We have included a list of some of the most popular web design tools on the market. Some are free and some offer a free 30 day free trial. All work fine on Website Source servers. These design software packages are those that are most recommended by designers and have received numerous awards. If you have any questions on these products we suggest you contact the manufacturer.

Each program is rated by our technicians on Ease of Use, Advanced Options & Price.
* - Lowest Score, *** - Highest Score, $ - Least Expensive, $$$ - Most Expensive

FrontPage

Microsoft FrontPageÂ® - Whether you are a novice at creating Web sites or an experienced Web developer, you will find that FrontPage is both easy to learn and fast to use.

- Ease of Use: ** Moderately Easy
- Advanced Options: ** Moderately Advanced
- Price: $ Inexpensive

Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver - A very popular Web site design software for the experienced web deisgners. Works very well with Flash (for creating dynamic web pages) & Fireworks (graphics design software).

- To download a free 30 day trial click here: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=dreamweaver
- Ease of Use: ** Moderately Easy
- Advanced Options: *** Very Advanced
- Price: $$ Expensive

Homesite

Allaire Homesite - Macromedia HomeSite+ is included with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX. Macromedia HomeSite+ is an application based on Macromedia HomeSite 5 but with additional functionality for application development. Macromedia HomeSite 5 provides a lean, code-only editor for web development.

- To download your 30 Free Trial click here: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?loc=en_us&product=homesite
- Ease of Use: ** Moderately Easy
- Advanced Options: ** Moderately Advanced
- Price: $ Inexpensive

Article ID: 780, Created: March 15, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Modified: April 8, 2011 at 11:22 AM

Design software packages most recommended by designers

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