Microsoft FrontPage (full name Microsoft Office FrontPage) is a discontinued WYSIWYG HTML editor and Web site administration tool from Microsoft for the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. It was branded as part of the Microsoft Office suite from 1997 to 2003.
Microsoft FrontPage is a popular WYSIWYG editor used to manage website pages. Though there are a recognizable set of management tools but Frontpage won’t pass the standard of coding (html/xhtml), for this reason we need a Microsoft Frontpage alternative. For making html pages the best alternative can be Dreamweaver but it’s not free and comes with a 30-days trial pack!
Unfortunately, as Microsoft enhanced the product they made FrontPage documents render incorrectly in browsers other than Microsoft Internet Explorer. The intention was to create browser lock-in. The actual result: FrontPage became a laughing stock, gave WYSIWYG HTML editors a bad name in general, and web developers went back to developing using. Since September 2015, Microsoft Expression Web is no longer developed and supported. Last version, 4.0.1460.0, released in December 2012, can be still downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft frontpage free download - Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft Office 2011, Microsoft Office 2008 update, and many more programs.
Mac OS users can have free Microsoft Frontpage alternative on their desktop. Though there are various alternatives for Frontpage on MAC but here I’ve mentioned some of the popular freeware that are enough to carry out the tasks achieved by Frontpage editor.
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NVU – A popular open source and the best Mac alternative for Microsoft Front page, NVU has all the robust features that are in Dreamweaver or Frontpage program.
Without technical experience one can make professional sites with NVU, it’s easy to use, free and also has many features making it easier for building and managing website pages right from your desktop. Download NVU for Mac! A recommended html editor.
Komposer – Komposer is a free WYSIWYG FrontPage alternative that is built for Mac, Windows users comes with a complete web pages management system, super-easy and a reliable tool based on Gecko (Mozilla engine).
With komposer the added advantage of spell checker, customized toolbars, FTP manager, HTML validator, CSS editor, color picker comes free. Stable version of Komposer can be directly downloaded from source forge (11mb) (Mac version).
