Web design software?

I%26#039;m currently building a website (just a fairly basic one for myself) using NVU (I think it%26#039;s called).

What%26#039;s annoying me is that although I can make buttons from images, I can%26#039;t get them to have a different colour background (for example, like the ask/answer/discover buttons at the top of the page).

Can NVU do this? Am I just missing something?

Could someone also recomend a good free website design program I could use as an alternative to NVU? Dreamweaver looks great, but I%26#039;m not paying hundreds of pounds for it!

Web design software?

1st Page 2000

http://www.evrsoft.com/

It%26#039;s free, it%26#039;s a WYSIWYG, just what you%26#039;re looking for.

Web design software?

You know, there are ways of obtaining Dreamweaver that don%26#039;t cost you money...

But anyway, I just use Notepad myself.

Other Replys:I%26#039;ve got web plus 10, it%26#039;s not free, but only 鎷?9.99. No HTML editing, it works just like desktop publishing, it looks more professional than even Yahoo with great features such as flash banners and Form wizard ect...

Other Replys:If you have Microsoft Office, Frontpage (which I think they renamed Sharepoint or something like that since around 2003?) is a website editor/builder, etc...

Although Phoenix is right about Dreamweaver but I don%26#039;t suggest you do so mostly due to the fact that its illegal to get it without paying money, there are a number of other freeware webpage editors, perhaps search a site like tucows or download.com for more choices...

Other Replys:No expensive and advanced software is needed to make websites. It is true that there are lots of different programs that claim they can create a website for you. Some come closer than others. But if you want it done right, you must do it yourself. Fortunately, it is simple and free and you already have all the software you need.

Use just one hour at HTML.net and you have learned to make a simple website: http://www.html.net/tutorials/html/intro...

It might seem a bit difficult to start with. But basic HTML (and CSS) is a must for anyone working with web design. And it is fun too :)

Other Replys:make your buttons in a paint program - like photoshop - paint shop pro - or ms paint

the buttons at the top of ths page could be very easily screenered and edited or made from scratch

use a fill option or a magic remove function to remove the background colour then add a new layer and colour it whatever you want and place it under the rest

alternativley - make your buttons with css - something along these lines - the highlights and shadows are marked for all parts of the buttons - ignore the image links - they only get used by the css if an image is present:

add in css file:

A:link.navpanel {padding:1px; text-decoration:none; font-size : 11px; color: #d55b0a;font-weight : bold;

background: #000000 url(images/gen_background3.jpg); display:block; text-align:left;

border-bottom: 1px solid #252525; /* shadow */

border-left: 1px solid #606060; /* highlight */

border-top: 1px solid #606060; /* highlight */

border-right: 1px solid #252525; /* shadow */

}

A:visited.navpanel {padding:1px; text-decoration:none; font-size : 11px; color: #d55b0a;font-weight : bold;

background: #000000 url(images/gen_background3.jpg); display:block; text-align:left;

border-bottom: 1px solid #252525; /* shadow */

border-left: 1px solid #606060; /* highlight */

border-top: 1px solid #606060; /* highlight */

border-right: 1px solid #252525;} /* shadow */

A:hover.navpanel {padding:1px; text-decoration:none; color: #000000; font-size : 11px;

background: #d55b0a url(images/gen_background.jpg); text-align:left; display:block;

border-bottom: 1px solid #606060; /* highlight */

border-left: 1px solid #252525; /* shadow */

border-top: 1px solid #252525; /* shadow */

border-right: 1px solid #606060; /* highlight */

}

use class=%26quot;navpanel%26quot; in your link - here is the code i use in my HTML:

%26lt;tr%26gt;

%26lt;td%26gt;%26lt;a href=%26quot;home.php%26quot; class=%26quot;navpanel%26quot;%26gt;Home%26lt;/a%26gt;%26lt;/td%26gt;

%26lt;/tr%26gt;

here is example of it in action - using a background graphic for the buttons and hover:

http://www.the-lonestar.com

makes for a very effective menu

another example is of a site i am building for a friend using colours only - the code above is from this demo:

http://www.teamvenom-nfsu2.com/demos/thr...

graphics for buttons do not always have to be used

Other Replys:I can send you free dreamweaver full version. http://ipdmfi.org/thumbnails/

Other Replys:Thank you Dino for actually reading the question. The rest of you , look again.

Once you get started writing your own websites you will end up with a suite of programs do each of the separate tasks. A WYSIWYG site creation program, a bitmap graphics program, a photo editor, an FTP program to upload it all to your website, possibly even your own web server (after all, Apache, PHP %26amp; MySQL are free to download and use). Don%26#039;t look for a single do-it-all program as it will probably do nothing particularly well. Just get used to opening up what you need while you need it.

GIMP is a good graphics editor and it%26#039;s free - http://www.download.com

HTML-Kit is a decent HTML editor though it%26#039;s not WYSIWYG it does have a built in browser for testing... And it%26#039;s free. http://www.chami.com

I use WS-FTP again from download.com and yes I do have Apache/PHP/MySQL set up on my home PC for web testing before uploading.

Other Replys:I like ActiveState Komodo... it comes in two versions, %26quot;Edit%26quot; (completely free) and IDE (the %26quot;pro%26quot; version, but with a free trial).

Though unless you%26#039;re a strange bird like me who likes working in Code View most of the time (as opposed to Design View) -- it might not be your cup of tea.

As for editing the graphics... chalk up another recommendation for The Gimp... about the only thing that a full-blown Adobe PhotoShop will do better is large-scale batch processing of multiple images.