Free Web Authoring tool

[frobn]

NVU is Free Web Authoring tool that is much better than FrontPage and rivals DreamWeaver. It generates css/xhtml and best of all it's free.

NVU is now in its forth 1.0 Preview Release and can be downloaded from http://nvu.com. Learning curve is less than 30 minutes.

[judyo]

I can't wait to try this but I'll need to set aside a time chunk (more than 30 minutes)! Thanks.

[SanDiego]

Wow, I'm going to have to download that and try it too...
Looks decent... I just wonder if it has many of the function DW does especially when working with templates and flasha nd php and java stuff....

Anyhow, Thanks for the INFO!

[sarahk]

It's pretty good for people creating static pages but whenever I try to use php it crashes.

The line breaks are a little unorthodox for people used to viewing html, eg

<form method="get" action="index.php"
 name="myform"><input
 name="myfield" value="hello world"></form>

but if you are just starting out it looks great.

Sarah

[Jade456]

Am downloading it right now. Can't wait to try it out. Thanks Frobn for the link!

[frobn]

The editor is a basic one. It will not have the bells and whistles that FP or DW has but you will get better code that is standards compliqnt qne without the overhead bloat that the commercial editors have. Best of all the generated code has no propriatary crap that ties you in to them.

Re: php. NVU has a ways to go. Since I develop all my sites as modules I only use NVU to generate tables I need for tabular data. Otherwise I use NoteTab Pro which gives me 100% control and flexibility for web development.