Best web PAGE design program?

[Don Carlos]

Alright petals?

I am looking for a good webdesign program that is not too hard to use but gives you a lot of freedom. Any good ones you can recommend?

*in before notepad*

[Fender]

wtf is a web design program? Are you looking to write HTML or what are your goals?

[Dr_Watson]

seriously... i'm not sure what a web design program is either.
if you're looking for a point-and-clicky editor just install adobe CS and everything you need will be there.
(dreamweaver, photoshop, flash, etc...)

if you're looking to write code I prefer SciTE

[Captain]

EditPlus > Notepad

[Don Carlos]

webpage design program sorry guys...I was in a rush when posting!

[xer0s]

Come on guys. Dont be dicks. I think it's pretty obvious that he isn't going to be writing HTML or any code.

DC, I think what you're wanting is Dreamweaver. Although your probably going to pay a good amount for a legit copy.

[bitWISE]

I use Dreamweaver for PHP/HTML/Javascript and mocking up ASP.NET pages.

[Whiskey 7]

I stared with Page Breeze HTML Editor, a free www page builder and yes I know it shows (click signature).

http://www.pagebreeze.com/

EDIT : Be also interested in responses to the request of Don Carlos

[Cooldown]

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4

[Geebs]

All of the wysiwig editors are garbage. I always end up just coding by hand, and using Dreamweaver to remember the links. Speaking of Dreamweaver, have they unfucked the smart objects integration in CS4?

[Doombrain]

I've got it as part of the master collection. To answer your question, no idea.

[MKJ]

dreamweaver throws in the least bullshit code. but design of both the visual and interaction kind does not come from the tools, it comes from you. dont forget that.

nub

[obsidian]

It all depends on how complicated of a site you need to design and manage. If it's just one or two static pages, you really don't need anything more than a decent text editor like Textpad or Notepad++. HTML and CSS is not hard, it's about as complicated as the UBB tags used on the forum.

If the web site has a larger number of pages and needs to be updated often, you may want to look into getting yourself a CMS (Content Management System) package which will do all the background management work for you. It sounds a lot more complicated than it is. phpBB that this forum uses is a lot like a CMS package, you install the software on your server and it has a text field where you type entries into and it spits out a web page for you. Blog software is another type of specialized CMS.

Post a bit more of the details of exactly what kind of site you want to achieve if you want a specific recommendation. A couple of static pages? A blog? A photo portfolio? A full website regularly updated with a database of products that customers can order?

[Turbanator]

if you want to just chuck up a single "placeholder" page with no dynamic content or anything fancy... google pages does the job.

[Whiskey 7]

if you want to just chuck up a single "placeholder" page with no dynamic content or anything fancy... google pages does the job.

I thought same until I ggogled it just the other day and get an error message that they are no longer... Clicky

[axbaby]

FYI .. for you guys that edit text .. use Multi-Edit "MEW" or Zeus.
i am an old Borland user so i use the Brief emulation which both windows editors support.

[Whiskey 7]

FYI .. for you guys that edit text .. use Multi-Edit "MEW" or Zeus.
i am an old Borland user so i use the Brief emulation which both windows editors support.

I thought old Borland users were extinct years ago

[bitWISE]

How can Windows people not use Notepad++? I'd kill for an OSX port...
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

For plain-text on OSX I use TextWrangler. The nicest thing about it is the way it specifically handles hidden and/or system files.
http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/

[Geebs]

I second textwrangler

[Unisaw]

I use SiteSpinner2 by Virtual Mechanics. It's a WYSIWYG editor but serves my purpose. I don't want to learn html code. I have had it for five years. It is reasonably priced at $49US and comes with great support.

SiteSpinner

[Eraser]

FYI .. for you guys that edit text .. use Multi-Edit "MEW" or Zeus.
i am an old Borland user so i use the Brief emulation which both windows editors support.

Ehm, you actually like Borland's IDE's? With their floating window things? I hate that.