KompoZer Website Designer

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Web Design

HTML editors, website design tools, and related programs.

Edit HTML Web Pages

Why learn HTML? There's no need to with KompoZer! It is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) HTML editor that is easy to use and offers all the same basic functionality of high-end commercial products—for free. KompoZer is based on Nvu, a popular HTML editor project originally started in 2004.

File Explorer with Built-In Publishing

When editing a website that is stored on your ISP, it can be frustrating to download, modify, and upload the files just to make a minor change. KompoZer has streamlined this process by allowing you to store publishing settings that include the FTP access information. Using the explorer, you can browse the file tree, select the file you want to edit, modify it, and publish it to the Internet without leaving KompoZer.

Conclusion

With tabbed editing of multiple documents, CSS editor support, HTML validation, spellchecking, and many other features, KompoZer is a great solution for creating static HTML websites. It's the best open-source website solution this side of a content management system, and it has a great interface that is easy for new users to pick up on.