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I would like to acquire some old version of Home Site

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January 13, 2022
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I know, that software is very old and is out of making, but for me, that i am not a designer but I ned to make very simple pages sometimes, is the perfect software.

Can anyome help me?

Thank you

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Correct answer B i r n o u

@PhotoSailor well, the best way is to get a CDRom from Macromedia... Homesite was always present in goodies.

Beside it, you can still find it on archive as https://archive.org/details/homesite_201802

but also on some place like FilePlanet

anyway, you probably will have to run a virtual machine... https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

As you I was really enjoying all the Allaire approach and visions.

rayek.elfin

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You are in luck! The freeware version of HomeSite 1.2 is still available here:

https://homesite.neocities.org/

Version 5.5 may be downloaded from the Internet Archive:

https://archive.org/details/homesite_201802

I believe this is an evaluation version.

Nancy OShea

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It's anyone's guess who runs those sites today. Be careful of untrusted downloads. Malware & spyware infected software is rampant on the Internet which could put you and your computer at risk for cyber-attack. Anti-virus software may not detect delayed time bombs that come back to bite you later.

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rayek.elfin

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I am sorry Nancy, but archive.org is a VERY well known and trustworthy digital archive of both paper and digital materials. Similar to Wikipedia. I am surprised that you seem unfamiliar with it?

I would not be posting it otherwise.

The other site's download I checked with AntiMalwarebytes and a Virus scanner. Nothing came up.

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osgood_

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Being serious l think 'rocket cake' editor would suit you for making simple websites. The code it produces is not pretty but as you won't be going there, what you can't see won't matter, the solution is quite flexible, is able to put together some nice basic presentations and its desktop based.

B i r n o u

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woaw look fine.. I should give it a try one of these days

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osgood_

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woaw look fine.. I should give it a try one of these days

By @B i r n o u

If it was to output clean code and the UI was updated l think it would be fine for creating your static 10 page website. It can actually do pretty much all you need. It's drag and drop, has a pretty good visual editor and is flexible enough to allow one to use their own css and scripts, google fonts etc

One day maybe a company will come up with a simple drag and drop desktop solution which creates clean code, ie compiles the css into an orderly file instead of bloated inline, doesnt use any goofy niche workflows, doesnt rely on Bootstrap, etc

I won't even go near these hosted online solutions, of which there are many, because any online solution uses some kind of goofy workflow of their own making.

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In case anyone is interested, I have met a WYSIWYG editor that works in the cloud: Froala editor: https://froala.com/wysiwyg-editor/. I prefer desktop-based solutions.

B i r n o uCorrect answer

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@PhotoSailor well, the best way is to get a CDRom from Macromedia... Homesite was always present in goodies.

Beside it, you can still find it on archive as https://archive.org/details/homesite_201802

but also on some place like FilePlanet

anyway, you probably will have to run a virtual machine... https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

As you I was really enjoying all the Allaire approach and visions.

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Thank you very much, Birnou !!!

B i r n o u

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glad that it helped... if it doesn't work, I still have MAC and PC installers around

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osgood_

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I know, that software is very old and is out of making, but for me, that i am not a designer but I ned to make very simple pages sometimes, is the perfect software.
Can anyome help me?

Thank you

By @PhotoSailor

It's nostalgia night, obviously! In another thread we get to view a website straight out of the 1970s and now to be reminded of a bit of software from the 90s..........happy days!

Good things arrive in 3s they say...............I'm eagerly awaiting the next 🙂

Nancy OShea

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@osgood_

Speaking of nostalgia, do you remember the World Wide Web Worm? 🤣

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Nancy OShea

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[Moderator moved from Creative Cloud Services to Dreamweaver.]

Not possible. Homesite is long gone and not suitable for making modern web pages. Sorry.

CODE EDITORS:
-- Adobe Dreamweaver CC - https://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html
-- Atom (free) - https://atom.io/
-- Codespaces (free, browser-based) - https://github.com/features/codespaces

-- Espresso (Mac only) - https://www.espressoapp.com/

-- Nova (Mac only, formerly called Coda) - https://nova.app/
-- Pinegrow - https://pinegrow.com/
-- Sublime Text - http://www.sublimetext.com/
-- Visual Studio Code (free) - https://code.visualstudio.com/

That said, if you can't work with code, you're much better off using an online site builder like Wix.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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Thanks for your response, Nancy OShea. I have tried some of the tools you quote me, such as Visual Studio Code and Sublime text and they did not convince me. I'll try the others. Another possibility is that great product that is Dreamweaver, which I know very little about. I don't know how much it will have grown today, and I prefer something small and simple. Thanks again.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

@PhotoSailor,

Which operating system do you have?

Some former users of Adobe Muse have switched to Sparkle App. I understand the code it generates isn't horrible. Although it's for Mac only.

https://sparkleapp.com/

Another easy to use site builder is Without Code (W/O).

https://www.wocode.com/

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John Waller

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In today's web world, Homesite's code is grossly outdated, highly insecure and not at all optimised for today's web ecosystem including mobile devices.

i am not a designer but I ned to make very simple pages sometimes

Suggest you make things easy for yourself.

Use a modern web authoring tool aimed at non-designers which will work, out of the box, on desktop browsers and mobile devices. You can then enjoy the content creation process.

Adobe Portfolio is one option.

Non-Adobe solutions include Squarespace, Wix and Aptana Studio.

Plenty more out there.