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Is there a web design software for Mint 18?

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Mr Edd: Level 2; Posts: 60; Joined: Fri Jul 08, 2016 8:55 pm

Is there a web design software for Mint 18?

Sorry for another newbie question.

I have searched on-line for website design software for Mint 18. Google doesn't show anything but then I don't know what it maybe called. I watched one guy on YouTube who was messing about and when he started the program from the menu he mumbled the name and it was too blurred to read. However some of the comments underneath were a little dismissive about what he was using.

I am used to Front-Page and Expression Web so anything along those lines would be fantastic. The trouble is I don't know what to search for.

Any help please.

Thanks in advance.

Edd

I'd be Dyslexic if I could spell ti

phd21: Level 19; Posts: 9982; Joined: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:42 pm; Location: Florida

Re: Is there a web design software for Mint 18?

Post by phd21 » Thu Aug 11, 2016 11:42 pm

Hi "Mr Edd",

Welcome to the wonderful world of Linux Mint and its excellent forum !

I just read your post and the good replies to it. Here are my thoughts on this as well.

FYI: Most of the web hosting companies offer WYSIWYG web builders as part of their services. "Zyro Builder" is one of the easiest, and best, website programs that I have ever tried, and it is included in a lot of various web hosts and from their main website.

Zyro Builder - super easy & great online website creation tool
http://zyro.com/

*** Free Google Web Designer for Linux ***
https://www.google.com/webdesigner/

http://www.webupd8.org/2014/04/google-w ... linux.html

Related good post
viewtopic.php?f=58&t=222786&hilit=webhosting

Re: BlueGriffon v2.xx is on their website and look to be a "paid for" upgrade.
http://bluegriffon.org/

For a free to use version:

Easy to install Linux ".deb" files, just save and double click to install
https://pkgs.org/download/bluegriffon

bluegriffon_1.7.2-1
click Ubuntu 16.04 for Linux Mint 18

click Ubuntu 14.04 for Linux Mint 17.x

How to Install Blue Griffon in Ubuntu and Linux Mint
Published by Dave Burke on February 15, 2014
http://nixmash.com/linux/how-to-install ... inux-mint/

How To Install BlueGriffon 1.7.2 On Ubuntu 14.04 (Linux Mint 17.x), Ubuntu 12.04 And Derivative Systems
Posted on August 10, 2014 by Geekster

wget -q -O - http://archive.removed/removed-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.removed/ubuntu trusty-removed apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/removed.list'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bluegriffon

Hope this helps ...

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michellebrooks: Level 2; Posts: 86; Joined: Sat Jul 23, 2016 6:12 pm; Location: Minnesota

Re: Is there a web design software for Mint 18?

Post by michellebrooks » Fri Aug 12, 2016 7:43 am

Mr Edd wrote:

michellebrooks wrote:Bluefish is decent.

I hope these help.

Wow and thank you. I can see I shall be busy tomorrow playing with these.

Edd

No problem. I am use to Dreamweaver myself.... I have been using it since it first came out from Macromedida. I haven't tried installing it on Linux yet because I am on a crappy laptop atm.... but hoping it will work with Wine when I get a new one. I really don't want to go back to windows when I get a new laptop. I hope I can get the whole Adobe suite to work, I miss photoshop and premiere... and others lol.

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Re: Is there a web design software for Mint 18?

Post by Moem » Fri Aug 12, 2016 8:11 am

michellebrooks wrote: I am use to Dreamweaver myself.... I have been using it since it first came out from Macromedida. I haven't tried installing it on Linux yet because I am on a crappy laptop atm.... but hoping it will work with Wine when I get a new one.

Dreamweaver 8 runs fine on Wine on my Mint 17.3 installation. Just FYI.

If your issue is solved, kindly indicate that by editing the first post in the topic, and adding [SOLVED] to the title. Thanks!

felemur: Level 5; Posts: 534; Joined: Sun Sep 20, 2015 2:22 pm; Location: In the middle of 1000's of acres of corn & soy fields in a house full of cats.

