OK, we all know it happens. Discussion starts on an interesting topic introduced on a recent blog post. But as the conversation continues, all of sudden, you realize that the discussion has veered wildly off the yellow brick road to Oz and you’re now making a B-line for the Wicked Witch of the West. It happens to to all of us, so I decided I’d try to go ahead and plan for it. I don’t want to quelch discussion, however, I don’t want blog comments getting polluted with amazingly off-topic conversations. If the comment discussion ends up getting too far from the original post content, please feel free to move the discussion to the comments of this post instead.
Maybe one day I’ll have a real user forum with an off-topic section, but for now this will have to do.
I’ll be doing my own police-ing of the discussions, but anyone should feel free to recommend an off-topic discussion being moved away from the current post and into this one.
thanks for your consideration and support,
oschurch
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I’m looking for a well featured WYSIWYG html editor for redesigning my webpage – something along the lines of FrontPage. I’ve built the site using Trellix (Earthlink’s tool) but I’m starting to feel confined by the canned formats. I realize that html is one of those things that coders might just do, rather than use software for, and that OS users are more likely than the average to be coders…and maybe that’s why my own searches haven’t come up with much. That said, if you know of something and could help direct me, that would be awesome!
The site is http://www.corvettesconquercancer.org…it’s not a church, but it is a mission!
Cheers,
adam
Hey Adam,
Thanks for asking. It’s always good to know exactly what would be helpful for people. There are at least a couple of different options for you. The first is the most direct answer to your question:
1) Kompozer – http://www.kompozer.net/ is a Dreamweaver-like WYSIWYG HTML editor most likely similar to what you’re asking for. I haven’t used it, so you’re mileage may vary. Let me know your experience or if you hit questions and I’ll help out however I can (Since I’m a web developer, hopefully, I’ll be able to help a lot)
2) Consider moving to a CMS. A CMS (content management system) is one of the easiest ways to manage your web content. It might be a little more involved to install on your site than just uploading HTML. However, many hosting services provide simple, automated installation procedures for the popular CMSes. Using a CMS, you can purchase (or find a good free one) a visual “theme”, then you create all of your content online in a WYSIWYG editor as a part of the CMS. I’d recommend WordPress as the most user friendly open source CMS for a non-techical user (I use WordPress for this blog). Stay tuned for tutorials around this space.
3) Eclipse – http://www.eclipse.org is a IDE (integrated development environment). It has WYSIWYG HTML editors in it as well. However, it is targeted towards web developers and might not make sense to a non-technical user
Hope that helps…let me know how it goes.
Kevin