Tuesday, 6 August 2013

Website creation

When it comes to creating web pages, there are dozens of services and software packages available from almost as many organisations. Here's a few that you might consider when making a web page for your library, or even yourself!

http://www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix/
Webmatrix is the software suite designed by Microsoft to compete with Adobe's Dreamweaver. It's free, and it can optimise your sites for mobile users, which is a powerful tool these days.

http://www.adobe.com/au/products/dreamweaver.html
Dreamweaver is a very popular program offered by Adobe, and it's available in their well-known and respected Creative Suite. I wouldn't recommend purchasing CS in Australia, however, as it costs significantly more here than the rest of the world for no good reason. In fact, it's cheaper to fly to America and buy 3 copies of Creative Suite, then fly back to Australia than it is to buy them locally.

http://www.bluegriffon.org/
Blue Griffon is an open source alternative to these two, meaning not only that it's free, but the source code is available, so more technically advanced users can make tweaks to the software themselves.

http://www.onextrapixel.com/2013/06/18/10-best-alternatives-to-adobe-dreamweaver/
If the other software packages don't quite fit your needs, you might find something more appropriate here.

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