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Website software recomendations please
nick205 - 9/12/08 at 09:26 PM

I've used freeware HTML editors (Coffee Cup and Ace) for website work before. My own build site Winchester7 was done using Coffee Cup.

Whilst the software is OK to use and free it's quite HTML'ly rather than graphic orientated. I'd like something a bit more advanced and have a budget of £50-100.

What can I get and what do you recommend...?

Cheers!
Nick

Howlor - 9/12/08 at 09:35 PM

I have used Swish and it is fairly easy and plenty of nice templates around.

Steve

Richard Quinn - 9/12/08 at 09:43 PM

Have a look at WYSIWYG and keep the change

joneh - 9/12/08 at 10:26 PM

I use Notepad and CTRL F5 in IE.

If I'm feeling flush I'll use editplus.

tegwin - 9/12/08 at 10:36 PM

I use Dreamweaver for all my sites...

however... I dont think I have ever used it for anything other than a text editor :p

SeaBass - 10/12/08 at 08:35 AM

Spend the money on some decent hosting and use Joomla as a content manager for your site. Easy to set up when you get into it and you can edit the pages from just about anywhere... You can also run Gallery2 then which makes uploading and managing photos online very easy too...

JC

Blackbird Rush - 10/12/08 at 08:59 AM

Currently using a trial version of Dreamweaver CS4 which is excellent, (much better that the microsoft poo i've used before)

Definatly going to buy dreamweaver when the trial expires, its a bit over your budget at about £350 but for me its a business purchase.

You can save heaps if you can buy a student copy.... got any kids in school?

trogdor - 10/12/08 at 09:20 AM

another vote for a piece of CMS software and Joomla here it works really well, looks great and is very easy to use.

nick205 - 10/12/08 at 09:38 AM

Thanks chaps - I'll look into some of the suggestions.

Blackbird Rush - I may be able to justify increasing the budget as the ultimate goal is to generate some cash from using the software.

dhutch - 10/12/08 at 10:49 AM

quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
I use Dreamweaver for all my sites...

quote:

I use Dreamweaver for all my sites...


I use DW too, have done for years.
- I have to admit, not being up to writing html or a decent website, that i use the WYSIWYG editor for the bulk of it, with no use of css or anything fancy.

Depends what you want to do, but the DW ftp engine is good, and you can do some dabbling in code will also using the wysiwig side of it.

I use a copy of DW MX that i have 'aquired; over the years. In conjuction with fireworks for button graphics and resizing and sampling ('optimising' images.

example sites at
www.spurstow.com
www.emilyanne.co.uk (part of above)
www.servicewarehousing.co.uk


Daniel

Richard Quinn - 10/12/08 at 11:38 AM

Seriously, have a look at WYSIWYG Web Builder 5 Link I've used DW etc in the past but I like this one for home use and there is a 30 day trial and then the full version is $39.99. I also use a product called WebCEO for FTP stuff and that's free IIRC.

Project7 - 10/12/08 at 01:01 PM

I've used this before:

Evrsoft First Page

m8kwr - 10/12/08 at 02:14 PM

I use Visual studio for all of my website - but that just because i code in vb.

But you are able to download visual LINK

It really depends on how you are looking to generate cash from using the software to what application you need.

I am currently designing a e-commerce site for a friend, off their ebay account to sell other items etc (which ebay does not allow!!! don't ask ) - and i am writing all my own elements, so hopefully i have a template which i can use over and over again!!!!! to generate cash myself...

The only problem i can see i have writing asp pages, is that hosting seems more expensive, due to it needing to run on a MS server, and not a linux one.....

Dick Axtell - 10/12/08 at 02:15 PM

I'm currently using Serif's WebPlus X2. You can download a free trial version, see www.serif.com.

LoL