Is There a HTML5 Website Design Program Like Wordpress?

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Hello, I am looking for a HTML5 program for website design that I can apply just like wordpress that wouldn't require me to learn coding.

I read that there are free templates online and when I googled, I found quite a handful.

Now my question is that if I download the themes/templates, how do I edite them and then upload to the web? I know only wordpress.

Also, is there any HTML5 website builder that I can download/purchase that comes with free templates?

Please guide me.
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  • Profile picture of the author DogScout
    Wordpress upgrades as new code becomes viable... you do not want a 100% HTML5 site with code not supported by all browsers... as coding changes and becomes universally supported, WP updates if needed.
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  • Profile picture of the author Myles Sinclair
    Originally Posted by jideofor View Post

    Hello, I am looking for a HTML5 program for website design that I can apply just like wordpress that wouldn't require me to learn coding.
    The problem you have is that HTML5 is not a programming language. Do you mean you are seeking an editor to design a site in html5? If so, something like this may work for you - https://www.raptor-editor.com/ Other editors are available.
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    • Profile picture of the author jideofor
      Originally Posted by Myles Sinclair View Post

      The problem you have is that HTML5 is not a programming language. Do you mean you are seeking an editor to design a site in html5? If so, something like this may work for you - https://www.raptor-editor.com/ Other editors are available.
      Thanks but do you know if I can edit downloaded templates with the raptor-editor?

      Thanks
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      • Profile picture of the author Myles Sinclair
        Originally Posted by jideofor View Post

        Thanks but do you know if I can edit downloaded templates with the raptor-editor?

        Thanks
        Any html5 editor should do that for you.
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        • Profile picture of the author jideofor
          Originally Posted by Myles Sinclair View Post

          Any html5 editor should do that for you.

          thanks. I will give it a try .

          but how do I upload the final design to the web?

          do you know anything about Google Website desiger for HTML5? i downloaded it today while doing some research.
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          • Profile picture of the author Myles Sinclair
            Originally Posted by jideofor View Post

            "......but how do I upload the final design to the web?..."
            You would just upload it from your PC to your web space. Normally to a folder called public_html (But that location can vary depending on the host) Any FTP client will do this for you. I use Filezilla, which is free!

            do you know anything about Google Website desiger for HTML5? i downloaded it today while doing some research.
            I'm not familiar with it. I tend to use Dreamweaver if I'm creating a design for a site. The Google Website Designer looks interesting though, and they have a community forum, which could be useful if you get stuck!
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  • Profile picture of the author K Meier
    I think you might be a bit confused what HTML5 means. HTML5 is simply a set of new standard set by the W3C foundation, that adds new elements to the already existing HTML version. HTML5 is not a programming language nor do you require any special editor for HTML5.
    Most HTML5 functions have already existed since early 2000s, just in form of a JavaScript scripts and Flash. Now the W3C foundations took those features and implemented them directly into HTML, to make them native, so developers don't need to use of JavaScript or Flash anymore.

    Almost all new wordpress themes found on Themeforest support some features of HTML5.
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  • Profile picture of the author jideofor
    Thanks, buddies. I found a more interesting editor for HTML5 that works offline and it's FREE!

    It's called Mozilla Seamonkey. Google it.

    The good thing is that their last release had been modified and upgraded to handle HTML5, which occured in Feb. Check it out!
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    • Profile picture of the author K Meier
      Originally Posted by jideofor View Post

      Thanks, buddies. I found a more interesting editor for HTML5 that works offline and it's FREE!

      It's called Mozilla Seamonkey. Google it.

      The good thing is that their last release had been modified and upgraded to handle HTML5, which occured in Feb. Check it out!
      SeaMonkey is the former Mozilla suite, before Mozilla decided to drop it all and only focus on a light weight Browser, now known as Firefox.

