If you don’t feel like learning HTML then it is great to use a WYSIWYG editor. These allow you to build web pages by showing you exactly what they will look like when they are viewed through a web browser.
There are several WYSIWYG editors avaliable for you to use, both free and paid;
Microsoft Frontpage
Frontpage was bundled with certain editions of Office 2003 and is easy to use. It has the same layout to other office products and therefore is easy to learn. You can switch from the default design view to a code view easily. It has since been replaced by Microsoft Expression Web and Sharepoint Designer. If you already own a copy of Microsoft Office you may already have a copy of front page.
Reccommended for: Personal Sites, 1st websites.
Adobe Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver is an advanced web editor. It supports multipul web languages from HTML to visual basic. It can create dynamic websites, interacting with databases. Like frontpage is has the ability to switch between code view and a design view. It also adds another view which is a split between code and design. These features don’t come cheap and it is priced around $399
Nvu
Nvu is a free alternative to Frontpage and Dreamweaver and is avaliable on Windows, Mac and Linux. It is designed to be easy for novice users and requires not HTML skill. It includes a built in HTML validator to check HTML compliance.
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