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How do I make a website?

I have heard that question twice in as many days. It's not an uncommon question anyway from teachers, clubs, and students, but there seems to be even more interest than usual from folks who don't have the first idea about web design or hosting. Most of us either...

Tags: Web, HTML, Google Page Creator, Student, Web Site, Web Page, NVU, Channel Management, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2007-12-10

Yahoo, another list of open source projects

Yahoo, another list of open source projectsWe need consolidation of these listsI strongly believe that the average user needs a resource they can use to learn about high-quality open source software.This resource should be presented with a functional website that allows them to search for applications by keyword or by...

Tags: open source, GNOME, open source project, Nvu, advertisement, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-09-24

Additional Resources

KompoZer Portable (exe)

KompoZer Portable is an easy-to use web editor packaged with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind. KompoZer is an unofficial bug-fix...

Tags: Web, PortableApps.com, KompoZer Portable, Channel Management, Flash Memory, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-04-24

KompoZer (zip)

Kompozer is an open source web development tool built on NVU. The project strives to fix bugs in the NVU project and added new features to it. Both the HTML editor as well as the CSS editor has so far be fixed and updated as part of the Kompozer project...

Tags: Web, Open Source, KompoZer, CSS, Channel Management, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-04-02

A new list for Ed Tech purchasers

Every few months, a nice list rounding up the open source alternatives to expensive, proprietary software makes its way around the web. As the body of free and open source software continues to grow and mature, these lists present increasingly viable solutions for those of us in Ed Tech....

Tags: List, Open Source, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-02-10

Rainbowpicker (xpi)

Rainbowpicker is a copy of the advanced colorpicker that can be found in Nvu and ported over to Firefox and it should also work with Flock. I developed this with a hope that maybe other extension developers will use the colorpicker button in their extensions, namely the preferences/options windows. Since...

Tags: Michael Lelli, Rainbowpicker, Web Browsers, Construction, Internet

Software downloads 2008-01-30

Kompozer is easy and free

Kompozer is easy and freeI switched from MS Expression to Kompozerthis year after testing it for a while. Tables were easier and the code save to a smaller file size. Also, since I switched my primary work computer to GNU/Linux, Kompozer went with me while MS Expression is stuck on...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, KompoZer

Discussion threads 2007-12-13

Kompozer is easy and free

A reader of Monday's post, How do I make a website, sent me an email suggesting that I look at Kompozer instead of NVU (a free, if limited WYSIWYG editor I mentioned in that post). Since I had a choice between finishing my numerical analysis homework and trying out...

Tags: HTML, Tool, Kompozer, Productivity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2007-12-12

iWeb update sorely needed

iWeb update sorely neededMr. O'Grady asks ?What do you use for HTML authoring? To be quite honest I use Text Edit for creating web pages . I have no need for web apps to create web pages .Upgrade and improve this toolI agree that it was very disappointing Apple choose...

Tags: Desktops, Apple iWeb, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, storage, Web

Discussion threads 2007-05-01

Linux software apps - What's hot and what's not?

Linux software apps - What's hot and what's not?The apps I useOffice: OpenOffice.org, as it's pretty much the standard on Linux desktops.Email: I have Evolution set up for my Yahoo mail.Image editing/drawing: For most editing, I use the GIMP, but for advanced stuff I'd recommend Blender or Inkscape for SVG.CD/DVD...

Tags: OpenOffice, OPEN SOURCE, Web browsers, RSS, Java development tools, Linux software, K3b, Microsoft Office, GIMP, Mozilla Firefox, KDE, GNOME, disc, Gaim, software, Linux, Webmin

Discussion threads 2007-03-13

GoPenServerX (zip)

The GoPenServer (Go-Open-Server) is an HTTP/FTP Server that includes Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl, and phpMyAdmin. It also contains Website creation software including Nvu, GIMP, and Extreme phpBB. We also put an audio editing package known as Audacity.

