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1. Tripod 3. Angelfire 4. NBCi (formerly Xoom) 5. 20m.com |
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One Center - This is extremely easy to use for a basic discussion board. If you want to modify it at all, you have to know a few basic HTML tags. Here's a site I set up in about 30 minute. ezboard - this is a very versatile message board, with easy, if somewhat tedious, controls to customize almost anything. It is free and will remove all advertising for a monthly fee ranging from $19 upwards. It allows passwording of the forum, but all users must join ezboard as members (which some parents might object to). I had a basic site up in 20 minutes. Beseen - easy and free. I didn't see any where to select password protection. BOARDhost - full service, free, and will remove advertising for $10 per month. Novogate - free, no provision for removing advertising, but it does offer password protection. Free Forums - free. You can block specific words (you have to list them) and it has a private/public option. Webshaker BBS - free with password protection. Advertising free will cost you $21.95/year. |
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1. Netscape Communicator® - a free download of Communicator is available here. Composer, which is part of Communicator, is a basic HTML editor which is easy to use and free.
2. Adobe PageMill® - this is the most popular program that I have used with my students. It is very similar to a word processor, and it has the same look and feel. My sixth graders find it very intuitive, and I have used it with kids as young as fourth grade. I use it extensively in my own website (this Milwaukee site was all composed in PageMill). Adobe has recently published GoLive as a replacement and is no longer marketing PageMill, but it is still available at third party vendors.
3. GoLive® - this is the latest edition of Adobe web authoring tools. I got my first copy of it only very recently and haven't yet used it to actually publish. On first glance it feels like a cross between a traditional HTML editor and a paste-up program. Here is a link to the homepage with the specs. It is rather overwhelming for those new to web design. I've used Adobe software for years, and I'm a little intimidated!
4. Microsoft Word® - this program contains a feature that lets you save any page you create as HTML. It's a quick-and-dirty way to create webpages, and I'm not always happy with the result.
5. Microsoft FrontPage® - this is Microsoft's premiere web design tool. I used it to create a school website, and I found it overly complex for my purposes. The learning curve is steep, and my students didn't like it. It has many tools available, and it is a great choice for complex sites. I wouldn't recommend it for first exposure to web site design.
6. Dreamweaver®- this authoring program from Macromedia is very intuitive. No knowledge of HTML is needed, though HTML may be used for more advanced features. Text may be imported from Microsoft Word documents saved as HTML. The program allows for flexible, precise, and quick construction of webpages using text, tables, graphics, and digital images. Site management and uploading features are included with the program. Check with a sales rep for the education price.
7. AOL Press® -this was the first software I ever used in the classroom for web page design. It is available free from AOL, but it is no longer being supported. (This means that there is no one to answer questions or help with technical problems.) It is rather limited (no music, no video capability), but it is free and easy to use. A tutorial is included in the free download.