Web Design Software Comparisons

Web design software and Price*	Features	System compatibility
Comparison Chart - Web Design Software
Adobe Dreamweaver 8 Where to Buy (*est. $400)	HTML, WYSIWYG, professional pre-made layouts and templates, all major web scripting and multimedia formats, background FTP.	Windows Svr. 2003/2000/XP & Vista, Mac OS X 10, Pentium III or better, PowerMac G3 or better, 256 MB RAM (1 GB recommend), 650 MB disk
CoffeeCup 2006 for Windows Where to Buy (*est. $50)	HTML, WYSIWYG, 100 DHTML & JavaScripts, thousands of graphics, frame and table designers, code cleaner, in-browser previews, FTP.	Windows 98/NT/2000/XP/Vista
WordPress 2.0 Where to Buy (free, http://wordpress.org)	HTML, WYSIWYG, instant updates, built-in preview, blogrolls, password protection, RSS syndication, XML-RPC.	All Windows. Blog host requires PHP 4.2 or greater & MySQL 3.23.23 or greater
Homestead SiteBuilder Where to Buy (*est. $10 to $20 per month, plus $20 setup fee. www.homestead.com)	Java-based client, library of over 1.2 million images, forms, animation factory, e-mail & PayPal available. No blog builder.	All Windows, 64 MB RAM, 20 MB disk, Pentium II or better. Registered domain, internet connection and browser.
Nvu 1.0 Where to Buy (free, http://www.nvu.com/index.php)	WYSIWYG, HTML via tab, FTP management, forms, tables, templates, multi-page tabbing.	All Windows, Mac & Linux