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Web Express The Ultimate Web Page Editor

When I first started putting up Web pages, I tried every editor I could find. I even bought  two  of  them,  but  tossed  both  within  minutes  of  trying  Web  Express. Others I have seen since have not showed me significantly more than I already have.  FrontPage  is  popular,  but  pricey,  as  Microsoft  products  tend  to  be. DreamMerchant is excellent, but expensive and very complex, thus a bit tedious to use. Certainly WebExpress is best in its class, and may in fact be the best of them all. Here's why.

The purpose of a web page editor is to allow one to create web pages by writing text, loading images, creating links, tables, forms and so forth with simple editing tools we are accustomed to using. Your work is displayed on screen as it will appear in a browser. Transparent to what is being viewed, the editor adds the appropriate  HTML  code.  Correctly  and  efficiently.  Web  Express  does  this  very well and far better than do most.

But the bottom line when comparing Web Express to other web page editors is that it is easy to use. It is much easier to use than any other I have tried.

If  Web  Express  has  a  weakness,  it  is  in  its  dependence  upon  Windows Notepad as the editor in which the HTML code is  viewed. Notepad is  not very sophisticated and it is limited to 32K bytes of code. While this is ample for most pages, some will be longer. You can work around this limitation by loading the HTML file into your favorite editor, as opposed to loading them from within Web Express.  I  personally  bought  UltraEdit  ($30)  and  installed  it  to  replace Notepad,  thus  eliminating  this  size  limitation.  I  also  like  the  way  it  color  codes HTML tags making it easy to spot errors.

But apart from defaulting to Notepad for viewing the HTML code produced, I can not fault Web Express in any way. I am an enthusiastic, dedicated fan.

Another  area  in  which  Web  Express  excels  is  in  support.  Send  them  an  email message, and you get a reply. And they stick with you until you are able to solve the problem. It's like a breath of fresh air in an age in which so many companies go out of their way to duck questions from customers.

Their website does an excellent job of presenting the strengths of the program. Click here to check it out.

mvd.com/webexpress/index.htm

Explore all the options. In particular, see "Us vs Them" for a nice comparison of Web Express to other popular web page editors.

While you are there, download a copy and give it a test drive. You can use the program free for 30 days.

Suggestion:  If  you  try  Web  Express,  click  off  all  the  wizard  stuff  every  time something  pops  up.  Just  open  a  new  file  and  start  typing  some  stuff  in.  Load some graphics. Try a inserting a table, and like that. The wizard features may be great, but I have never used them, and I think they will confuse a first time user.

The  price  is  $69.95,  modest  when  compared  to  other  editors.  John  C. Dvorak of PC Magazine said, "At $70, I consider WebExpress the bargain of the decade." But  it  is  even   less  on   the   Deals   page   at

SiteTipsAndTricks.Com/deals.html,

only $54.95, a savings of $15.00! Check it out now!