What Web design tool would make a good CityDesk replacement?
- by Joshua Fox
I am looking for a tool for building static template-based web sites, your typical brochure-ware for a non-profit or a personal site.
I have used CityDesk, but that is out-of-date, unsupported, and has certain problems.
Of course there are lots of tools out there, but I cannot find anything similar to CityDesk:
WYSIWYG as well as HTML coding a
templating system
not overdesigned like, say, Dreamweaver
built for developers who understand HTML/JS/CSS but easier to use than hand-coding of PHP, Ruby, or other templates in a text editor
supporting the editing of pages by non-developers
preferably free
I'd also like it to be CSS-aware; and to have lots of free templates available.
Or alternatively, static template-based sites are often developed nowadays on the Web using a CMS like Django; is that the way to go?
Edit: Namo, DreamWeaver, NetObjects Fusion, Coffee Cup, Evrsoft First Page, and Microsoft Expression might be candidates. I'll appreciate comments on these based on the criteria above.