Web Authoring Alternatives

Having brought your page to life, you are ready to publish it to the Web. ImageReady is a good tool for creating simple Web pages with slices, as well as straightforward cell animations and rollovers. For more complex animations, you might want to try Macromedia Flash or Adobe LiveMotion. To create and manage larger, more sophisticated websites , you ll find what you need in programs such as Adobe GoLive, Macromedia Dreamweaver, or Microsoft FrontPage.

Many professional Web designers still prefer to assemble their Web pages in HTML code. They claim the code is cleaner than that generated by WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) editors. I recommend that you at least learn basic HTML code, so that you can understand the structure of Web pages and troubleshoot any problems that might result from code that is too complex or that is not universally compatible with all current browsers.