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mick_86
June 7th, 2011, 02:09 PM
i'm looking for some easy to use web design software that is compatible with ubuntu. i'm a complete beginner at web design, and i'm looking for something that can be put on my computer and then used when i'm offline. so no web design sites such as wix or moonfruit.
themaninthehat
June 7th, 2011, 03:04 PM
I think the question is a little vague. What kind of webpage do you want to build? Does it need to have any specific functionality? What kind of interaction do you want to have with the 'design software'? You want something completely wysiwyg? Otherwise, I think most people are really comfortable with either Chromium's developer tools or Firefox with the Firebug extension. (These are good for editing the CSS part; I guess html is generally easy enough to write on a regular notepad application?) Also, you may want to look at Drupal (http://drupal.org) as a content manager. Why don't you also search on the Ubuntu Software Center?
rg4w
June 7th, 2011, 04:56 PM
+1 for Drupal. For content-heavy sites it's well worth the effort to learn, and once you learn it the consulting opportunities are immense.
For static pages about the best the Linux world has right now is Kompozer, available in the Ubuntu Software Center.
kev77
June 7th, 2011, 05:02 PM
If you want a simple WYSIWYG program then kompozer is very good!
maclenin
June 12th, 2011, 12:16 AM
1. http://www.w3schools.com/
2. mousepad
3. save your first page as index.html
4. firefox is my "wysiwyg"
5. gimp for image(s) editing
6. inkscape for graphical elements
Good luck!
Gotlieb
June 13th, 2011, 12:42 PM
Hi,
I used typo3 and it get the Job done pretty well :)
http://typo3.org/development/
Dry Lips
June 13th, 2011, 03:16 PM
i'm looking for some easy to use web design software that is compatible with ubuntu. i'm a complete beginner at web design, and i'm looking for something that can be put on my computer and then used when i'm offline. so no web design sites such as wix or moonfruit.
I asked a similar question a few months ago:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1685203
Actually I found out that the editors just ended up confusing me, because I
didn't have enough knowledge about html.
Today I use Gedit (the default text-editor in Ubuntu, which also comes with syntax highlighting.)
And +1 to maclenin, head over to http://www.w3schools.com/ and follow their tutorials.
When you have gained some basic knowledge about html, then you can look for
some editors if you fancy it, but personally I've found that using gedit+firefox is
most effective.
Just have your page open in Firefox; save your file in Gedit (Ctrl S) when you have
made any changes that you want to see, and hit F5 in Firefox to reload your page.
pepsifx357
June 15th, 2011, 12:01 AM
+1 for Drupal! Imagine, not only a website creator, but a website operating system. You can build your website from the browser when you have Drupal.
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