Nothing's better than a good ASCII word-processor and Adobe Photoshop to create homepages. But if you don't have the inclination to learn HTML or spend lots of money on bitmap editing programs, the following shareware/freeware programs can do most of the work required for basic homepages without spending a lot of time or money:
Learning
HTML
Of course knowing anything about HTML will be beneficial
and this site has the best collection of links I've seen on learning HTML
from beginner to advance levels.
IMAGING APPLICATIONS (MAC)
GifBuilder
0.4.1
Utility to create animated GIF files on the Macintosh. It
can be used manually to collect PICT, GIF, TIFF or Photoshop images or to
convert QuickTime movies, FilmStrip or PICS files. Animated GIF files can
be viewed with NetScape 2.0 and later, and other browsers. Freeware.
Transparency
1.0
Utility program allows you to apply transparent backgrounds
to GIF images.
GIF
Converter 2.3.7
Utility reads in and saves to a variety of file formats.
IMAGING APPLICATIONS (PC)
PaintShop
Pro
versatile image editing program with much of the functionality
of Photoshop. Win/95. Shareware.
Lviewpro
Image viewer. Win 3.1.
WEB AUTHORING APPLICATIONS (MAC)
Adobe
Pagemill 2.0 Beta by Adobe Software
WYSIWYG authoring program supports forms, tables, font
colors, image mapping, and a wide variety of other tools. Req: PPC. Beta
Demo.
Arachnid
1.9, by Robert McBurney, Mark Hanrek, Christopher Watson and others
Arachnid, written by the University of Iowa, is a WYSIWYG
authoring program that supports forms creation, site management, and a variety
of image tools. HTML tables were not presently supported. Req: Any Mac.
Freeware.
WEB AUTHORING APPLICATIONS (PC)
FrontPage
by Microsoft
Mircrosoft's popular WYSIWYG web authoring and management
program. Req: Win/95. Demo.
HotDog
Professional (95) by Sausage Software
Updated, 32-bit version of HotDog Pro. This popular HTML
editor provides drag-and-drop functions, image file manipulation , and a
built-in FTP client which can download an entire Web site, creating a project
file from its components. Current HotDog users should not use this to replace
their present version. Req: Win/95. Shareware, 30-day beta.
HotDog
Pro 2..53 by Sausage Software
HotDog Pro supports HTML tags for Internet Explorer as
well as Netscape Navigator, has an FTP file transfer module, and is capable
of realtime viewing of your work. Additional features include: wordwrapping,wizards
for creating tables. This evaluation download can be registered as a 'standard'
or 'pro' version, depending upon your needs. Re: Windows 3.1. Shareware.