Jonathan Wang
CISB 11 - CRN 10256
07/11/10
Chapter 6 Assignment:
Creating a Web Page
iWeb is a WYSIWYG website creation tool made by Apple. iWeb is used to create websites
and customize them with their own styles and objects. Users can
then publish websites to MobileMe
or another hosting service. iWeb also integrates its abilities with other services, including Facebook,
YouTube,
Google
AdSense
and Google Maps.
There are 3 main features described about iWeb from wikipedia. One main
one is page design allowing users to create webpages withou any coding.
Another one is publishing. This feature allows user to project all of
their work online with one button at one time. The last feature spoken
of is its limitations, where its passwords are not fully supported
where the webpage work can easily be edited by other users, seperate
CSS files are create for each page, and users are limited to built-in
templates.
Adobe
Dreamweaver is one HTML editor developed by well known company Adobe
Systems. It is availabe for both Windows and Mac systems. There are
recent versions to support newest web technologies like CSS,
JavaScript, and others. Dreamweaver's WYSIWYG can hide HTML codes from
user, making it possible for non-coders to create web pages and
websites.
One
main feature of Dreamweaver is the many languages it supports for
syntax highlighting. Syntax highlightingis a feature of some text
editors that display text especially source codes in different colors
and fonts according to the category of terms. This
feature presented in many WYSIWYG such as Adobe's Dreamweaver eases
writing in a structured language such as a programming language or a
markup language as both structures and syntax errors are visually
distinct.
Kompozer
is an open-source WYSIWYG html editor. From wikipedia, it is said that
Kompozer is another WYSIWYG html editor that is popular because of its
editing capabilities. ANother main capability that Kompozer has is how
it allows direct code editing as well as a split code-graphic view. Its
engine is base on the engine used in Mozilla Firefox called Gecko. In
its main website, www.kompozer.net, it states that it is a stand-alone tool that is small sized and has a fast speed compared to many other WYSIWYG.
There
are quite a few key features of Kompozer listed from its main website.
"Tabs!" feature allows users to edit several documents at once. It has
customizable tool bars to make buttons and functions appear where you
want it and at your conveniency. There are resizable table and
cells including rulers to help users with accruacy of their objects
sizes. Lastly, here is the spell check which is always helpful to
everybody who is not sure whether or not they have made a mistake in
their spelling.
