LibGuides: Learning Objects: Web Authoring

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eXe
Open source content authoring tool for publishing multi-media, and web content designed for learning without the need for users to become proficient in (X)HTML.
Adobe DreamWeaver
A web page editor and tool for managing web sites. This means that you can create and edit web pages and structure groups of files into a whole web site without knowing HTML. Dreamweaver has become standard equipment for most webmasters just as Microsoft Word is standard equipment in most offices. Most web professionals would say they couldn't live without it, and it will make even a web novice's life so much easier that it is worth the purchase price. It also offers useful templates and "snippets" of pre-written HTML to make creating web pages faster and easier.
Sea Monkey
Open source html editor using WYSIWYG editor with dynamic image and table resizing, quick insert and delete of table cells, improved CSS support, and support for positioned layers.

Featured Tool

File Transfer

WinZip

WinZip is a program that takes a collection of computer files and bundles them into a single package generically known as a "zip archive." Microsoft includes a form of "zip" utility with its OS (operating system), but you may wish to download it through CITES (for affiliated UIUC users).

Generally zipping a collection of files makes the total smaller than the sum of its parts. Also, if you use Illinois Compass you can only upload one file at a time; if you have lots of files to upload, as well as nested folders, you can use WinZip to zip together as many files as you like, and then upload that one zip file and "expand" the archive, which is a much faster option.