Rapid Weaver allows me, the complete novice, to build web sites. It is written primarily for people like me who know nothing about web programming. It is not written primarily for people who already know HTML and XHTML. Septem13:18 EST #1 I think you are misisng the point of Rapid Weaver.Were to sharpen up the software from a good grounding in Web standardsĪnd how to use HTML correctly, this is a product I could encourageįor the moment it’s a good start, and a better product than many. The positive side and could be a good starting point. Them either as some of the other software has done. While not entirely fostering accessible Web pages, it doesn’t hinder Tool for an ordinary person wanting to put together a good Web page, but Of the software I’ve explored so far, this is the best. The coding behind the scenes is of a high standard, though not alwaysĮntirely appropriate, and I can’t edit the HTML unless my page is of the While I cannot apply a list-something I use almost any time I create a Mark a subscript or superscript-all tags I have very very rarely used, The menu items offer an almost randomĪssemblage of HTML coding: I can easily choose to strike through text or RapidWeaver does quite well, as far as it goes. Some limited formatting options you can apply to text in the Edit tab. If you choose one of these styles there are With RapidWeaver, each page has an underlying style, such as Styled Text, Irritating, that doesn’t affect the accessibility of output, but it does I found the Edit view confusing and unnecessary-why not just have CodeĪnd Preview views, available side-by-side and both editable? While Graphic elements included with the theme, such as lines and party Page, with the chosen theme applied, along with layout and any The Preview view displays what you can expect to see on your Web.Pictures were displayed, but it didn’t display as a Web page would. I applied formatting, links turned blue with an underline, and In this view, text was marked with a green highlight when Text, and apply formatting such as Heading 1, or Paragraph, and drag The Edit view is where you paste or type text, make edits, select.It does however provide a checkbox to “Display tidiedĬode” that will attempt to fix incorrect HTML and report errors. The Code view displays the HTML behind the page, but you can’t edit.RapidWeaver gives the user three “Views” of her work: Of previous articles) RapidWeaver certainly does the best job, but it Of the software I’ve looked at so far ( iWeb and Sandvox were the subjects Is why it’s so important that the tool help users rather than hinder Most people want some WYSIWYG software to make Web pages for them, which Very sensibly applied a with an inline style. I attempted to change the font for a few words, and RapidWeaver Where I’d chosen a heading it was marked up with appropriate Is paragraphs and to mark it up with tags. Would be a sensible default for RapidWeaver to assume that pasted text Marked up, not as paragraphs, with tags, but with line breaks. I was disappointed to find that my pasted text had been automatically Print, screen, handheld, and an external JavaScript file. The theme file also included links to half a dozen stylesheets-for Although I chose the first “theme” in the list, IĬhecked a few others at random, and all seemed to use the same doctype. Pages are created using an XHTML Strict doctype. The name I entered had been placed in the portion of the A bit like iPad support being offered, without support for Android.When I examined the coding for the newly created page, I could see that Maybe that this type of integration can be offered, for once, to a single platform. Serif is multi-platform, while Realmac is Mac-only. I wonder if a collaboration between Serif and Realmac can be imagined, to make Publisher and RapidWeaver integrated in making a single-source, multi-output package allowing for creation of web sites, web help/tutorials, magazines, ebooks, starting from a common source and with a minimal amount of adaptation. Drag & drop CSS elements and scripts, and build your web site from pre-made pieces. RapidWeaver Elements should further develop the concept of building by blocks. As a result, RapidWeaver + Stacks + Foundry/Fusion can become a very powerful web site creator. Among these plugins is Stacks, on which frameworks like Foundry or Fusion can be installed to create sophisticate modernly-designed web sites. It also allows limited coding, for quick customization. RapidWeaver is a software for Mac allowing easy creation of simple web sites without coding. Realmac Software, another smart independent British software company, has just announced RapidWeaver Elements, the next step in their easy web site development software.
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