Should I use Dreamweaver or something else?

[Megadeth]

I downloaded the trial version of Dreamweaver.... The software is cool but expensive.

I just have a legal question really if anyone can answer it...

Can I post my website on the net that I made using the trial version of the software?
If not, then can anyone give me any good suggestions for a free program I can use?
Thanks

 

[stndn]

since html pages are just plain texts, i'm quite sure that you won't get into any troubles publishing your site made in dreamweaver, be it trial or full version.
if you want to be on the safe side, you can also save the source code, open it up in notepad, and make your changes there.

as for a different program for creating website, any regular text editor will do if you know html.
otherwise, mozilla has their html editor built in.
someone else might be able to recommend a different web composer, which i have no idea of (since i'm using text editor for editing html pages)
or you can go here and look at IDE's and editors section.

just make sure that whatever you do, you don't end up with frontpage ,)

 

[Cheetah8799]

If you don't want to shell out the bucks for a new version, maybe you can find an old used copy somewhere? I haven't used it in a while, but the older versions were still good because they automated a lot of HTML stuff. The newer versions add more languages, like cold fusion and PHP, but I still prefer to use notepad and hand-code my php stuff...

 

[Megadeth]

Thanks for the replies.... I did decide to start going through and edit the HTML and CSS code..... I changed any template graphics to my own creations and renamed variables in the code and removed a whole bunch of unneccary code as well..... The biggest thing about using dreamweaver is to save time typing in all the HTML really.... I guess the next reason which I havent taken advantage of yet is for Javascript, forms and stuff like PHP and cold fusion... Things that I am not experienced with really.