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15 Aug, 2013 23 Votes A few years ago, website developers would have gone straight to Frontpage when looking for a HTML editor, however since then the market has evolved and Frontpage has been subsequently discontinued (with the latest version being Frontpage 2003 which was released 10 years ago). But what alternatives are available on the market? This article will be discussing the other HTML/CSS editors out there and if they’re any good.
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Mac Web design software Hi, Contribute and FrontPage aren't exactly the same kind of package. Contribute is used to maintain and manage existing sites as opposed to creating sites in the first place.
All of the editors here are WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get), which means that they are user friendly to people who may not be comfortable editing raw HTML code. WYSIWYG editors allow the user to preview the code in real-time as it would be displayed on a webpage, without having to save it and upload to the World Wide Web. This is a fairly long article, so to make it more manageable, I’ll be splitting it up into two sections; Web Page Design tools, and code editors (HTML/CSS). Web Page Design tools Microsoft Frontpage Supported OS: Windows Pricing: $?? The ‘original’ HTML editor, probably one of the first commercial editors, came with the Microsoft Office package up until 2003 when it was discontinued. Pros:. Relatively easy to use.
No knowledge of HTML needed. You can create databases (Access, SQL etc.) through the program Cons:. Unfortunately, being a Microsoft product, Windows is the only supported platform, so this may be a problem if you or your organisation only uses Mac or Linux Overall: The major problem with Frontpage is that it has been discontinued. For a start, it is no longer sold through the official Microsoft website.
Technical support also ended in January 2011, so if you have any problems you would need to use online message boards and forums. However, if you really need a copy of Frontpage for some reason, eBay would probably be your best bet. Supported OS: Windows Pricing: Originally available to buy, Microsoft announced at the start of 2013 that it would be discontinued and made available online as a.
This could be thought of essentially as Frontpage v2 as it was released shortly after Microsoft discontinued Frontpage. The user interface is completely different to Frontpage and there are a few added features.
Thanks for your reply. Hopefully my last question, I use Windows 7 and the Frontpage 2003 version I have seen says it works with Windows XP/2000. Will it work with Windows 7? Check in with the Expression Web forum I referenced above for the answer. It is a FAQ and most of those experts used to run FrontPage.
But, I think you are missing the point. MSFT moved away from FrontPage because it does not produce standards compliant code. Yes, it may be easy to work with but if the web site code is so bad that it does not enjoy good cross browser compatibility, then it is a waste of your time to rebuild it with FP.
Unless you already own FP, don't waste your money buying a new copy. Invest some time researching alternatives that produce standards compliant code and use them instead.