Tags: Gerfuls, Scripting Languages, Web Site Development, Open Source, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Internet

Software downloads 2007-02-06

Go the dual-boot route to check for compatibility issues (Screen shots: Experts give Vista advice)

Go the dual-boot route to check for compatibility issues (Screen shots: Experts give Vista advice)My adviceDon't buy it.That is the worst of it?This baby is clean and ready for you seen. you'll get it, you know you will. Dont't deny the inevitable.Pirillo's screenshot is messy because he changed the default...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Pirillo, Chris Pirillo, Steve Sinchak, Microsoft Windows Vista, turned-ON

Discussion threads 2007-01-26

Closer to fine without Windows

Closer to fine without WindowsWhich mass market?[i]Is desktop Linux ready for the mass market now? What else do we need?[/i]Do you mean the USA or the rest of the world?I'm predicting that Microsoft's fortunes in a country are roughly related to that country's use of measurement systems other than the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Desktops, video card, lexmark, Microsoft Windows, KDE suite, Linux, mass market, desktop, PCLinuxOS, KDE

Discussion threads 2006-10-11

Your Website is Due Friday

With the advent of countless free and easy to use HTML editors WYSIWYG or otherwise, it is easier than ever for students to create websites quickly and easily. So why have your students write a boring report when they can create a...

Tags: traditional report

Blog posts 2006-05-02

Carry your PC in your pocket

Sure, you can assemble a number of individual applications and install them on a USB thumbdrive but Portable Apps Suite has done all the hard work for you. Unzip a single file and you're ready to roll. Well, OK. Technically, you'll want to do a bit of configuration to make...

Tags: thumbdrive, PC, USB ThumbDrive

Blog posts 2006-02-02

Can you have a GPLv2-only license?

Can you have a GPLv2-only license?I Enjoyed Both PostsYou should do more blogging.Although Linux isn't the only very recognizable GPLed products-The GiMP http://www.gimp.org/Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/Inkscape http://www.inkscape.org/The Gnome office Suit http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office/ Abi Word and GnumericCinePaint FilmGimp http://cinepaint.movieeditor.com/Jashaka http://www.jahshaka.org/and though tri-licensed under the MPL/LGPL/GPL...http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/http://www.nvu.com/http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird.htmlAre all more visible and have probably a higher user...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, F/OSS, licence, GPLv2, Free Software Foundation

Discussion threads 2006-01-24

Firefox gets a fifth of European market

Firefox gets a fifth of European marketDeath To Internet Exploder!!!Funeral arrangements to be made at end of 2006.How about this conclusion?[i] But XiTi's figures should probably be taken with a grain of salt, as Firefox usage tends to be highest over the weekend[/i]How about people using what is supplied on...

Tags: Web browsers, Fox, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser

Discussion threads 2006-01-17

Are Mac users too complacent about security?

Are Mac users too complacent about security?Mac still has one good advantageMac OS X does one thing well and that is the way they handle default user permissions. Default users never run in root admin mode and that makes it harder to infect a Mac. Windows will not...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, distro, Mac-user, Apple Macintosh, computer, Linux, security

Discussion threads 2006-01-16

Expand your tech knowledge and take the mystery out of the Linux OS

This chapter from Peter van der Linden's Guide to Linux takes the mystery out of Firefox and the Nvu Web Page Editor, two standard applications available in most Linux distributions. Considering the number of attendees, and the number of vendors trying to reach them, at the most...

Tags: Knowledge, Operating System, Prentice Hall Inc., Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software

Book chapters 2005-08-09

Nvu (exe)

Nvu (pronounced N-view, for a "new view") makes managing a web site a snap. Now anyone can create web pages and manage a website with no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML. Finally! A complete Web Authoring System for Linux Desktop users as well as Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users.

Tags: Web, Linspire, Web Site, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Open Source, Operating Systems, Internet, Marketing, Software

Software downloads 2005-07-01