Web Site Software

[Harry WilkesParticipant @harrywilkes58467]

Happy New Year to all, from time to time computer related posts are raised so I got to wonder if members had any suggestion on what software to use. I currently use Serif Webplus X8 and is now discontinued and yes I understand it's not is going to grind to a halt but I,m thinking what other software is out there?

I'm far from an expert but I maintain a website for the club http://www.blackcountrysteam.co.uk and would not want anything complicated or expensive, as apart from the hosting and domain registration fee's everything else comes out of my pocket! So I would just like to have a look at alternative software.

Cheers

H

[Harry WilkesParticipant @harrywilkes58467]

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

I'm told a lot of host packages include wordpress which runs on the host system so you just do your editing in a webpage.

The big question is whether you can move your current design to any other system or are you happy to start again?
The problem being that each software product likes to tie you to their system.

I am currently redesigning two sites by hand as it were using CSS. It is a bit laborious but actually CSS is extremely easy if you don't let it intimidate you. I hope to avoid machine generated javascript which is what complicates maintenance but I'm not trying any fancy effects, like pictures that change as you scroll over them.

[James AlfordParticipant @jamesalford67616]

Harry,

I created a website of my own, and my friend's business website, in Serif Webplus, but found it very frustrating and limiting to use. I moved over to using WordPress: it took a little to get used to it, but the effort was well worthwhile. It was a couple of years back now, so I cannot recall the full details, but I seem to recall copying and pasting most of the content from Serif into the new site.

A nice thing with WordPress is that its appearance is largely controlled by themes; you can experiment by applying different themes to the same basic information to see which looks best.

Using WordPress, from the company who host the sites, cost no more than it did for them to host the Serif sites.

My friend's site is fairly rudimentary and is easy to update: the address is http://www.oxfordshiresevens.co.uk if you want to have a look.

Regards,

James.

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

Harry.

Have you looked at Arachnophilia? I was using that really good free programme to develop web pages at the end of the 1990s.

Link to their site. **LINK**

I am sure it is still available and is constantly updated etc.

My personal interest in making websites did not extend beyond about 2001.

Edited By V8Eng on 02/01/2018 13:43:22

Edited By V8Eng on 02/01/2018 13:51:58

[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

The last time I ran a website I used Bluefish. It is free, very flexible, and is available for Windows, OSX, and Linux. It can be use to edit websites that have been created by any system but does require a knowledge of HTML.

Russell

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I use Joola for my website.

By far the most popular and easy to use free solutions for a website program these days are:

Joomla

Drupal

WordPress

In general they require no or minimal knowledge of what goes on 'under the hood' although you can edit the HTML. In practice they are database driven which means very little repetitive work as styles, links and overall website organsiation is pretty much automated.

Neil

[richardandtracyParticipant @richardandtracy]

I have a very basic website, and use Notepad or Notepad++. But it means I need a small understanding of html, and to test every page before uploading.

Regards

Richard.

[Mark RandParticipant @markrand96270]

I use vi, but the wife uses notepad++

You generally get far cleaner html that way.

[Harry WilkesParticipant @harrywilkes58467]

Thanks for the suggestions so far I do have a very basic understanding of html but much prefer WYSIWYG

H

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