Re: Is there a web design software for Mint 18?

Post by felemur » Fri Aug 12, 2016 8:30 am

There is yet another way of approaching this.

You can get a "framework" - I use Bootstrap http://getbootstrap.com/ which comes with all the JS and CSS ready to use and able to be modified. Comes with page templates that you can just add content to or modify with an HTML editor. Personally I like and use Bluefish. You can even purchase page themes for specific purposes and just fill in the content.

Do a search on "web page frameworks" and you will find there are many alternatives depending on what you are making.

BTW, I like Bootstrap because it is fully responsive and scales itself from mobile to desktops.

michellebrooks: Level 2; Posts: 86; Joined: Sat Jul 23, 2016 6:12 pm; Location: Minnesota

Re: Is there a web design software for Mint 18?

Post by michellebrooks » Fri Aug 12, 2016 10:10 am

Moem wrote:

michellebrooks wrote: I am use to Dreamweaver myself.... I have been using it since it first came out from Macromedida. I haven't tried installing it on Linux yet because I am on a crappy laptop atm.... but hoping it will work with Wine when I get a new one.

Dreamweaver 8 runs fine on Wine on my Mint 17.3 installation. Just FYI.

Thanks for this! I will give it a shot. I might be able to get dreamweaver in but not sure about the others because this laptop is crappy.

michellebrooks: Level 2; Posts: 86; Joined: Sat Jul 23, 2016 6:12 pm; Location: Minnesota

Re: Is there a web design software for Mint 18?

Post by michellebrooks » Fri Aug 12, 2016 10:15 am

felemur wrote:There is yet another way of approaching this.

You can get a "framework" - I use Bootstrap http://getbootstrap.com/ which comes with all the JS and CSS ready to use and able to be modified. Comes with page templates that you can just add content to or modify with an HTML editor. Personally I like and use Bluefish. You can even purchase page themes for specific purposes and just fill in the content.

Do a search on "web page frameworks" and you will find there are many alternatives depending on what you are making.

BTW, I like Bootstrap because it is fully responsive and scales itself from mobile to desktops.

Hmmm, I have heard of this, I will give it a try. I really don't like using templates, I prefer to make my own, I just like some of the automated features of Dreamweaver. I use to use a program called CodeCharge with is absolutely fantastic in saving time, however where it will install under wine, it will not run. I had trouble with it in Windows7 as well as I need to purchase an upgrade for 299.00 for the newer windows OS. Even though I am using windows XP in wine, which is what I was running when I purchased it, it still will not run. I was thinking of trying virtualbox and installing XP in there to see if I can use it that way, but this laptop is really low on ram and HD space.

Thanks again, going to that link now!

felemur: Level 5; Posts: 534; Joined: Sun Sep 20, 2015 2:22 pm; Location: In the middle of 1000's of acres of corn & soy fields in a house full of cats.

Re: Is there a web design software for Mint 18?

Post by felemur » Fri Aug 12, 2016 11:08 am

michellebrooks wrote:

felemur wrote:There is yet another way of approaching this.

You can get a "framework" - I use Bootstrap http://getbootstrap.com/ which comes with all the JS and CSS ready to use and able to be modified. Comes with page templates that you can just add content to or modify with an HTML editor. Personally I like and use Bluefish. You can even purchase page themes for specific purposes and just fill in the content.

Do a search on "web page frameworks" and you will find there are many alternatives depending on what you are making.

BTW, I like Bootstrap because it is fully responsive and scales itself from mobile to desktops.

Hmmm, I have heard of this, I will give it a try. I really don't like using templates, I prefer to make my own, I just like some of the automated features of Dreamweaver. I use to use a program called CodeCharge with is absolutely fantastic in saving time, however where it will install under wine, it will not run. I had trouble with it in Windows7 as well as I need to purchase an upgrade for 299.00 for the newer windows OS. Even though I am using windows XP in wine, which is what I was running when I purchased it, it still will not run. I was thinking of trying virtualbox and installing XP in there to see if I can use it that way, but this laptop is really low on ram and HD space.

