• Global community
    • Language:
      • Deutsch
      • English
      • Español
      • Français
      • Português
  • 日本語コミュニティ
    Dedicated community for Japanese speakers
  • 한국 커뮤니티
    Dedicated community for Korean speakers
Exit
0

alternative to Dreamweaver?

Explorer ,
Nov 07, 2023 Nov 07, 2023

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

After twenty years of frustration with Dremweaver it looks like it's time for me to find an alternative.

I am an amateur historian and i create simple websites to show my hobbies and reflect my academic interests. I'm not trying to sell anything and I don't need dropdown menus. I never should have taken up with Dreamweaver in the first place. I only did it because I had the Adobe CC subscription. I'm looking for womehting else based on the following considerations:

• I use a MacBook Pro

• The new software doesn't have to be free

• I would like to place text and images on the page without getting into floats and clears

• I need to be able to handle media queries simply

• I am leaning towards a code editor called Nova

That's about it.

Thank you

Kevin Burke

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Views

1.5K

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines
Community Expert ,
Nov 07, 2023 Nov 07, 2023

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

For a low code editor: Wappler

 

One of the video tutorials that I have published:

 

Wappler, the only real Dreamweaver alternative.

Votes

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines
LEGEND ,
Nov 07, 2023 Nov 07, 2023

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

quote

After twenty years of frustration with Dremweaver it looks like it's time for me to find an alternative.

 

• I am leaning towards a code editor called Nova

 


By @KevinB9

 

I don't really know what the frustrtaion has been? Dreamweaver was a decent enough editor for a long, long time. It's only in the last 5 years or so that it's dragged it's feet and been left on the shelf to fade away.

 

Nova is a great editor by Panic who make stuff specifically for the Mac so it has a nice native environmental 'feel good factor' and is currently being actively developed. My only concern with Mac centric software is that some producers only support a couple of Mac OS versions back so the programs becomes outdated too fast for my liking if you're not prepared to upgrade your OS regularly.

 

I don't care to  upgrade my OS once I have my set up working because something else might not work and you're then in an endless cycle of upgrading. I prefer using software that doesn't totally rely on the Mac OS to work, something like VS Code or Sublime Text, both are free editors or Web Storm/Php Storm by Jet Brains which are my go to editors these days, Codelobster is another editor you could try.

 

All the editors metioned rely on you knowing some coding to get the job successfully done. If you're looking for a more visual approach then you need to look for something else.

Votes

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines
Community Expert ,
Nov 07, 2023 Nov 07, 2023

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

TWO OPTIONS:

  1. Learn to work with modern code (CSS Flexbox and Grids, Bootstrap framework).
  2. Switch to an online site builder and find a free or premium Theme. 

The latter will cost a bit more for the added convenience and ease of use but you won't need to deal with code.

 

=====================================
Read chapters, do code exercises and take quizzes at the end.
- https://www.w3schools.com/html/
- https://www.w3schools.com/css/
- https://www.w3schools.com/js/
================
CODE EDITORS:
-- Adobe Dreamweaver CC - https://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html
-- Codespaces (free, browser-based) - https://github.com/features/codespaces
-- 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/
-- Wappler ~ Visual Web App Builder - https://wappler.io/
============
ONLINE SITE BUILDERS:
-- Squarespace - https://www.squarespace.com/
-- Webflow - https://webflow.com
-- Wix - https://www.wix.com/
-- WordPress (open source) - https://wordpress.org/

Hope that helps.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator

Votes

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines
Community Expert ,
Nov 08, 2023 Nov 08, 2023

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

quote

After twenty years of frustration with Dremweaver it looks like it's time for me to find an alternative.

I am an amateur historian and i create simple websites to show my hobbies and reflect my academic interests. I'm not trying to sell anything and I don't need dropdown menus. I never should have taken up with Dreamweaver in the first place. I only did it because I had the Adobe CC subscription. I'm looking for womehting else based on the following considerations:

• I use a MacBook Pro

• The new software doesn't have to be free

• I would like to place text and images on the page without getting into floats and clears

• I need to be able to handle media queries simply

• I am leaning towards a code editor called Nova

That's about it.

Thank you

Kevin Burke

Cambridge, Massachusetts


By @KevinB9

 

If you don't want to worry about code based on your floats and clears and handling media queries simply comments, I would focus on one of the hosted online site builder solutions mentioned. You will likely be able to accomplish everything you want without having to worry about code and you will be able to stay in the front-end of your site.  If you have an example of a site you are maintaining that you would need to migrate that might give us an idea of whether this is ideal vs. going to a code editor and updating your site.

Votes

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines
Community Expert ,
Nov 08, 2023 Nov 08, 2023

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

LATEST

Personally, I see no reason to throw baby out with the bath water.  Changing code editors is NOT necessesary to rid yourself of Floats.  It's not the tools, it's the person using them that decides what choices to make.

 

I haven't used Floats in layouts for many years, not since modern browsers embraced CSS Flexbox and Grids. 

 

Bootstrap's responsive framework removed floats from their layout system in 2018 and replaced them with Flexbox.

 

More importantly, Bootstrap handles media queries for you.  Layouts created with Bootstrap work on ALL devices.  No custom styles or media queries required. If you're interested, you can learn more about Bootstrap's 12-box grid system below.

 

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator

Votes

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines