Legend: (M)=Macintosh, (W)=Windows, (U)=Unix, (*)=NIH site-license agreement (see Software Distribution Project for information on software downloads)
HTML EditorsMicrosoft
Word
HTML export capability for very basic web pages | ||
BBEdit (M), Homesite
(W) Powerful text editors with HTML extensions | ||
Microsoft
FrontPage (M, W) Popular editor package; utilizes Front Page extensions that can run on certain web servers | ||
Adobe PageMill
(M, W) Incorporates both HTML creation and some site management capabilities | ||
Macromedia Dreamweaver
(M, W) Features support for cascading style sheets and dynamic HTML | ||
NetObjects
Fusion (M, W), GoLive
CyberStudio (M) High-end HTML editor/site management tools |
Microsoft Internet Information Server
(W,*) Comes bundled with NT Server; support for Active Server Pages and BackOffice | ||
Netscape
Enterprise Server (W,U) Support for Windows NT and Unix platforms; includes messaging and workgroup tools | ||
O'Reilly Website Professional
(W) Alternative web serving software for Windows users | ||
Apache (W,U) Free ,powerful, popular Unix-based server: version also available for NT | ||
WebStar (M,*) Macintosh-based web server with extensible plug-in architecture | ||
QuidProQuo (M) Low-cost web server compatible with WebStar plug-ins |
Cold Fusion (W,U) Another rapid application development tool; uses Cold Fusion Markup Language (CFML) as the tagged-based syntax. | ||
FileMaker 5.5 (M,W*) Direct web access to FM Pro databases is available thru Instant Web Publishing. For custom searches, use Claris Home Page and the templates provided for the easiest database front-end ever. | ||
Microsoft Active Server Pages (W*) A server-side scripting environment based on VBScript; only runs on IIS. The scripting environment comes with NT Server; however, you may want to purchase Visual InterDev for a more user-friendly environment. |
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