WEB AUTHORING TOOLS
Web authoring tools are used to create web content. There are thousands of different programs that can be used to create this content, all in slightly different ways but on the whole delivering similar results.
Tools include simple programs such as free word processors such as notepad, which comes pre-installed on windows computers. There are also specialist professional programs, such as Dreamweaver, which can cost hundreds of pounds.
Any program that can create content, via coding, that can be uploaded to the web is considered a web authoring tool.
These are the simplest web authoring tools, some examples are Notepad, Microsoft Word and TextEdit for mac. To create content user type 'tags' and their wanted coding into a document, processors then converts the the file into HTML and are saved as a .TXT file. This file can then be uploaded to a server and simplistic website is created. This format is not as user friendly as other programs, and if a single 'tag' is misspelled the whole website may not work.
Desktop Publishing
These include programs such as Dreamweaver. These program create virtual web pages that can be easily linked together to create large websites. Content such as documents, images, music and videos can be easily added to pages. The program then converts these into HTML and CSS files which can then again be uploaded to a server. These programs tend to be WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) which means that what the user is seeing on the screen is what the final finished product will look like. These programs make it very easy for anyone to create a website without having to know anything about coding.
Online Web Builders
These programs are completely online based and are extremely accessible to most people. These mostly use drag and drop functionality and allow users to see their changes in real time. However they can only really create really simple websites and there are quite a lot of limitations on what you can do.
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