webpage designer software suggestion.

[Mechatrommer]

i thought i've ask before but seems unable to dig it or maybe i havent (it seems i havent downloaded anything in my storage). digging it is one "exceptional task", i promise i'll do better next time so here it goes...

my frontpage is getting older i think, so i need one simple and easy but latest (not so old) and "almost complete" webpage designer software, preferably free source.
what you usually use? any suggestion thanks.

edit: please also recommend commercial software with free trial. cant always relying on free stuff

[AntiProtonBoy]

edit: I think i misread you... are you looking for content management systems, or something that designs the graphical elements for a site?


What kind of content are you aiming for?

For article or blog driven pages, something like Wordpress, CMS Made Simple, Joomla will do. You will still need to customise your templates for each. All open source.

Check this site:
http://www.opensourcecms.com/

It has a huge collection of open source content management systems. They are also setup for you to trial.

[Mechatrommer]

sorry not very clear. i dont mean content manager. i mean a software to be run offline that we edit HTML WYSIWYG. putting picture, table, button, flash or java or php script in with single button click, things like that. things like Microsoft FrontPage does.

[G7PSK]

Serif web plus is what I use. I have the paid for, but they also do a free version which is fine as long as you do not want more than 5 pages, it does all the flash etc and the html as well.

[alm]

Fortunately hardly anybody uses that stuff anymore. FrontPage generated some horrible HTML with ugly standard templates and dumb things like Java applets for buttons. FrontPage is now discontinued. Most people either use a CMS/blog engine with some standard/third party templates or hire someone to design the website.

If you want to put Java and Flash on websites, than I'd suggest sticking to templates designed by experienced people. Nobody uses Java applets anymore, and Flash is essentially limited to games and video these days, with the latter use being replaced by HTML5 video.

[Mechatrommer]

Fortunately hardly anybody uses that stuff anymore

i'm one of that "special" guy

FrontPage generated some horrible HTML with ugly standard templates and dumb things like Java applets for buttons

200% agreed!

If you want to put Java and Flash on websites, than I'd suggest sticking to templates designed by experienced people

where? example? can i just save any website that i like? and text edit from there?

Flash is essentially limited to games and video these days

how about pictures slideshow as header?

btw, downloading Serif right now, $50 is the perfect price! but will try it first if its worth. i hope it will run on my classic XP (hardly anyone use ).

[alm]

where? example?

I the case of Wordpress, there are a bunch of freely available templates and numerous commercial sources.

can i just save any website that i like? and text edit from there?

That would be considered copyright infringement in most jurisdictions.

how about pictures slideshow as header?

There are some cool slideshows that use pure HTML/CSS/Javascript, like these demos. You would probably use something like this. I'm not sure if a moving header is good design, however, people have mostly moved away from animated banners because users disliked them.

[Mechatrommer]

I the case of Wordpress, there are a bunch of freely available templates and numerous commercial sources.
There are some cool slideshows that use pure HTML/CSS/Javascript, like these demos.

great!. i've re-quoted your post for eternity. something new to learn.

[G7PSK]

Serif runs on XP its the only OS that I use at the present, I have tried Linux of various flavors but as I have a lot of purchased software that requires windows I don,t use Linux much.

[Teknotronix]

Visual Studio 2010 Express is free and allows you to do lots of things, including ASP.net websites and web and WCF services.

http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/express