What alternatives are there to FrontPage?

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While not cheap, I'd definitely go for DreamWeaver if you can't edit your own code. It's slightly complicated, but produces the best results and, for WYSIWYG editors, is astoundingly feature-full. I haven't used it for a few versions as I got more and more accustomed to writing my own code, but I don't exactly think it would have suddenly started sucking.

Kompozer is a free WSYWYG and HTML editor and very easy to use. It's not full featured but it produces relatively uncomplicated HTML. To get more cmplicated stuff I edit the HTML and add CSS and Java script.

One very good alternative is Visual Site Designer by CoffeeCup.. I used the trial version and it really looks promising.. They have other supporting software like Form and Menu Builders.. Basic price is only $50 but you can get a deal for buying supporting software as well..

Word was a great HTML generator up through Word 97. I used it for years and got HTML code that was almost as good as I could create by hand.

With Word XP, they added XML support and the Save as HTML option went to crap. For years, I kept a copy of Word 97 installed along with Word XP just for saving a document as HTML.

I finally gave up and started using PDF for everything. (I create documents for my WebCT courses, not websites.) Since switching to PDF, I have not looked back to HTML.

On those rare occasions when I need to generate HTML, I use Wordpad (I know, no checking) unless I need a table. I find those tedious to do by hand so I fire up Frontpage, which I like to do the tables.

I use a simple text editor for my websites, which all use their own database for storing content.

• www.TextPad.com; it has an HTML clip file and a CSS clip file for inserting HTML tags and CSS attributes.

• One CSS file per website;
• One database per website.

Simple! Powerful!

i prefer notepad ++. it is good for html, php, javascript, and even windows shell scripts (batch files).

and, yes, occasionally a plain text file.

Call me old fashioned. Notepad.

Kompozer for original page lay-out, boring stuff. Notetab for tweaking, updating and fixing the validation problems.

After using nothing but Front Page for nearly 10 years, I tried CSS/Joomla and can't see why a lot of people rave about it. It definitely is not WYSIWYG and using tables and images are a nightmare. Give me Front Page and a bit of HTML any day. If you don't believe how good it can be, have a look at my website, www.yachtbroker-charters.com Not bad eh?

Many people who consider FrontPage should simply be using WordPress.

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