website dev software recommendation

[Ganesh Ramaswamy]

i am planning to create my personal website and got some webserver space too.but i am not web dev or something tough i have fair knowledge in HTML/ASP. can someone recommend some software that can help me in creating my website and maintainining it easily. something with wysiwyg and easy to use kind of stuff. thanks.

[Jon Sagara]

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX[^]

Jon Sagara
In India, when someone says "mad cow", you know it's actually a bull charging at him. -- Rohit Sinha

[J Dunlap]

$399? :omg:

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - Jesus
"An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi

[Jon Sagara]

I didn't say it was cheap. :)

Jon Sagara
In India, when someone says "mad cow", you know it's actually a bull charging at him. -- Rohit Sinha

[Nick Parker]

ASP.NET Web Matrix Project[^] is free, try it out, it's pretty nice. -Nick Parker

[Ganesh Ramaswamy]

thanks jon and nick. marcomedia is bit too much for my budget. i will try the ASP.NET matrix. thanks again.

[Paul Watson]

Dreamweaver if you have the bucks. It really is the best solution if you want WYSIWYG. That ASP.NET Web Matrix app is good for ASP.NET sites. Pretty horrendous though for producing clean HTML though. You could also buy Homesite which is cheaper than Dreamweaver but a very good editor (not as good on the WYSIWYG side but still good enough.) Lastly there is the free 1st Page 2000[^] which is apparently very good.

Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

Vivek Rajan wrote (about the Matrix): I assume they are using low colors because they want faster rendering using cheaper hardware... ...Cmon - atleast use 256 colors...

[Ganesh Ramaswamy]

thanks paul.

[Steve Mayfield]

Most of the regular download sites don't seem to have the program (1st Page 2000) anymore, but I did find it here[^] Steve

[Brian Delahunty]

Dreamweaver. Regards, Brian Dela :-)