Website Creation Tools

[BSDimwit]

Hi all,

I wanted to get the opinions of some die hard mac users on which is the best Website Creation tool.

While I used to use Homesite on my Wintel box, that was several years ago and on a different platform. So speak up all you web designers... Which one is best and why. I am looking for a WYSIWYG based tool, not a text editor like BBEdit.

Thanks in advance for the advice. BTW, I am running on a Titanium Powerbook 550 with 512MB ram, with OSX 10.1.3.

BSDimwit

[Valrus]

I can't really be of any help here since I use a text editor for my site. But I just have to say: Don't use MS Word! Code generated by Word is the biggest steaming, hideous, wretched pile of skank I've ever seen!

-the valrus

[phatsharpie]

I agree, no MS Word web pages please!!!

Other than that, I use BBEdit. Out of all the WYSIWYG editors, I prefer Dreamweaver.

-B

[nkuvu]

I think that instead of saying "Don't use MS Word!" you should say "Don't use MS Anything!". Trust me. Word is not the only Office app to save as HTML. Excel does the same, and it is the same gnarly, ugly, proprietary code. PowerPoint, IIRC, is worse.

[thoule]

Why has nobody suggest GoLive? Is it that strongly prefered over Dreamweaver?

[BSDimwit]

Fear not my Fellow Anti MS brethren... I shan't be using any MS software... well exploder to check its appearance, but nothing in the creation.

While I could hand code it all, I am ultimately trying save myself time...

I did download a trial copy of GoLive, but I decided to get input from this community before I invested time in learning it.

I really don't want to have to use Mac OS 9.2.2 so is Dreamweaver OSX native yet?(guess i will go check)

Thanks again, keep the opinions comings.

BSDimwit

[nkuvu]

I'm not necessarily Anti MS. If I ever see MS software that I like, I might use it. There's that whole "evil corporation that has stupid license agreements" issue to deal with before I could use the software. And we'd also have to start dealing with the pig droppings from the sky as they fly overhead.

But seriously, the main problem I have with MS Office generated HTML is that it is proprietary, ugly, and gnarly, as I have already mentioned.

[simX]

I have struggled with this same question, BSDimwit, and I have found that the best WYSIWYG editor is Claris Home Page.

Unfortunately, it only runs in Classic.

It is the best "freeware" option I've seen (I say that in quotes because it is now unsupported and you cannot buy any more copies, but the trial is fully functional), and nothing on OS X can come close to its functionality at its price.

Hopefully someone will make a better WYSIWYG HTML editor soon for Mac OS X, but I'm not holding my breath.