The named applications can be found at my HTML tools page. All of them are free.
All this applications are Windows programs. If you work on Macintosh,
try here.
| Details of the descriptions
Name: The name of the program / Version: The discussed version / Address: Website of the program / Description: A brief description of the program / WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get): do you edit the page in the format it will have on the screen of the reader? / MDI: Can you open different files at once? / MRF: Does the program retains the most recently opened files? / Forms: Can you create forms? / Frames: Can you create frames? / Images: Can you integrate images using this program? / Imagemaps: Can you create clickable image maps? / DHTML: Can you integrate dynamic effects in your pages? / CSS: Can you create stylesheets? / Scripting: Can you use (VBS, JS) in your pages? / Templates: Can you create new pages based on existing templates? / Upload: Can you publish pages with this program? / Site management: Can you manage your site? / Target: Who is this program intended for? / Comment / Biggest advantage / Biggest disadvantage |
| Name: 1st Page 2006 Address: http://www.evrsoft.com Description: a HTML editor for experts WYSIWYG: no MDI: yes MRF: no Forms: yes (in code) Frames: yes (in code) Images: yes Imagemaps: no DHTML: yes CSS: yes Scripting: yes Templates: no Upload: no Site management: no (but there is a list of the files in the folder ) Target: experts Comment: a very nice product Biggest advantage: the included scripts Biggest disadvantage: no WYSIWYG |
| Name: Abiword
Address: http://www.abisource.com Description: a free word procesor WYSIWYG: yes MDI: yes MRF: yes Forms: no Frames: no Images: yes Imagemaps: yes DHTML: no CSS: no Scripting: no Templates: yes Upload: no Site management: no Target: Office-users Comment: A nice choice if you don't want to know HTML. Biggest advantage: Can export XHTML and WML files. Biggest disadvantage: The user cannot edit the HTML code. Problems for opening existing HTML pages. |
| Name: Anansi
Address: http://www.xs4all.nl/~hbosma/anansi/index.html Description: A HTML editor for beginners. WYSIWYG: no MDI: yes MRF: no Forms: yes (in code) Frames: no Images: yes Imagemaps: no DHTML: no CSS: yes Scripting: no Templates: no Upload: yes Site management: yes (Project Manager) Target: all websitebuilders Comment: nice program, even if it isn't updated. |
| Name: Arachnopilia
Address: http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/ Description: A websitetool for beginners. WYSIWYG: no MDI: yes MRF: yes Forms: yes Frames: yes Images: yes Imagemaps: no DHTML: no CSS: no Scripting: yes Templates: no Upload: no Site management: no Target: beginning websitebuilders who know HTML. Biggest advantage: The HTML code is builded gradually. Biggest disadvantage: Knowledge of HTML is necessary. |
| Name: Coffeecup Free
Address: http://www.coffeecup.com Description: A program to build webpages. WYSIWYG: no MDI: no MRF: no Forms: no Frames: no Images: yes Imagemaps: no DHTML: no CSS: no Scripting: no Templates: yes Upload: yes Site management: no Target: beginners Comment: nice to start, but not to keep using. Biggest advantage: nice interface. Biggest disadvantage: little area of usability |
| Name: GeoHTML
Address: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/geohtml.html Description: Program to make imagemaps to use in other editors |
| Name: HTML Kit
Address: http://www.chami.com/html-kit/ Description: An advanced HTML editor. WYSIWYG: no (but there is a preview) MDI: yes MRF: no Forms: yes (in code) Frames: no Images: yes Imagemaps: no DHTML: (in code) CSS: (in code) Scripting: (in code) Templates: no Upload: yes Site management: no Target: expert website builders Biggest advantage: Supports many tags. Possibility to create an own library. |
| Name: IrfanView
Address: www.irfanview.com Description: A program for viewing and converting images. WYSIWYG: yes MDI: no MRF: latest used directories Images: yes Target: everyone Biggest advantage: viewing animated gifs Biggest disadvantage: no creation of transparant gifs |
| Name: Kompozer Address: www.kompozer.net Description: The editor of Firefox. WYSIWYG: yes MDI: yes MRF: no Forms: no Frames: no Images: yes (with automatic conversion) Imagemaps: no DHTML: no CSS: no Scripting: no Templates: yes Upload: yes Site management: no Target: everyone Comment: A very nice editor for the creation of new files and the editing of existing ones Biggest advantage: WYSIWYG. Tabels. The different views (Normal, Show all tags, HTML source, Preview). Spelling check. Biggest disadvantage: No forms or frames. |
| Name: NoteTab
Address: http://www.notetab.com/ Description: An ASCII text editor with support for HTML tags. WYSIWYG: no MDI: yes MRF: no Forms: yes (in code) Frames: yes (in code) Images: yes (in code) Imagemaps: no DHTML: yes (in code) CSS: yes (in code) Scripting: mogelijk Templates: mogelijk Upload: no Site management: no Target: HTML aware users who prefer to write code. Comment: A goof replacement for Notepad. Biggest advantage: Produces pure ASCII. Biggest disadvantage: You have to know HTML. |
| Name: OpenOffice
Address: http://www.openoffice.org Description: An open-source Office-suite WYSIWYG: yes MDI: yes MRF: yes Forms: yes Frames: no (this term is something very different in OpenOffice) Images: yes Imagemaps: yes DHTML: (yes) CSS: yes Scripting: (yes) Templates: yes Upload: yes Site management: no Target: everyone Biggest advantage: create webpages in a known environment Biggest disadvantage: No frames. No site management. |
| Name: Top Dawg
Address: http://arthur.smith.net/ Description: An HTML editor WYSIWYG: no (but there is a previewer) MDI: yes MRF: no Forms: yes (in code) Frames: yes (in code, with models) Images: yes Imagemaps: no DHTML: no CSS: yes (in code) Scripting: no Templates: no Upload: yes (has an FTP program) Site management: yes (viewing the files in the folder) Target: all websitebuilders Biggest advantage: an editable toolbar |
| Name: TopStyle
Address: http://www.topstyle4.com/ Description: A program to create or edit stylesheets WYSIWYG: n/a MDI: no Target: advanced users |
| Name: WS_FTP Limited edition
Address: http://www.ipswitch.com/ Description: a program to publish sites Upload: yes Target: everyone Comment: a very nice product |
| Name: Xenu
Address: http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html Description: A tool to verify links. WYSIWYG: n/a MDI: n/a MRF: yes Site management: yes Target: everyone Comment: Check links at different times, or you'll loose valuable links in your site. |
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