Free Software for Offline Web Pge Development

AlwaysSomething

Hi,
I'm looking to create a simple web page, or maybe just a few pages joined by hyperlinks. I do want to embed video though. I would like to be able to do all the development off line on a Windows PC.
Can you recommend a free package for me to use.
Thanks

esuhl

How simple a web page do you want? For something as simple as text, links and embedded video, you could just use HTML/CSS in Notepad.

WobblyDog

If you want to use very lightweight tools (which is a good idea if you want to learn the underlying techologies), then Visual Studio Code is worth trying. It's a lightweight non-intrusive text editor for developers, but it has some nice syntax-highlighting features.

hans_2

WebSite X5

Never used but recommended by Tech Radar and available for free when downloaded from their site.

Offline and Embed video is available.

AndyPix

OP - you want notepad++


https://notepad-plus-plus.org/


What you want to do is simple using HTML

DoaM

If the OP needs more advanced features then they could install a LOCALHOST web server on their PC .. for example WAMP. (Windows version of Apache web server, MySQL database and PHP scripting engine). Or even just enable IIS if they have a Pro or higher version of windows.

AlwaysSomething

Thanks everybody. I tried Website X5, then gave up on that and wrote raw HTML.Happy with the results.

were

If you want to do something very ordinary looking but responsive use the bootstrap 'template' - initiated by Twitter.

The next step up from this are grids.


Possibly this at the moment does not mean that much to you, but after watching a few vids on youtube you will get the gist.


If your page will be for the largest exposure pool then html5 is possibly still not yet the way to go - yet, as there is still a fair amount of legacy browsers still in use.


For yourself and people with up to date browsers, it is an excellent way to do things.

zaynesbill

For simple hyperlinks, images and embedded content. You have some light and extended code editors.

Light Editors:
Notepad++
Sublime Text
Atom

Extended Editors:
Visual Studio
Adobe Dreamweaver

Monika333

If you want to create a simple website, it is possible to use one of the website builders.They are easy-to-use and don't require special coding knowledge. Also they are ususally mobile compatible, and I find it to be very convenient and important as more than half of visitors use their gadgets in order to access the Internet. I can recommend to check these free website builders. Using them, you can save money and create a simple web page without taking efforts. Hope it helps!

WaywardDriver

Monika333 wrote: »

If you want to create a simple website, it is possible to use one of the website builders.They are easy-to-use and don't require special coding knowledge. Also they are ususally mobile compatible, and I find it to be very convenient and important as more than half of visitors use their gadgets in order to access the Internet. I can recommend to check these free website builders. Using them, you can save money and create a simple web page without taking efforts. Hope it helps!

To echo this, a website needs to work on various devices - smartphone, tablet, laptop/desktop - and the layout needs to adjust accordingly. So the BBC site is 5 columns wide on a laptop but will reduce to 3, 2 or 1 depending on the device. The website builders inc Wordpress use stylesheets to achieve this or if you want to be more hands-on then look at www.w3schools.com/w3css/default.asp.