website design software

[airhead]

I just got nominated to get our website up and running at my small church. Any hints and tips on good software to \'plug & play\' for website design?

I\'m currently playing with SiteSpinner (free trial), but it lacks .gif stuff - or I am unable to make it work.

 

[Thecadian]

tried free webs or .tk

james

 

[War Griffon]

There used to be a good one called Namo from Namo Interactive Int.

Not sure if it is still on the market or not though and I haven\'t got a web address just a copy of it and the code to get into it.

 

[Ogrebane]

i just use word. You can troll the web and find what you like then copy and edit that site. Word also had templates that you can use.

We are also trialling Joomla at work. Its free and has a forum and gallery all of which can be voted on. There are tons of templates for it as well and it is editable online.

 

[Bastetcat]

Try Snapfiles . I\'ve gotten lots of useful free software from here. They have a no spyware policy as well - I\'m not enough of a computer guru to guarantee that but I\'ve had good luck.

I use TSW Webcoder for my websites. It\'s an html editor, not a WYSIWYG editor, tho\'.

Great free photo album: Gallery

Great free bulletin board: PHPBB

my websites:
de Vieuxchamps
House Asgard

 

[Khaylanis]

Originally posted by Ogrebane
i just use word. You can troll the web and find what you like then copy and edit that site. Word also had templates that you can use.

No. Don\'t, ever. Never use word or frontpage for website (or for anything else really - use OpenOffice instead).

For a good and relatively simple to use WYSIWYG editor you can try Dreamweaver. For an even simpler aproach you can use one of the other options tossed around.

 

[Dragonsreach]

Originally posted by Khaylanis

Originally posted by Ogrebane
i just use word. You can troll the web and find what you like then copy and edit that site. Word also had templates that you can use.

No. Don\'t, ever. Never use word or frontpage for website (or for anything else really - use OpenOffice instead).


This is so true. WORD, Frontpage & Powerpoint all add a ridiculous amount of HTML code.
Kevin I\'d suggest looking at http://www.download.com for Webauthoring software preferably GUI interfaced. Failing that \"Dreamweaver\" is about the best option, but expensive.

 

[mickc22]

just emphasise it....

NEVER! use Word

What Mike said, download.com has loads of authoring tools, most are free too

 

[Legacy Account]

Dreamweaver by a country mile.

 

[tadme48]

Would agree whole heartedly with Spacemunkie. Have used Dreamweaver for 5 years and it is the best

 

[Ebonbuddha]

Ultredit is good too.

 

[Hoblit]

Nvu is another good one.

click here

haven\'t really tried any of the others.

Also, I can second the phpbb for a forum.

For gallery hosting software, a couple of my friends use this