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
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