Finding Web Page Editing Nirvana

Finding an easier way to make web pages... or web page editing alternatives...

I think the WYSIWYG (What You See, Is What You Get) Editor in Seamonkey is a great place to start making web pages, especially if you are just starting out. There are better alternatives available, but they are NOT all free or open source programs. A year and 1/2 ago, or so (once upon a time?) there were only a few solid web editors. Today there are many more choices and the competition is growing...

The combination that I use on my Mac are
Textedit Seamonkey Coda Dreamweaver
For the specific task of making photo web galleries I'll use iWeb, Lightroom or JAlbum
In the past I used Shutterbug (Mac) and Picasa (pc).

JAalbum is free, it's available for PC and Mac. It's a great utility and time saver, you can check it out and download it from here...
http://jalbum.net/


The reason I like the following programs is that I have existing web pages to edit, some of the web editors out there cannot load and edit straight html pages!
These 'Graphical" editors use an intermediate step... saving the Web page in their own format... Then, when you upload them to the web these programs convert their graphical version to an html version...

The ones I like that can load and edit HTML pages
For PC's
The CoffeeCup HTML Editor 2008 ----is 2 Editors in 1 !
http://www.coffeecup.com/html-editor/

TopStyle (this is one terrific CSS/HTML textstyle editor)
http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/TopStyle/Default.aspx

MicroSoft's Web Expression 2
http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/overview.aspx?key=web
(it's a real long download)

Adobe's Dreamweaver
http://tryit.adobe.com/us/cs4/dreamweaver/index.html?sdid=DOPEY

Graphical Editors fun to use but Can not edit existing web sites

Here is a free Graphical Web Editor called WebDwarf
http://www.virtualmechanics.com/products/dwarf/

Kinda fun to use, especially if you are artistically inclined...

it's big brother/sister is SiteSpinner and SitesSpinnerPro
http://www.virtualmechanics.com/webhelp/sitespinner.html

For Photoshop Users
a plugin for called SiteGrinder
http://www.medialab.com/sitegrinder/

On the Mac there several graphical oriented editors
RapidWeaver
http://www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/

and
Freeway - Freeway Pro
http://www.softpress.com/products/index.php

There are others, but the ones mentioned have caught my attention so far
Oh, so many choice, so little time...

What you say?

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Mo Eb , Garry
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o "It's the reason we came from the mud, don't you know/'Cause we wanted to climb to the stars." --- David Crosby