Open Source software to build a quick website.

[mrsilv04]

I need to build a quick website for a local non-profit. I don't see the content changing much, so it shouldn't need to be updated too often.

Can anyone suggest a good open source program for building a webpage? I've built a couple of pages before... but I did them line by line. I'm not looking to spend that amount of time on this one.

I'm looking at KompoZer right now. What others should I consider?

 

[Familyguy]

For a couple of static webpages? If the design is simple, you could simply use OpenOffice's Word processor and save the document as an HTML file. It doesn't get much more simple than that.

 

[Not the Autorx Frank]

Wordpress only takes 10 min to set up if you don't start hacking with the templates etc...

 

[chuckerants]

Most web hosters have web-designer progs available for you to use for free. Have you checked them out?

 

[Ndx]

+1 to WordPress ( So many nice themes if you don't plan to make your own )

or google open source CMS - Content Management System

hotscripts.com - there is lots and lots of application like this ...

Who is your hosting company - ? most of them offer Cpanel ( Control Panel ) with Fantastico .. there is tons of CMS and WordPress one click away .... and It will install itself automatically ... - It is easy to do it anyways

If you need some help ... PM

 

[CivicFan]

Kompozer is a pretty good program. I think it's now a part of the Seamonkey project.

You might want to check out the portable apps page to see what else is available.

http://portableapps.com/apps

 

[ZZman]

Coffeecup makes alot of nice paid programs.

They also have this free one and some others also:

http://www.coffeecup.com/free-editor/

 

[ZZman]

http://www.weebly.com/

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

Originally Posted By: ZZman
Coffeecup makes alot of nice paid programs.

They also have this free one and some others also:

http://www.coffeecup.com/free-editor/


+1.

By the way, are you going to try some home-made ice cream places in Michigan?

 

[uc50ic4more]

Wordpress requires that your server, or hosting provider runs both PHP and a MySQL database. This makes updating a web site easier and provides for more functions (like e-commerce, guestbooks, comments, etc.), but hosting will be (only marginally) more expensive, less efficient and less secure. All CMS platforms, like Joomla and Drupal also require this.

To build a static web page, if you do not know how to, or would prefer not to code, you'll need, in no particular order:

1) a web page development program, like Kompozer
2) a rudimentary graphics editing program, like GIMP
3) an FTP program to upload your site to the server, like FileZilla

All three of those programs, as far as I am aware, run on Windows, Mac and Linux/ BSD's.

For what it's worth, this is what I do for a living, although I code by hand and run my own server. All of the tools I use, though, are F/LOSS (Free/ Libre Open Source Software), from the text editor I use to code on up to the server OS.

I have found that many of the "easy" web page building scripts available from hosting companies produce code that is needlessly complex, not readable when editing needs to be done later on, and sometimes not entirely standards compliant which may result in cross-browser incompatibilities. For a free, open source web page program, it's hard to touch Kompozer (a fork of NVU).