Comments on: Web design on a budget. Six free alternatives to Dreamweaver.

By: Netah

Netah — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:26:32 +0000

And Ms Visual Web Dev 2008 ? (http://www.asp.net) It’s more than an html editor (and JS, and co). You can build dynamic web site in design view.

By: Stas

Stas — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:27:00 +0000

I use Codelobster PHP Edition.
It’s the best free IDE if taken all round. Besides of standard highlighting and autocomplete for PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript it has pair tag highlighting, easy navigation through tags, preview in all browsers, hot keys for marking tags’ content, attributes and its value.
Tooltips for images in code should be also noted, as the ability of navigation through the links with Ctrl-key holding.
It also includes special HTML code inspector, that allows to compare visible element with the lines of code, that are in charge of it (as in FireBug).
There also are plug-ins for Drupal, Joomla, WordPress, Smarty and JQuery.

By: i have multiple questions about webdesign with html or php? | The Four Ps

i have multiple questions about webdesign with html or php? | The Four Ps — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:23:30 +0000

[...] other Dreamweaver alternatives see http://blog.webdistortion.com/2008/04/12/webdesign-on-a-budget-six-free-alternatives-to-dreamweaver/References [...]

By: Bill Ambrose

Bill Ambrose — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:13:29 +0000

An excellent blogpost. Thank you.
I have heard that Aptana Studio is in excess of 200MB in comparison to Kompozers 20MB, and that it can be buggy on a mac, and therefore have opted for Kompzer.
Thanks

By: A decade in web design

A decade in web design — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:11:12 +0000

[...] on the market that actually put the control of the markup back in the developers hands. Other alternatives to dreamweaver such as Microsoft Frontpage at the time were critised for bloating code and using proprietory [...]

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:25:25 +0000

Okay, after downloading nearly every one of these programs, here’s my comment and I think the developers should be listening closely …. The company that comes out with a software like this that is user friendly and EASY is going to be a very successful company. Not one of these programs was easy. Not one of them made it easy to simple get started nor was the help or tutorial readily available. Wake up guys, everyone’s not a geek nor does everyone want to be one.

By: Roger Hallett

Roger Hallett — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:35:36 +0000

I have been using DW for years and have DW8 working v well. Have now just had to upgrade to new computer due to failing hardware. New box is Win7! Reinstalled DW but not working well – not at all really! Been through the 8.0.2 patch routine with Adobe’s most *unhelpful* wizard – which also crashed. So after almost 10 years of being a DW fan (fanatic) I am fed up with being forced to pay for upgrades just because I move platforms. Adobe must be trying to force me into CS4. I am going to try Open Source first – so thank you for the list. And thank you to all the contributors who have made constructive comments.

By: Wesam Alalem

Wesam Alalem — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:53:30 +0000

I abandoned Windows last Oct, for Linux Kubuntu, I finished developeing my whole website with Quanta plus for code and GIMP for graphics.
Thanks for the list, I’ll try them all.
Viva Linux ;)

By: Paul Anthony

Paul Anthony — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:08:43 +0000

Hi there Bones- no worries, glad it helped a bit! Oh – and thanks for the Twitter follow!

By: Bones

Bones — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:24:13 +0000

I’ve been looking for something that my daughter can use to create a basic website with. I’ve used Dreamweaver commercially for years, but was unwilling to pay its price-tag for software which may only be used a couple of times on a single project. We’re going to give Kompozer a go, so thank you very much for your roundup :)