It used to take an expert
to design a web site. Then, just as desktop publishing
tools became simpler to use, web design tools followed
and soon everyone was designing web sites. If Microsoft
FrontPage and Macromedia Dreamweaver are too complicated
for you, and some of the other web design tools
available are too expensive for you, then you might want
to consider ABC
Web Wizard.
This is a
very interesting tool. It would more accurately be
described as a suite of applets that can help you to
create a good-looking site relatively quickly and
without a great deal of either design or HTML skill. You
start by selecting a web site template from the library
included with ABC
Web Wizard.
Once you
select the template, you can select the number of pages
the site should have and begin to customize the look and
feel of the template as well as further enhance the
graphical header and drop-down navigation. Features like
these are typically found in standalone graphics and
menu-making tools, so to find them all under one roof --
and be easy to use -- is a welcomed addition.
You can
generate and preview your site in development at any
time. If you have the Professional or Enterprise
edition, you can also tweak your pages to improve their
positioning within the search engines. Again, this type
of functionality is typically found in standalone tools
or FrontPage type plug-ins, so there is tremendous added
value here.
Are you
making a business site where you need to explain
financials such as sales or margins or productivity?
Well, ABC
Web Wizard also includes the ability to create
animated pie charts on-the-fly. You simply enter your
pie slice names, select your colors, and assign a
numerical value to the slice, and instantly your
animated pie chart flies onto the web page.
Want to add
a little interactivity and fun to your web site? Believe
it or not, with ABC
Web Wizard you can also add an interactive
crossword puzzle to your site. Just enter the names or
your products, names of your services, add some clues,
click a button, and your crossword puzzle is
effortlessly added to your web site.
In general,
the web sites created by ABC
Web Wizard are quite visually appealing. Though
the number of templates and included graphic headers are
limited, you can easily change colors of just about
every element and even add your own header graphics to
generate virtually unlimited web site designs.
ABC
Web Wizard is
priced a little differently than other web design
packages, and it comes in several different versions. To
learn more about this very unique and fun-to-use web
design suite, click here.