Thanks again, going to that link now!

You can start the HTML from scratch - templates are an option. The nice thing about going this way is you have JS and CSS ready to use or be modified + when there are updates you can just upload the new files to your host public file in the CSS or JSS or theme.CSS subfolders.

michellebrooks: Level 2; Posts: 86; Joined: Sat Jul 23, 2016 6:12 pm; Location: Minnesota

Re: Is there a web design software for Mint 18?

Post by michellebrooks » Fri Aug 12, 2016 7:49 pm

felemur wrote:

michellebrooks wrote:

felemur wrote:There is yet another way of approaching this.

You can get a "framework" - I use Bootstrap http://getbootstrap.com/ which comes with all the JS and CSS ready to use and able to be modified. Comes with page templates that you can just add content to or modify with an HTML editor. Personally I like and use Bluefish. You can even purchase page themes for specific purposes and just fill in the content.

Do a search on "web page frameworks" and you will find there are many alternatives depending on what you are making.

BTW, I like Bootstrap because it is fully responsive and scales itself from mobile to desktops.

Hmmm, I have heard of this, I will give it a try. I really don't like using templates, I prefer to make my own, I just like some of the automated features of Dreamweaver. I use to use a program called CodeCharge with is absolutely fantastic in saving time, however where it will install under wine, it will not run. I had trouble with it in Windows7 as well as I need to purchase an upgrade for 299.00 for the newer windows OS. Even though I am using windows XP in wine, which is what I was running when I purchased it, it still will not run. I was thinking of trying virtualbox and installing XP in there to see if I can use it that way, but this laptop is really low on ram and HD space.

Thanks again, going to that link now!

You can start the HTML from scratch - templates are an option. The nice thing about going this way is you have JS and CSS ready to use or be modified + when there are updates you can just upload the new files to your host public file in the CSS or JSS or theme.CSS subfolders.

I was wondering about that. I downloaded it and it just had 3 folders in it. I thought it was software LOL. I looks like it can save some time. I usually google things I don't know and modify the code I find to fit my needs. Looks like this can do a lot. Thanks again.

michellebrooks: Level 2; Posts: 86; Joined: Sat Jul 23, 2016 6:12 pm; Location: Minnesota

Re: Is there a web design software for Mint 18?

Post by michellebrooks » Sat Aug 13, 2016 12:04 pm

WARNING!!!

If you do try BlueGriffon (not sure about other Linux WYSIWYG editors) and you do any kind of programming, I would suggest something else. I tried to open a html page that contained php and it totally messed up the php code.

OOOOPS!!

Mr Edd: Level 2; Posts: 60; Joined: Fri Jul 08, 2016 8:55 pm

Re: Is there a web design software for Mint 18?

Post by Mr Edd » Sat Aug 13, 2016 8:13 pm

wow... all these suggestions is fantastic. I've been a bit off today (having Chemo so good days and bad days) but will really get into these when I get the chance.

Thanks to everyone

Edd

I'd be Dyslexic if I could spell ti

Aleena: Level 1; Posts: 1; Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2018 8:33 am

Re: Is there a web design software for Mint 18?

Post by Aleena » Wed Feb 13, 2019 2:58 am

Now, I'm a graphic designer who eventually wants to get into doing some basic web-design as well (self promotion and non-profit work). I need your opinion about which web-editor you think is the best for Linux... Seamonkey, Bluefish or some other editor?

AndyMH: Level 18; Posts: 8451; Joined: Fri Mar 04, 2016 5:23 pm; Location: Wiltshire

Re: Is there a web design software for Mint 18?

Post by AndyMH » Wed Feb 13, 2019 9:19 am

Hmmm, thought I'd have a look at brackets...

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I don't think so, I'll stick with visual studio code and bluefish.

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