What is the Linux answer to Dreamweaver?

Rob · External Since: Jan 18, 2007 Posts: 16

Do they make Dreamweaver for Linux.

What do you recommend for website design?

www.168.net.au · External Since: Aug 13, 2006 Posts: 6

http://www.nvu.com/index.php

Tsunami Australia · External Since: Feb 04, 2007 Posts: 1

On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 07:36:51 GMT, Rob <User.DeleteThis@example.com> wrote:

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>Do they make Dreamweaver for Linux.
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>What do you recommend for website design?

You could always try Quanta if it's still around.

ER · External Since: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 4

Rob wrote:
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> Do they make Dreamweaver for Linux.
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> What do you recommend for website design?

I didn't realize Dreamweaver was a question... Smile

I've used Nvu and it is not bad although I cannot compare, I haven't
used Dreamweaver. According to this page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Composer Nvu is no longer developed
(they are starting a successor) so you might want to try Kompozer
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kompozer which is a Nvu fork. It hasn't
been updated for a while but it is still recent. Another reply mentioned
Quanta, I've never heard of it or used it but it is active
http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/releases.php

Mike Dee · External Since: Jun 13, 2006 Posts: 3

Rob <User RemoveThis @example.com> wrote in news:nYWwh.2316$sd2.1743@news-
server.bigpond.net.au:

> Do they make Dreamweaver for Linux.

No

> What do you recommend for website design?

Why not keep using the Windows apps you can't do without, on Linux
using Wine?

Google - wine dreamweaver

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dee

ooh456 · Joined: Apr 24, 2008 Posts: 1

To answer your question precisely...the Linux answer to Dreamweaver is to code your pages by hand using an IDE (such as Eclipse with an html plugin or Bluefish) and deploy using sftp, rsync or better yet subversion.

You will almost never see any serious web development done with WYSIWYG tools like Dreamwaever except as quick hacks or personal home pages.

While this may at first may seem clumsy and awkward... it will eventually separate you from the pack and reduce display bugs and validation errors from the getgo. Your hourly rate will rise and you will become more productive and aware of what is happening 'under the skin' instead of only 'on the surface'.

If you have to use Dreamweaver on Linux in the meantime while you learn more professional tools...try Wine, Crossover Office, or a virtual machine running XP Smile

schrei · Joined: Jun 18, 2008 Posts: 1

Yeah....

its not like that ooh456.

I do web pages for a living and doing code by hand will not really reduce bugs or validation errors, cause when the page gets more complicated u will be facing about the same problems as with dreamweaver.
Doing it by hand will also mean it will take a whole lot longer and, anyway, if you wanna be a web developer/designer u will have to know the code with dreamweaver anyway.I havent tried any linux tools like dreamweaver, but Im sure they arent bad since even the comercial dreamweaver is not perfect.