Tuesday, September 11, 2007

RapidWeaver: Awesome tool for the Mac

I've worked on lots of web projects over the years.  One of my first projects was re-skinning a VT100 terminal character mode app, giving it a shiny web front end.  I've been there, and done that.  I'm only saying that, so you get the idea that I can write html and css, and make a website look pretty much however I want it to.  So when it comes to tools for creating websites, I am pretty fussy.

I downloaded RapidWeaver about a year ago,  when I had a commission to create a website for Helen Anker, who is an actress / singer / dancer.  I gave it a go, but I didn't hold out much hope.  I was totally blown away by it's simple and elegant approach.  Since then, I've got my wife in on the act, and she was able to knock up a full Vampirates fansite in only a few days.  She has very little experience of HTML or CSS, but she was able to just get stuck in.

That's the thing that has so impressed me with RapidWeaver.  It appeals to me as an experienced web developer, but equally it works for my wife, a web beginner.  If you have a mac and you want to create a website using great and cheap tools, you could do a lot worse than this.

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