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Proudhon:
I have been building websites very happily with Serif`s WEBplus X4. Now that i have converted to Ubuntu can anybody recommend a comparable Linux alternative which I can download and play with.

Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec):
There are 3 (static) WYSIWYG webpage authoring applications that I know of, but have no idea how they compare to Serif WEBplus X4.

1) Kompozer (available in the Ubuntu package manager(s))
Homepage:
http://kompozer.net/
Features:
http://kompozer.net/features.php
Screenshots:
http://kompozer.net/screenshots.php

2) Amaya (NOT available in the Ubuntu repo's, so will need to be compiled from source)
Homepage:
http://www.w3.org/Amaya/Overview.html
Overview:
http://www.w3.org/Amaya/Amaya.html
Screenshots:
http://www.w3.org/Amaya/screenshots/Overview.html

3) Bluefish (Available in the Ubuntu package manager(s))
Homepage:
http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html
Features:
http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/features.html
Screenshots:
http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/screenshots.html

I also hear that *some* versions of (Windows) Dreamweaver work quite well in WINE:
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=183

The bad news is that Serif WEBplus X4 DOESN'T work in WINE... it is rated as "garbage" in the WINE application database... this is not a reflection of the application itself, just how well it runs in WINE:
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=11132
so if you want to stick with WEBplus, your only options are to dual-boot Linux/Windows, or to run Windows in a virtual machine inside Linux.


Personally I'd ditch static authoring and switch to CMS based authoring, such as -
Wordpress:
http://wordpress.org/
or
Joomla:
http://www.joomla.org/
or
Drupal:
http://drupal.org/
etc.

The Linux.co.uk website is a wordpress site ;)


Just in case this helps in the future, there is a list of Linux alternatives to popular Windows software here:
http://linux.co.uk/2010/06/linux-alternatives-to-windows-software/

BkS:
I'm gonna go with Mark here and say this. Definitely switch to CMS based authoring. I switched to Wordpress and loved it so far. Far easier for me to use, rather than compiling a template and coding it.

Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec):
Yup, why not take a look around BkS's site for another example of a Wordpress based site ;)

Just click the "globe" icon on the left of his posting(s).

Wordpress makes adding pages, video, pics, articles, and/or editing your content SO much easier... and as you edit your site through a web browser it's OS/platform agnostic, can be edited ANY time, from ANYWHERE, and from ANY device with a web browser.

Not to mention, if you get a decent theme/template it can immediately make your site look more "professionally authored".

Why not take a look through some of the sites listed in the Wordpress Showcase:
http://wordpress.org/showcase/

Then Google wordpress themes, and you'll see there are 1000's of themes/templates available... from free ones, to "premium" commercial themes... or take a look around somewhere like themeforest:
http://themeforest.net/category/wordpress
for examples of what can be achieved.

Mad Penguin:
((Wordpress++)**)^10

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