# Good WSYWIG Web Site program? (hopefully cheap too) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 2, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wsywig-web-site-program-hopefully-cheap-too/282728 "2005-01-02T19:39:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wsywig-web-site-program-hopefully-cheap-too/282728/1 "2005-01-02T19:39:30Z")
So, we’re going to be making a Web site and need to pick up a decent cheap editor. The fanciest this site will likely get is CSS but even that’s doubtful. Maybe some image galleries, but Photoshop can handle that. So, Dreamweaver’s like $380 and GoLive is $450ish. I won’t consider FrontPage so that’s out. GoLive 6 is like $250 and that’s a possibility, but if there’s anything cheaper, I’d like to consider that as well. No, we we won’t consider hand-coding. Anything out there halfway decent, or will we have to go with one of the big boys? I tried a couple searches for info, but the hamsters seem to have their run of the place today. If anyone has links to older threads on this topic, please post them. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wsywig-web-site-program-hopefully-cheap-too/282728/2 "2005-01-02T19:54:02Z")
Netscape 7.0 has a free wysiwyg editor embedded in it. Try it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wsywig-web-site-program-hopefully-cheap-too/282728/3 "2005-01-02T20:32:32Z")
I got Dreamweaver for $99 while I was a student at the local Jr. College. ---
**Author:** ![Ethanw14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ccd318/32.png) [@Ethanw14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethanw14)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wsywig-web-site-program-hopefully-cheap-too/282728/4 "2005-01-03T11:30:18Z")
Do a google search for Rapidweaver. Amazing, quick, easy and cheap. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wsywig-web-site-program-hopefully-cheap-too/282728/5 "2005-01-03T11:36:24Z")
If anyone _is_ considering it, I have GoLive and cannot recommend it one bit. It’s way too complicated, and doesn’t give the results you’d expect. Rubbish. Personally I use an old version of Allaire Homesite, which allows me to code raw, but also has a simple WYSIWYG editor. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wsywig-web-site-program-hopefully-cheap-too/282728/6 "2005-01-03T13:26:37Z")
[This page has a great list of free web page editors.](http://www.thefreecountry.com/webmaster/htmleditors.shtml)