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Dreamweaver Version 3 - Introducing the web design tool of your dreams! Until now, professional web developers couldn't take advantage of the productivity offered by visual HTML editors without losing the flexibility and control over source code demanded by serious users. Now Macromedia Dreamweaver offers you the productivity of a visual web page layout tool, the control of an HTML text editor, and support for Dynamic HTML, all in one professional package.

Error-free Roundtrip HTML™ between visual and source editing. Preserves HTML formatting when opening pages created with other editors. Yields concise, readable HTML code. Absolute positioning with CSS-P layers for more design precision and flexibility.	Powerful cascading style sheet support. Link checking and repair. Visual table and frame design. Library for managing site-wide changes.	Cross-browser DHTML Generation. Director-style HTML animation timeline interface. Extensible collection of JavaScript behaviors.

Hot Dog Pro Version 6 - Aimed at the professional Webmaster, the HotDog Professional 5 Webmaster Suite delivers the most comprehensive combination of Web development tools ever. Boasting major enhancements in power, flexibility and functionality, the upgrade includes a revamped shell, more powerful tools, image editing and interactive multimedia facilities, extensive Web site management features, and major performance improvements.

• Loading speed improved by around 60%;
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• State-of-the-art HTML editing functionality.

Professional Web authoring and site management Adobe® GoLive™ 5.0 software gives you industrial-strength design, production, and management features so you can create professional dynamic-database-driven Web sites. Tightly integrated with other Adobe products such as Photoshop®, Illustrator®, and LiveMotion™, Adobe GoLive software protects your code from modification and corruption while offering industry-leading site layout and management functionality.

FrontPage 2000 Easily create great-looking Web sites. Easy-to-use, leading edge features let you create professional Web sites without programming. Manage your Web sites your way. Comprehensive management tools let you quickly build and maintain well-organized Web sites. Integrate what you already have. Seamless integration with existing content and with desktop applications you already have makes you productive from the start. Product Overview What's New System Requirements Pricing & Availability Easily create great-looking Web sites. Easy-to-use, leading edge features let you create professional Web sites without programming. Create WYSIWYG frames pages and draw HTML tables in the WYSIWYG FrontPage Editor. Add sophisticated, interactive functionality using FrontPage components-there's no need to write code.

Innovative imaging tools and intelligent design assistance make it easier than ever to build great-looking Web sites. Add rich, dynamic graphics to your sites using Microsoft Image Composer, Microsoft GIF Animator, and more than 2,000 image samples.

With FrontPage 98, easily include powerful Web functionality in your sites by adding Java™ applets, ActiveX™ controls, and browser plug-ins. Support for databases and Active Server Pages allows you to include database content in your Web pages easily and lets users perform dynamic database queries on your site over the Web, giving them direct access to the information they need.

Other Basic HTML Editors

This free HTML editor makes building Web pages as simple as creating a word-processing document. There's no coding involved; you create pages by dragging and dropping. Add sound or images that come with the program, or import your own. You can upload the pages to your Internet service provider or to an FTP server. Adding elements to the Web page is as simple as clicking on the element and dragging it to its position on the page. However, publishing the page (uploading it to the Internet) takes a little more effort. For example, the program already has the names of some popular host sites (AOL, Earthlink, Geocities) and free host sites stored by default, but it doesn't have the hosts' addresses, so you'll need to have that information handy.

This is a good HTML editor for beginners and experts. You can create Web pages from scratch or edit existing pages by dragging them to the main navigation window. The program has an ability to simplify some of the most difficult coding tasks, such as complex tables. (Normally, you can't keep track of all the cells and rows in a table just by clicking an icon.) A TagTip pull-down menu allowed me to insert tags into the document with relative ease. Incorporating images was a breeze as well. For example, if you want an image to be a link, you can indicate what type of link it should be (relative or absolute, for instance) in an image tag dialog box that offers you several options. You also get an optimization utility that reduces the image size so it will load faster on the Web. You can also view your page in a browser before saving it to your host site.

This HTML editor provides you with templates to get you started. It combines WYSIWYG authoring and text-based editing, and offers you two modes to work in. Express Mode guides you through a simple four-step process to help you build your Web page, including single-click publishing. The interface contains a window that shows your page as its being built, as well as two other windows that display object properties and attribute information. Each time you add an element to your page, information is placed in each window, so you can learn HTML code as you go. Each page has a "What do I do?" section that explains how to proceed. There are icons for inserting mailto links and sound files. Editor Mode is a fully integrated, side-by-side WYSIWYG and text-based authoring environment that gives you the ability to combine coding with automated functions for creating tables and forms. There's also an HTML tag manager that enables you to add, edit, or filter tags.

Looking for a basic editor with more-advanced capabilities? This free HTML editor allows you to create professional-looking Web pages with relative ease. It features a split screen that allows you to see your page as you create or edit it. You can add links, images, and a bulleted list to my page using building blocks called Pagelettes. Each time an element is added, a dialogue box opens to prompt you to fill in specific information. For example, to create a Web form, just select the fields that you want the form to contain, and the program does the rest. The best part of all is that you don't see a single HTML tag during the whole process. The program also includes an image gallery, as well as page themes that give you a head start in creating your pages. A wizard walks you through uploading files to your Web site. Unfortunately, advertisements are parked along the top of the program.

Note: The download link will take you to CoffeeCup's site, where you will have to fill out a form before downloading the software.

If you're new to making Web pages, this HTML editor (shareware, $25) might be worth considering. A split-screen interface contains icons that automate the coding process. You can create banners, frames, and tables without writing a single line of code. One really great feature is the program's ability to create Java applets, which you do simply by entering basic information into a dialog box. For example, I created a scrolling marquee just by defining the width and space requirements, as well as the direction and behavior modes for the scrolling.

As with most HTML editors, you can add images, links, and sound. There's also a Frame Wizard that allows you to create up to eight frames. You can specify if you want the frame to have scrolling text, a URL, and whether you want the page divided into rows or columns. When you're done building your pages, use the program's FTP client to upload your pages to your host directory.