Web Page Design Software?

[FalTorPan]

I'm an old-school HTML coder. Text editors have been my tools of choice. Now I've decided to give one of my websites an overhaul, and I'm being reminded of just how much of a pain in the neck it is to use a text editor to write CSS and HTML which result in a nice-looking, browser-independent page design.

What software do you prefer for web page design? Is there any good free stuff out there?

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Do you want a WYSIWYG program, or just something with better tools for building the code? Does it have to be 100% valid (X)HTML? Are you using a content management system of any kind or are you making static pages yourself?

 

[Matthewop]

I have no idea. Try google. I am not so professional...

 

[Mr. B]

I still hand-code my websites but mine isn't really that complicated. I do use a 'fancy' text editor called Edit Pad Pro. It has tabs so you can have a bunch of files open in the same window and you can customize the syntax color schemes which is nice.

What website are you redesigning? Unless you have some crazy complicated website, you should probably just buckle down and do it right... code it manually. If you want valid code that's the best way to go.

 

[FalTorPan]

My goal is to make a static HTML template that I'll eventually use as the basis for a custom WordPress theme.

My intended design is pretty simple, so I don't need a WYSIWYG editor, but I'm also not interested in learning a lot of CSS right now either.

 

[Mr. B]

If you're making a wordpress template just download one that's sorta close to what you want and modify it... should be a piece of cake. I did the same thing for my last site redesign.

 

[Greylock Crescent]

If you're making a wordpress template just download one that's sorta close to what you want and modify it... should be a piece of cake. I did the same thing for my last site redesign.

This. If you're going to be using Wordpress anyway, it makes sense to use a pre-existing theme as a base, then modify it as needed. I, too, have done that with my site. What I like about the approach is that I get the ease of a theme I know will work properly with WP, all while getting to mess around with code/design whenever I get the desire to do so.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

For WP I always use Atahualpa. It's kind of a "supertheme" because it's insanely customizable. You can do just about anything you want with it.