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After seeing a friend using RapidWeaver and producing wonderful results in a few clicks, I was astonished and started searching if a tool like that exists for Windows. Unfortunately, so far my search yielded no result, so I'm writing here the criteria I'm using hoping that anybody will come up with a relevant suggestion:

  • WYSIWYG HTML editor
  • Must work (well!) on Windows (Vista/7)
  • Must not be web based (I don't care about webapps allowing me to create sites off of crappy templates)
  • Template-based (and possibly with many templates available)
  • Pretty flexible (nothing like Dreamweaver, but I wouldn't like being stuck with just entering text into some prebuilt templates)
  • Intuitive (and possibly good looking) UI
  • Producing standards-compliant markup (office-like HTML is not an option)

Here is what I don't care about:

  • Price/License (if it's commercial it's probably even better for my purpose, as if the tool is good I will want fast, quality support)
  • Good code editing features (when I'll get my hands dirty with the markup I want things to be looking already pretty good so I'll just have to improve certain areas based on my requirements...)
  • Server-side scripting (I'm handling that otherwise, for this tool I just care about the design part)

Here's a list of commonly recommended tools I consider unfit for my needs:

  • NVU
  • KompoZer
  • Microsoft Expression Web
  • Microsoft Visual Web Designer
  • Adobe Dreamweaver (good, but too good for my needs. At this stage, I'd prefer something quicker, even if it means having lower quality html)

Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

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Probably too late, and not sure if this helps you anyway:

http://www.artisteer.com

http://www.xara.com/eu/products/webdesigner/

p.marino
I've actually opted for aristeer a few months ago, however the effort will be rewarded :)
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