      I assume you mean Seamonkey Composer, right? Well at least now I know what you have been looking for. It's called a WYSIWYG Editor.
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  • Profile picture of the author jideofor
    Yeah... I should have stated that. My worry was that the like of NVU or Kompozer wouldn't be able to handle HTML5 in the WYSIWYG editor if I try to use them for the work, would they?

    Can NVU or Kompozer be use to edit HTML5 templates?

    Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    I heard some people can edit/write even HTML5 in Notepad... because they know what HTML and HTML5 is

    Wysiwyg editors - if you were talking about those - will never ever "write" clean and good code, no matter which html version you aim for.

    Oh, and the default WP themes that come with the downloaded package in the last couple of years are all HTML5, in case you were curious.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joe Ray
      Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

      I heard some people can edit/write even HTML5 in Notepad... because they know what HTML and HTML5 is

      Wysiwyg editors - if you were talking about those - will never ever "write" clean and good code, no matter which html version you aim for.

      Oh, and the default WP themes that come with the downloaded package in the last couple of years are all HTML5, in case you were curious.
      Is there any editor that does "write" clean code?

      BTW: I used PageBreeze, a free html editor before for some small jobs and it seems to work with html 5 as well.
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      • Profile picture of the author Myles Sinclair
        Originally Posted by Joe Ray View Post

        Is there any editor that does "write" clean code?

        BTW: I used PageBreeze, a free html editor before for some small jobs and it seems to work with html 5 as well.
        All editors will do the job, and should produce "valid" code. Valid Code
        You can check your pages are valid here - The W3C Markup Validation Service

        Editors tend to use more code than is sometimes necessary to create a page, and this is what is meant by "bloated" code. The software has got a lot better over the years though, and a good editor will probably generate code that is not much different than if you were doing it by hand.
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    • Profile picture of the author Myles Sinclair
      Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

      I heard some people can edit/write even HTML5 in Notepad... because they know what HTML and HTML5 is
      That's true. I created my first site using Notepad. Half of it was php and the other half (editing design of shopping cart) was mostly html. It was quite a leaning curve! Lol.

      Wysiwyg editors - if you were talking about those - will never ever "write" clean and good code, no matter which html version you aim for.
      I agree. Although to increase my speed I switched to using Dreamweaver after learning how to write code. It's one of the better editors, but it still bloats the code as you say. However, by having a split screen between Design and Code view, when you know what goes on under the bonnet (hood) It's fairly easy to edit the code to reduce this problem. It's a compromise, but for me it works well.

      Oh, and the default WP themes that come with the downloaded package in the last couple of years are all HTML5, in case you were curious.
      I didn't know that. I haven't used any of the default themes as I've been making my own (Although not HTML5). Thanks for the info, I'll check them out!
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    • Profile picture of the author Martin Avis
      Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

      I heard some people can edit/write even HTML5 in Notepad... because they know what HTML and HTML5 is
      That is very true - and is how I write most of my web pages.

      In the few hours that this thread has been running the OP could easily have learned enough HTML (or HTML5 if he want's to be purist) to make the whole question of WYSIWYG editors redundant.

      HTML5 is a language that has only a very few words (111 at last count) and of those, only about half are used with any kind of frequency. A basic webpage might use just 15-20! SO learning the vocabulary is dead easy.

      Here is a page that lists them all: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/doc...5_element_list

      The grammar of HTML5 is also very simple to learn as there are only a handful of rules.

      Why more people don't bother to learn to code their own pages is beyond me - it isn't hard work and it puts you in control of your pages. Even if you choose to use an editor (or an outsourcer) later on, learning the basics of HTML5 puts you in the driving seat of your own business.

      Here is the best place to learn: HTML5 Introduction

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  • Profile picture of the author pvijeh
    html5 is just a buzzword
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  • Profile picture of the author aspic791
    If you mean CMS (content management systems), you can use Joomla or Drupal, they are the best in the internet. and for html5, you will find template for each cms that use html5 programation, so you won't need to code anything
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