Website Design Software - Popular HTML Editors

CoffeeCup HTML Editor is currently used by over 8 million webmasters worldwide. The main reasons for the popularity of this HTML editor are its ease-of-use, its low price, and the fact that you can download immediately after purchase. Aside from basic HTML editing capabilities, it has 125 JavaScripts that you can insert into your webpage at the click of a mouse, as well as a built-in Flash Text Wizard. You can download a trial version to test out the CoffeeCup website design software before you buy.

CoffeeCup is both a code-based editor and WYSIWYG editor, which means you'll be able to use it as a basic HTML editor or edit pages as they will appear online. For the webmaster of a personal site, CoffeeCup Software is a great editor for a bargain price. The HTML editor is included in the CoffeeCup Big Cup package with 11 other applications for only $149.00.

FrontPage 2002 from Microsoft can be purchased at Amazon.com for $169.00. This latest version is more tightly integrated with web-based services, particularly SharePoint Team sites. There are many other excellent new features as well, including PowerPoint-style drawing tools, a tabbed interface for multipage editing, new traffic reporting tools, a publishing wizard that lets you drag and drop to upload files in tandem with FTP clients such as WSFTP or CuteFTP, and a database wizard.

FrontPage makes it easy to build a site with a consistent and professional look. If you need a WYSIWYG editor that is more supportive of html code -- with tag matching and the like -- you'll need to try Dreamweaver instead. But if you want a simple tool with lots of built-in components for building content quickly, FrontPage 2002 is a good choice.

Dreamweaver MX - This latest version was released in June of 2002, and it incorporates all of the application development and database tools that were in UltraDev, Macromedia's other web development software. MX is available for Mac OS X, Mac OS 9.x, and all of the standard Microsoft operating systems -- Windows XP, 2000, NT, Me, and 98. This program is the best for large web development projects. Professional developers choose Dreamweaver MX over most other website design software. Available at Amazon.com.

Dreamweaver MX has built-in FTP and content management functions which enable you to perform site-wide changes with considerable ease. This version also has support for almost all major programming languages. It fully-integrates with other MX applications, such as Flash MX, ColdFusion MX, and Fireworks MX.