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Page 2 of 3 Namu6. A very strange oddity indeed. Create a full web site without typing one line of code. Does it work? Yes. Is the resulting code standard? Very. It it easy to use? A 5-year-old could work with it. Does the result look professional? Very - assuming you use good graphics. So what's the down side? Firstly, Namu6 does not allow you to create 'tags' in the header, and gives you no automatic ones either. Some such tags are vital if you want search engines to treat you well. You could always type them in by hand afterwards, but you need to be expert at that, and besides, on your next edit the tags would be wiped out. Another niggly point is that only the text can be used to create links, not the pictures. Namu6 has become immensely popular worldwide, mainly among people who just want to create a personal website, or for a local club etc. If you are not a professional businessman and know nothing about web design then Namu6 will be your dream come true. If you are in business you could use Namu6 to begin with, then work on it further with a more advanced web editor such as WebNamo. In fact that is how this web site was created. DHEditor. Another wysiwyg editor, but graphical only - you have no access to code at-all during design. Also, DHEditor works exclusively with layers, or divs as they are now known. This means you can place text and graphics anywhere you want on the page and they will stay where you put them. You can even overlap objects. While this produces very stable pages that can look well and behave well, you should check the results in Lynx because you could produce a coding mess if you're not careful. But for a novice it is almost as easy as Namu6, but much more flexible. SiteSpinner. Similar to DHEditor, uses divs and you have full freedom to place objects anywhere. We found it easier to use than DHEditor and its interface is more professional. It also has more access to vital functions such as header tags, and many other functions. SiteSpinner is a commercial product that can create a full website, but if you want to create pages separately there is a 'cut-down' version called WebDwarf, which is free. When we say 'cut-down' there's not much cut out at-all, it does almost everything SitSpinner does, the only real difference being that you cannot automatically create a link to another page, and cannot duplicate pages. Only one page can be opened at a time. If you want to try the program out, we suggest WebDwarf at first, then download SitSpinner for a trial to see if the extra facilities are what you need. (continued) |
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