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 2000 Version: 2.0  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 Version: 1.0.3  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 Version: 1.0  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 Version: 4.0  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 Version: 6.1  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 Version: 2.1  Address: http://www.fegi.ru/geohtml/index.htm Description: Program to make imagemaps to use in other editors
Name: HTML Kit Version: 1.0 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 Version: 3.75 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: Mozilla Version: 1.0  Address: http://www.mozilla.org/ Description: A browser with a built-in HTML editor. This is the Open Source project of Netscape.  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: Netscape Version: 7.0  Address: http://www.netscape.com/ Description: A browser with a built-in HTML editor. This is the Open Source project of Netscape.  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 Version: 4.91  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 Version: 1.0  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: StarOffice Version: 5.2 (free) / 6.0 (free for schools)  Address: http://www.staroffice.com Description: An Office product with extended HTML support.  WYSIWYG: yes  MDI: yes  MRF: yes  Forms: yes  Frames: yes  Images: yes  Imagemaps: yes  DHTML: (yes)  CSS: (yes)  Scripting: yes  Templates: yes  Upload: no  Site management: no  Target: everyone / Office-users  Comment: a very nice product.  Biggest advantage: An Office-suite that produces nice HTML. Framesets. Imagemaps.  Biggest disadvantage: No sitemanagement.
Name: SiteGenWiz Version: 0.95 Address: http://www.enersoft.ch/ Description: A wizard that creates a site basing on the user's preferences. WYSIWYG: n/a MDI: n/a MRF: n/a Forms: no Frames: (no) Images: yes Imagemaps: no DHTML: no CSS: no Scripting: no Templates: yes Upload: no Site management: (yes) Target: Beginners Comment:  Biggest advantage: No problems with coding or structure. Biggest disadvantage: Not enough easy to use for intermediate users.
Name: Top Dawg Version: 2.6  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 Version: 2.5 Lite Address: http://www.bradsoft.com/topstyle/ Description: A program to create or edit stylesheets WYSIWYG: n/a MDI: no Target: advanced users
Name: Trellix Version: 2.7  Address:  n/a  Description: WYSIWYG: yes  MDI: yes  MRF: yes  Forms: Frames: no (and no target can be defined in the links neither)  Images: yes  Imagemaps: no  DHTML: no  CSS: no  Scripting: no  Templates: yes  Upload: yes (limited to the server for which that edition has been adapted)  Site management: yes, but no integration of existing documents  Target: beginners Biggest advantage: You can create a site in 15 minutes Biggest disadvantage: No import of existing files. No targetframe for the links. Internal and external links are different.  Comment: Bought by Globalscape.com and now named CuteSite Builder (not free any more). The old version is at http://www.globalscape.com/products/cutesitebuilder/twdownload.shtml
Name: WS_FTP Limited edition Version: - Address: http://www.ipswitch.com/ Description: a program to publish sites  Upload: yes  Target: everyone  Comment: a very nice product
Name: Xenu Version: 1.2 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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