it's very easy to use and doesn't require you to have any knowledge of website programming.

You can see the results for yourself in my signature.

 

[brewmonkey]

If you cannot get your hands on a copy of Dreamweaver check out the following link. It has a link to a program called NVU which is a Freeware HTML/WYSIWYG editor that is very much like Dreamweaver.

http://theopencd.org/index.php?option=com_static&staticfile=applist.html&Itemid=48

 

[bigg]

never go wrong with DW.

 

[Domainating]

My name is Doug, but for now I want to be Frank...

Dreamweaver is an unequalled web design and development tool. You can go to http://www.Macromedia.com and download a working copy that will be good for 30 days. There just is no better tool and if you are only putting up one site you might not even need to register it unless you actually care about the site and keeping it updated.

But there is also a nice freeware WYSIWYG editor, or a few. I like PageBreeze. http://www.pagebreeze.com/ I have it on my site as an option for people who just want to get an online presence. NVU sounds interesting as well.

The truth is, you can make HTML code in any text editor using a few simple tags to format and present the information you want. And even if you get a WYSIWG HTML editor, you may run into trouble if you don't understand the code. Luckily, HTML is so basic, that it is easy to grab the WYSIWYG editor, use it, see the code that is written (in code view), and you wind-up learning it.

But the pros will know the code. Maybe not every single little thing, but they know how to correct the problems that WYSIWYG editors have in writing code. And even DW has these problems.

Now, having said all this, you can actually save Word pages as HTML. There is a WYSIWYG editor in almost every Windows based setup. But PLEASE be careful with Word (if you use it) as it creates substandard code that is crap and the Search Engines will get mad at you and rank your pages VERY low because of all of the uneccessary code (some of which is proprietary). Plus, it sucks at interactivity. Frontpage is exactly the same way. It's crap and produces crap code.

We are also at a crossroad. CSS has been out for seemingly forever as an accepted web standard that IE has never fully supported. IE7 was supposed to have already been released, but when it is it is supposed to FINALLY offer true support for CSS to version 2 (at least), including CSS-P.

But until IE7 is out, IE users can't see cool CSS websites and interactivity. This really sucks. IE6 only supports the most rudimentary CSS commands (it sucks so bad it is pathetic). I am alarmed that 90% of the world still use it. It took nothing for designers to support either Netscape or IE way back when durring the dawn of the internet.

We are still in the dark ages. The web is capable of so much more, but technology advances incredibly fast and isn't supported or even propogated. The education of designers and developers has to always be moving forward as a daily practise in order to keep up, and because of this most of us just pick and chose technologies... and this is sinful because alot of great stuff gets overlooked (PNG, MNG, SVG, etc...)

Basically, you should concentrate on XHTML 1.0 Transitional code with rudimentary CSS formatting. Add some javascript or Flash for interactivity.

But if you plan on maintaining the site yourself, please pay attention to the actual code. The code used can make your website shine in the search engines or plummett to the bottom of the listing resluts. It will have a great deal to do with the success (or failure) of your site.

-Frank (AKA: Doug)

 

[alanpaladka]

Try "WebPage Maker". It has drag n drop interface and it has also many templates. Hence it's easy to craete webpages. Visit http://webpage-maker.com/ for more information.

 

[TwiztedFake]

I would try DW its probably the best by far.

 

[alanpaladka]

DW is best for Professional and expert web developers. But not for newbies.

 

[DotUSDomains]

Must agree with alanpaladka webpage maker is very easy to use and a few nice templates (including there home page)

I'd give that 8/10 for newbies.

 

[sbongo]

frontpage has a more direct and newbie-friendly interface..Maybe you can try it.

 

[ttu_soko]

Any real professional web designer would promote 'Amaya' open source html editor. Amaya is simple to use and is COMPLIANT with the W3, meaning everything comes up exactly how you edit it when your page is uploaded, even $300 softwares like Dreamweaver or GoLive even screw up the HTML. You can download Amaya for free at: www.w3.org/Amaya

 

[LeetPCUser]

Here is what I would recommend. Go to Macromedias website, www.macromedia.com, and download the free trial of Dreamweaver MX. See if you like it. Mostly, I would say learn how everything works. Once your 30 day trial is up I would recommend to start coding. It is hard to start coding if you don't know what it does. If you use Dreamweaver MX a lot during those 30 days then you will know approximately what everything does.

The reason I say you should code is because some people get caught with WYSIWYG's, What You See Is What You Get. They tend to make less desireable websites and if you want to be a good website designer you are going to want to learn how to hard code sites.

Hope This Helps,