Best wysiwyg web design software?

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What do you all recommend for a wysiwyg editing software to make hundreds of websites?
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  • Profile picture of the author Jozep
    I prefer Macromedia Dreamweaver. It is very handy and you are easily able to create rich content with it.
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    • Profile picture of the author judyreno
      Is dreamweaver wysiwyg? I am deciding between homestead, xsitepro, and another one called artisteer.com. homestead because they have over 2000 templates, xsitepro seems good, only 200 templates, artisteer is workable with joomla and that is what i have been using a programmer for. I need to start doing this myself due to time and money. hope that gives you a little more insight.
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      • Profile picture of the author jan roos
        XSP is awesome
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      • Profile picture of the author brilliant
        Originally Posted by judyreno View Post

        Is dreamweaver wysiwyg? I am deciding between homestead, xsitepro, and another one called artisteer.com. homestead because they have over 2000 templates, xsitepro seems good, only 200 templates, artisteer is workable with joomla and that is what i have been using a programmer for. I need to start doing this myself due to time and money. hope that gives you a little more insight.
        How does it work with Joomla?
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  • Profile picture of the author coco28
    The problem with using wysiwyg is that all your sites will look the same as everyone elses. If you don't mind that, then I reckon XSitePro is your best bet.
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  • Profile picture of the author Josh Anderson
    Definitely Dreamweaver.

    Don't handicap your self with fancy solutions that do not provide you professional level control.

    I would not be caught dead without a copy of dreamwever... but you may also want to have a copy of xsitepro as a secondary for its specialty features.
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  • Profile picture of the author tacticalm
    If you want a 100% free open-source editor that is easy to use - try NVU

    nvu .com
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  • Profile picture of the author kemdev
    It really depends on you and your skill set. If you have money and basic
    knowledge of web design, then Dreamweaver is probably you're best
    option. If you have neither of those, however...

    ...Then I would highly recommend Web Easy.
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  • Profile picture of the author morry
    If you're on a budget, use NVU. If you have the cash, grab Dreamweaver. Simple as that in my opinion

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  • Profile picture of the author laurenceh
    Do you know wether you can use videos on Kompozer? It seems pretty good but kinda "plain" if ya know what i mean. Can ya "jazz it up?" Mikey?
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  • Profile picture of the author RichardDean
    Hello,

    Dreamweaver is not a wysiwyg editor, Dreamweaver has become more WYSIWYG in the most recent incarnation, but it is still not what you would call a WYSIWYG.

    If your going to count on it to do what you want you will be in for a shock they did not add the access to the code just for the heck of it you will still need to edit the code to get things to proper locations how you like them, when you view the site in a browser.

    I have opened up templates in dreamweaver and it messed them up bad. If using dreamweaver I design in photoshop then open in dreamweaver but still I can code better in note pad the dreamweavers wysiwyg (ya right)

    I would suggest you learn to code from note pad. Cut and past code from a open source website design and or a work book on web design. You will learn fast this way.

    Try NVU it is no cost, open source but they seemed to stop working on it, if you want you can try Kompozer it is an advanced (being worked on) copy of NVU.


    You might want to check out WYSIWYG Web Builder just as it says WYSIWYG Web Builder

    What ever you use it won't hurt to learn to code by hand also.

    Hope that helps

    Richard
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    • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
      You could try Serif WebPlusX2. It has limitations, but it's as near wysiwyg as possible.
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