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Hi all! I'am a newbie and I want to make my first website. Which software you would recommend me to use?

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A lot of useful suggestions already in this thread — , and all hit the core split: use a visual tool if you want to launch fast, or edit markup by hand if you want to learn. Two quick updates for anyone reading this years later: Microsoft FrontPage (and its desktop descendants) are discontinued, so avoid them for new projects; Adobe Dreamweaver is still maintained as a commercial Creative Cloud app. (en.wikipedia.org)

If your goal is to learn how the web actually works (highly recommended): choose a modern code editor, follow a structured tutorial, and publish a small site. Practical starter workflow:

  • install Visual Studio Code and a “live preview” extension,
  • work through MDN’s Learn Web Development HTML/CSS modules to build one page at a time,
  • debug with your browser DevTools, then publish a simple static site (GitHub Pages is an easy free option).
    These steps give durable skills that transfer between any editor or framework. (code.visualstudio.com)

If you want to ship a site quickly or manage content without deep coding, use a managed builder or CMS (for example WordPress) and pair that with a UI/UX prototyping tool (Figma is the modern standard for collaborative design). Choose by goal: learning vs speed vs long-term maintainability. (wordpress.org)

Practical tips distilled from replies here: start with one simple page, design mobile-first, look at the page source to learn how templates produce HTML, validate and test accessibility, and avoid tools that permanently hide markup until you understand it. The advice to hand-edit markup early (as and suggested) still pays real dividends.

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Member Avatar for Member #46692

i would recommend microsoft frontpage or dreamweaver.

Member Avatar for unitechy

i am editing my reply.. since i dont kno how to delete

Member Avatar for jamshid

I suggest you Dreamweaver. its so nice for all but if you anyone is starting to HTML for the first time so Please Use NotePad or any other softwares like that because in Dreamweaver you will so Lazy :D

Member Avatar for m-soft

I use AceHtml 6 Pro from Visicom Media.

Member Avatar for FC Jamison

I use dreamweaver myself...by you can create a web site using nothing more than notepad if you know html and css.

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Hi all! I'am a newbie and I want to make my first website. Which software you would recommend me to use?

Well use dreamweaver if you are making your first website.
But will recommendd you to have some basic knowledge of HTML. It will help you.
Thankx

Member Avatar for pistolsnipe16

If you want a free wysiwyg (what you see is what you get) editor then you might want to check out Nvu. Its pretty full featured and has a good interface.

Member Avatar for Member #114696

first of all learn HTML and CSS. Without these you cann't create a good, error free site even if u use dreamweaver or else.
i use
dreamweaver, homesite, WeBuilder and TopStyle and i use em all after trying tonnes of other softwares and still they need a some knowledge.

Member Avatar for jamshid

For learning everything about web www.w3schools.com is a good resource...

Member Avatar for gilb29

i used webpage maker an excellent programme to create your 1st website. Dreamweaver ? i want to use it but im scared lol. i have been told it is difficult to use . anyone here tell me otherwise?

Member Avatar for Member #114696

I don't think dreamweaver is difficult to use. Its very user friendly. When I used it first I didn't had to read its manual for help.

Homesite, TopStyle, HTML Pad or WeBuilder are some good html editors

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dreamweaver is a very good option but if you're used to working on MS products like word etc, you could try microsoft's expressions web designer which although is in beta stages, but does offer some nice design capabilities. You can try it for free from: http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/default.mspx

Member Avatar for Harry smith

one more vote for dreamweaver, IMO it is the best and easy to learn and use, before start building your site get some basic knowledge of HTML and CSS, this will help you a lot.
All the best....:)

Member Avatar for mesamb1

To make your self a real simple first web site i would recomend playing with microsoft word and then saving what you create as html. later i found it was a good way to learn about html structures by looking at the source of what i created in word

Member Avatar for Member #114696

simple and best start with notepad and when you become familier with all those things start with any good html editor

Member Avatar for roryt

I would use Dreamweaver if you want to use a wysiwyg or crimson editor if you want to do the code side of things. You should also invest in a graphics package such as Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop.

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i used webpage maker an excellent programme to create your 1st website. Dreamweaver ? i want to use it but im scared lol. i have been told it is difficult to use . anyone here tell me otherwise?

Dreamweaver is definately not hard to use. You should download an eval version and try it.

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