What to replace FrontPage with?

I use FrontPage for two differen开发者_JS百科t tasks; authoring html help and authoring a couple of websites. The websites don't require a lot of stuff -- they are there to disseminate a bit of information to a couple of small audiences.

FrontPage has been quick and easy for these tasks. WYSIWYG is good for these jobs and I like being able to click on links to quickly bring up other pages in the editor.

I've been exploring all sorts of options. tools that work online such as Kompozer make editing the html help difficult (at least, I haven't found a way around) and other html-level tools are just too much work. Tried nVu, Kompozer, Aptama, Komodo, Bluefish and so far, unless I'm missing something, I'm not sold on any of them.

I'm about to take a look at SeaMonkey but wondering if anybody has any recommendations. Or should I go back and look at those other tools again -- maybe I missed something?

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I think the natural upgrade path would be Microsoft Expression Web.

People still use FrontPage?

I switched a couple of years back to DreamWeaver and never looked back.

Something to consider is that you could deploy these sites as wikis (which don't have to be publically editable) and edit them directly on the web in your browser. This would give you the ability to click around and do pretty much wysiwyg edits. It would also make it easier to maintain larger collections of data and to make new pages. You also don't really have to do any HTML at all because wikis mostly come pre-HTMLed (and CSSed and Javascripted), you just need to fill in the content.

I should note that this won't work if your webpages are deployed statically on a restrictive shared hosting account, but even most shared hosting supports installing things like wikis these days, so hopefully this is something you can look into.

I should also note that this probably isn't the best way to do local HTML help files, but if the HTML help is online, this is probably still a good choice.

I'm making this community wiki so others can add links to other wikis if they like or add more info on why you might want to or not want to use a wiki for this purpose.

Some wikis to consider:

• MediaWiki - The wiki behind wikipedia
• MoinMoin - Implemented in Python and popular in that community.
• TiddlyWiki - Implemented in Javascript and runs on a single page. This is probably the most different wiki that's out there. Some love it, some hate it.

NVU and Kompozer both are best suited for you. NVU is my personal choice. Choose your poison. :)

FrontPage has been replaced by SharedPoint Designed in the Office suite.

You could also use Microsoft Expression Web if you can have it.

Drewamweaver or MS's Visual Studio/Web Developer Express will do the trick. They're both overkill (especially MS's tools).

I also think MS has (free) HTMLHelp. It's out there, but I don't know if it'll produce the files you need.

It depends on what kind of pages you are designing. If you are using Adobe Flash, Dreamweaver would be the best option but I would recommend "Microsoft Visual Web Developer Express". I am currently using it and totally love it from the bottom of my heart.

I'd say Dreamweaver, but last time I looked there was still bloated code, not as bad as the MX days mind.

Smashing Magazine has a list of WYSIWYG tools that would be worth a look : http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/05/06/25-wysiwyg-editors-reviewed/

I persuaded my friend to ditch Dreamweaver for NetBeans, took a week or so but I got a pint out of that :)

You might look into Aptana (http://aptana.org) which should provide everything you need. I think it even has a WYSIWYG editor, though I would really recommend learning html instead.

I would use Notepad++ for the simpler things, and Dreamweaver when working with other Adobe products. Notepad++ is simple and has a lot of great features. Dreamweaver is huge and will take some getting used to.

Try dokuwiki. I've implemented a wiki/manual/documentation for my app in a week. It's very simple n easy installing. You just need PHP, no database (mysql), the information is stored on files. Give it a try.

My wiki implemented wiki doku: wiki.vigo.com.br

Microsoft Visual Web Developer Express perhaps? http://www.microsoft.com/express/vwd/

Works well, and it's free!

Something similar to FrontPage is Adobe Contribute. It does cost $199, but if you're looking for something as simple as FrontPage, it may be a good option for you.

A freelancer web designer I work with will setup clients who want to make simple HTML edits to their sites with it and they've all been pretty happy. They're all non-technical people.

Dreamweaver is good, but however using the WYSIWYG may have problems getting consistency when viewing between IE, firefox and safari.