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Good simple, preferably free, web authoring software?
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| I'm in the midst of building a website for a nonprofit club I'm in. The
club is rather active, so I won't have time to keep the site updated all
by myself.
I need to find some decent, cheap (preferably free) software for the
other budding web authors, so they can keep their pieces of the site up.
This is a horse-oriented group, so definitely not technical types.
Any suggestions on software I can suggest they use? Ideally, it should
be free, or at least less than $100 (US).
Thanks!
jmc
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| paul@paulwatt.info 2007-04-24, 6:19 pm |
| On 24 Apr, 12:06, jmc <NOnewsgroupsS...@NOjodiBODY.HOMEus> wrote:
> I'm in the midst of building a website for a nonprofit club I'm in. The
> club is rather active, so I won't have time to keep the site updated all
> by myself.
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> I need to find some decent, cheap (preferably free) software for the
> other budding web authors, so they can keep their pieces of the site up.
> This is a horse-oriented group, so definitely not technical types.
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> Any suggestions on software I can suggest they use? Ideally, it should
> be free, or at least less than $100 (US).
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> Thanks!
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> jmc
http://www.nvu.com
its free, should do you.
http://www.paulwattdesigns.com
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"jmc" <NOnewsgroupsSPAM@NOjodiBODY.HOMEus> wrote in message
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> I need to find some decent, cheap (preferably free) software for the other
> budding web authors, so they can keep their pieces of the site up.
HTML Kit.
It's not a WYSIWYG package as such and comes with decent plugins such as
HTML Tidy. Clean enough for the expert, and simple enough for a novice -
provided they are prepared to look at some actual HTML(!).
If you are providing template pages for them to work from, there shouldn't
be a problem. Even horsey people can learn to use <h1> & <p>.
CJM
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| Chaddy2222 2007-04-25, 3:16 am |
| On Apr 24, 9:55 pm, p...@paulwatt.info wrote:
> On 24 Apr, 12:06, jmc <NOnewsgroupsS...@NOjodiBODY.HOMEus> wrote:
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> its free, should do you.
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NVU is ok, but it has no templateing system built-in which can make it
a pane for newbies and you need to know what your doing with it. A lot
like DW.
NVU is also no-longer in development and is being replaced by
Composer2. But there is an unofficial bug fix for NVU called KompoZer
you can find it at:
http://www.kompozer.net
I might also be able to help you out through my website.
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Regards Chad. http://freewebdesign.cjb.cc
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| Suddenly, without warning, Chaddy2222 exclaimed (25-Apr-07 3:10 PM):
> On Apr 24, 9:55 pm, p...@paulwatt.info wrote:
> NVU is ok, but it has no templateing system built-in which can make it
> a pane for newbies and you need to know what your doing with it. A lot
> like DW.
> NVU is also no-longer in development and is being replaced by
> Composer2. But there is an unofficial bug fix for NVU called KompoZer
> you can find it at:
> http://www.kompozer.net
> I might also be able to help you out through my website.
> --
> Regards Chad. http://freewebdesign.cjb.cc
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Chad, thanks. I've already built the design - tho I probably need to
tweak it some - I just need to provide a tool for the secretary at least
to add stuff to it.
I thought about NVU but couldn't get it to do what I wanted when I
fiddled with it.
I need something with the simplicity of building Word docs, without the
horrible code that Word does.
jmc
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| Hemanth 2007-04-25, 6:18 pm |
| i found nvu buggy
i'd suggest plain old notepad
and Crimson Editor is very good and free too
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| Suddenly, without warning, CJM exclaimed (25-Apr-07 12:58 AM):
> "jmc" <NOnewsgroupsSPAM@NOjodiBODY.HOMEus> wrote in message
> news:5966moF2ica5tU1@mid.individual.net...
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> HTML Kit.
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> It's not a WYSIWYG package as such and comes with decent plugins such as
> HTML Tidy. Clean enough for the expert, and simple enough for a novice -
> provided they are prepared to look at some actual HTML(!).
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> If you are providing template pages for them to work from, there shouldn't
> be a problem. Even horsey people can learn to use <h1> & <p>.
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> CJM
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I really need a WYSIWYG. Sure, horsey people can learn html (I'm
horsey!) but they have to *want* to and have the time. This one
doesn't. I'll have a look at HTML Kit for myself tho :)
jmc
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| Tom Miller 2007-04-29, 3:17 am |
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> I need to find some decent, cheap (preferably free) software for the
> other budding web authors, so they can keep their pieces of the site up.
> This is a horse-oriented group, so definitely not technical types.
jmc,
Look arround for a product called a CMS. (Content Management System). They
are designed to allow non-techys to manage content while leaving the rest of
the website alone.
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Wannabe, More at: http://bccs.chatnfiles.com/ecard3.htm, International
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