“Easy visual web authoring tool”

Kompozer is what we call a WYSIWYG editor, that is, a program with which you can build your own website without any HTML knowledge required at all.

Creating a website in Kompozer doesn't feel like coding, but like writing a simple DOC file in Word instead. You can write text, add photos, insert a table and create links and forms, all in a very easy way, by means of small dialog windows and wizards.

The good thing about Kompozer is that if you already have some HTML knowledge, there's always the possibility to show advanced configuration settings for each element, plus the option to create the website by typing plain source code instead of using the visual interface.

The program also offers some extra features like support to open several documents simultaneously, an FTP client to upload the website and a CSS editor. The only thing I missed was some ready-to-use templates to get you started.

Kompozer includes everything you need to create a website, no matter what your HTML knowledge or coding experience is.

Languages:

English

OS requirements for KompoZer:

OS: Win95/98/98SE/Me/2000/NT/XP

Pros

Extremely easy to use
No installation required
Includes advanced functions for more experienced users

Cons

No templates included

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From the publisher of KompoZer

KompoZer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing. KompoZer is designed to be extremely easy to use, making it ideal for non-technical computer users who want to create an attractive, professional-looking web site without needing to know HTML or web coding.

KompoZer is based on Gecko, the layout engine inside Mozilla; it's a super-fast, very reliable, standards conformant engine maintained on a daily basis by a wide community of developers. Its remarkable support of XML, CSS and JavaScript offers the best authoring platform on the market. Its architecture based on XUL makes it the most extensible editing tool ever.

Those who are familiar with the DreamWeaver interface will feel right at home with KompoZer:

WYSIWYG editing of pages, making web creation as easy as typing a letter with your word processor.
Integrated file management via FTP. Simply login to your web site and navigate through your files, editing web pages on the fly, directly from your site.
Reliable HTML code creation that will work with all of today's most popular browsers.
Jump between WYSIWYG Editing Mode and HTML using tabs.
Tabbed editing to make working on multiple pages a snap.
Powerful support for forms, tables, and templates.
The easiest-to-use, most powerful Web Authoring System available for Desktop Linux, Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh users.