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== Definition ==
== Definition ==


A '''web authoring system'''  
A '''web authoring system''' is software to produce webcontents. They range from simple HTML editors to fairly sophisticated integrated development environments.


== Popular systems ==
== Popular systems ==


* There are dozens of available systems. We don't have time to evaluate these ...
(Tools for web programming are not included here).
 
; Free HTML structure editors
 
There are dozens of available systems. We don't have time to evaluate these. See also [[XML editor]]s to edit XHTML, SVG etc.
* [http://www.fookes.com/notetab/index.php NoteTab] light
* [http://www.chami.com/html-kit/ HTML Kit]
[[User:Daniel K. Schneider|Daniel K. Schneider]] can recommend both these systems, but prefers to use a programming editor, e.g. (X)Emacs.
 
; Free HTML WYSIWYG Web Editors
 
* [http://nvu.com/index.php NVU]. A fairly nice editor. Good for beginners.
* [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/ Mozilla SeaMonkey Suite] (a followup from the earlier Mozilla browser that includes a navigator, a composer and an email client).
* [http://www.w3.org/Amaya/Amaya.html Amaya], The W3C sponsored test browser and editor.


; Commercial Mid or High End
; Commercial Mid or High End
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* Adobe Dreamweaver
* Adobe Dreamweaver
* Microsoft FrontPage
* Microsoft FrontPage
* Some word processors (if configured rightly), e.g. Framemaker or (future?) versions of Office XP.
 
; Other software
 
* Some word processors like Framemaker can be configure for single source HTML/XML/PDF production.
* (future?) versions of Office XP.
* Open Office
* [[Presentation software]] can export to HTML
 
See also [[document standard]], since one can produce HTML from any reasonbly well defined document format.


=== For education ===
=== For education ===
These systems offer additional functionality, e.g. can export to [[IMS Content Packaging]].


; Commercial
; Commercial

Revision as of 15:58, 26 June 2007

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Definition

A web authoring system is software to produce webcontents. They range from simple HTML editors to fairly sophisticated integrated development environments.

Popular systems

(Tools for web programming are not included here).

Free HTML structure editors

There are dozens of available systems. We don't have time to evaluate these. See also XML editors to edit XHTML, SVG etc.

Daniel K. Schneider can recommend both these systems, but prefers to use a programming editor, e.g. (X)Emacs.

Free HTML WYSIWYG Web Editors
  • NVU. A fairly nice editor. Good for beginners.
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey Suite (a followup from the earlier Mozilla browser that includes a navigator, a composer and an email client).
  • Amaya, The W3C sponsored test browser and editor.
Commercial Mid or High End
  • Adobe Dreamweaver
  • Microsoft FrontPage
Other software
  • Some word processors like Framemaker can be configure for single source HTML/XML/PDF production.
  • (future?) versions of Office XP.
  • Open Office
  • Presentation software can export to HTML

See also document standard, since one can produce HTML from any reasonbly well defined document format.

For education

These systems offer additional functionality, e.g. can export to IMS Content Packaging.

Commercial
Free

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