What is the best web design software to use?
I would like to know which web design software is best for designing a quality web site? Also are there any other useful bits of software I should use with it?
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about 1 month ago
Hi Jim, thanks for being our first contributor. Dreamweaver CS5 is the web designers software of choice. It would help to have some basic knowledge of HTML & CSS though. If you are wanting what we call a static website (that is one where you cannot enter info in and it automatically puts it onto your website, much like what happens on Facebook) for the beginner Dreamweaver is perfect. Although it is a touch on the expensive side.
To actually make the website look really nice, some skill in things like Photoshop CS5 are worth having. Otherwise there are people out there who like to use Flash CS5 for their websites. Again buying all these packages can be quite expensive, but if you are really wanting to do it yourself as far as website design goes, these are a must.
I would usually also get a good FTP program. FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. This allows you to upload and download files from your hosting. It means you can quickly upload a whole website and image files without much fuss.
Hope that helps, if you need more info about this subject you can reply to this comment.