Easy Web Editor 2007

It's funny to see that most expert web designers don't change the programs they use, and when this happens, it takes ages for them to decide what to get. The good part for the software producers is that beginners try a lot of programs, and until they really start to master an application, they jump from one to another like a bee from flower to flower. Today, I have another "easy webdesign tool" that doesn't require any HTML knowledge from its user, and its name is Easy Web Editor.


Setup
Produced by a company called Visual Vision, Easy Web Editor has reached version 2007.23.230.383, according to the Info screen, but that's only for your software information library, because Easy Web Editor 2007 should be enough. After all, there are a lot of more important things to remember, right?

The full program is currently priced at $69.90, but there are plenty of other licensing options that can take your price higher, as well as a bunch of cheaper "Student" licenses. The trial version has no time limits, but has some nags here and there instead.

The setup package is available inside a ZIP archive or as a standalone file, in both cases the size of the downloadable file being about 2MB. On the official downloads page, there are also a concise PDF manual with lots of screenshots, as well as a sample site. Since both downloads are about 2MB in size, together, I advise you to also grab these two items.

At last, you're probably wondering about how easy it is to install this program, but I won't give you an answer. Why? The two screenshots in this part of the article should say it all...

Interface

As you can see in the screenshot to the left, Easy Web Editor 2007 looks pretty rusty, without anything special apart from the fact that it has skins... but be aware that the two skins available for Easy Web Editor look pretty bad, and they don't include toolbar icons or anything else. In fact, the only change is that a texture is applied to the empty areas of the main window, and nothing more - not even the windows belonging to various tools don't use the skin's texture! Other than that, the program is pretty easy to use and well organized, so let's move on and discover more about it, shall we?

Features

When the program started out for the first time, my hopes were almos crushed by the "introduction". A power-point like presentation started playing, and some annoying noises could be heard, and the main window wasn't showing. "Oh, no! This is it???", I said. Fortunately, there's a little more, but not too much, really...

While creating new documents is not something a beginner would appreciate a lot, without the proper guidance, the ability to use templates is a great plus to this program, and you can start everything by opening the site already done and available for download, that I mentioned a bit earlier.












If you want to work with this program, you don't need to know anything about HTML, because all you have to do is insert elements into the page, and I found Easy Web Editor's capabilities to be well-suited to sites with a lot of text. Unfortunately, there are no advanced coding features, so if a beginner learns more and more about HTML and maybe wants to start coding using PHP, he needs to move to a different program for this purpose, and Easy Web Editor is not that cheap to purchase, use for a while, and then forget about it...The built in FTP client makes the task of publishing pages online very easy, but on the other hand, this program doesn't have a built in browser to help you preview your work easily, and that would really be welcome.

Since this program is more about being discovered and used, I can only hope you'll be happier with its capabilities than I am. These being said, let's draw the conclusions, now...

The Good

First of all, a big white ball goes into the pot due to the excellent PDF manual with 76 pages that explains a lot of things about Easy Web Editor. Other than that, we have FTP support, word count tool, and a lot of additional goodies. At last, let's not forget about the unlimited time trial, which rules!

The Bad

My greatest concerns are the outdated interface of this program, and its price, which is simply too high.

Conclusion

If you want to start creating web pages, and also be able to easily edit them and upload your content to the Internet, Easy Web Editor is a decent choice, but you may need something stronger after a while, and considering its price, you can add some money to the pot and jump straight to a product from a superior class. Anyway, since trying it is free, why not give this program a chance first?

Developer: VisualVision
Price: $69.90
Trial Link: Download