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Tool: Review:

Adobe PageMill 2.0
Designed by: Adobe Systems, Inc.
Cost:$99
Description: Adobe PageMill is a Web page authoring tool that does not require you to know HTML (hypertext markup language). You can use drag and drop operations, making Web design easy, even for a complete Web novice.
Platform: Multi, Mac, Windows 95 Adobe PageMill 2.0
MacUser November 1996
"Most useful in PageMill 2.0 are features that make it more useful for the design of visually striking pages -- something needed by wet-behind-the-ears novices and grizzled Web veterans alike. With version 2.0, you can wrap text around graphics, use HTML tables to both present tabular data and create snazzy page layouts, and generate both server- and client-side image-maps -- all through PageMill's expanded toolbar."

AOLpress
Designed by: America Online
Description: AOLpress seamlessly combines a Web browser with a full-featured Web authoring tool -- browse and edit in the same window.
Platform: Mac, OS/2 Warp, Windows 95

Web Wars' First Blood
MacWeek October 4, 1996
"The success of PageMill 1.0 has drawn competitors, and it no longer stands as the sole commercial WYSIWYG Web page editor. Far from it: In our news coverage in June, MacWEEK listed no fewer than eight pretenders to the throne, and that number is continually growing. Further, the definition of what a Web page editor should do is breaking down, and the field's splintering is producing some clever innovations."

Arachnid
Description: A Web authoring tool for the Macintosh which won the 1995 Apple Enterprise Award.
Platform: Mac Freeware Arachnid Helps Users Spin GUI Layouts for Web Pages
MacWeek March 13, 1995
"Arachnid creates Web pages via a graphical interface. In addition to bug fixes, the Version 1.3 update will let users import and edit existing HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) documents."

Artbeats WebTools
Designed by: Miracle Software Inc.
Cost:$59.00
Description: Artbeats WebTools is a CD-ROM containing an extensive library of buttons, bars, backgrounds, icons, and sounds optimized for Web page design.

BBEdit 4.0
Designed by: Bare Bones Software
Cost:$119.00
Description: BBEdit is a critically-acclaimed editing application whose functions include the ability, to undo multiple actions (all the way back to when the document was created or last opened by BBEdit), syntax coloring and function navigation support for files written in the TeX typesetting language, direct editing of files resident on remote FTP servers, improved OSA scripting support, and an assortment of minor enhancements and bug fixes.
Platform: Mac BBEdit Reaches Prime with Feature-Laden 4.0
MacWeek September 30, 1996
"... Among BBEdit 4.0's new capabilities are syntax coloring of major programming languages, CodeWarrior 9.0 support, saving to remote servers via FTP, multiple Undos and spell checking. Version 4.0.1 also improves BBEdit's scriptability, HTML editing and Macintosh Drag and Drop functionality."
Powerful Text Editor Evolves Into Rich Web Authoring Environment
MacUser October, 1996
"...With version 3.5, Bare Bones Software moved BBEdit into the Web authoring realm by adding some rudimentary HTML tagging features. The current version goes well beyond the basics: It puts the tags into a floating palette; adds support for forms, tables, and the HTML 3.0 standard; improves HTML syntax-checking and -previewing features; and adds several new, Web-page-authoring features."

BIPED (Perl 5 CGI script)
Cost:Free
Description: BIPED is a nifty little Perl5 CGI script that allows you to view both the source code and the, rendering of your page within a single screen, change the source code you can save it back to it's original location again (or to a different location), make changes and view the final HTML, and spell check.

FrontPage
Designed by: Microsoft Corporation
Cost:Free
Description: This complete set of Web-authoring tools includes support for ActiveX technologies and Java components, the most commonly used HTML tags, and enhanced integration with Microsoft Office. Free download available at Microsoft's Website.
Platform: Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, Mac

FrontPage, Once a Leader, Catches Up with the Pack
PC Week October 9, 1996
"... FrontPage 97 still includes FrontPage Explorer for graphically depicting the pages in a Web site, including hyperlinks, and FrontPage Editor for authoring Web pages. FrontPage 97 includes many more templates and wizards for easing the Web site creation process than did the previous version."

High Tea
Cost:Shareware
Description: High Tea is an HTML editor that incorporates many of the latest HTML (and Netscape) extensions. It was written in response to the need for "an editor which works without bells and whistles". High Tea allows you to see what HTML tags are placed in the text so you can actually learn HTML along the way.
Platform: Mac

HotDog 32-bit HTML Editor
Designed by: Sausage Software Inc.
Cost:$99.95 to keep
Description: HotDog is a fast, flexible, and user-friendly tool for creating high-quality HTML documents. The most recent version runs on Windows 95; a previous version for Windows 3.x is also available (HotDog 16-Bit v.2 ). You can download a free trial version for a 30-day evaluation.
Platform: Windows 95, Windows 3.1

Sneak Peeks
PC Computing August 8, 1996
"HotDog Pro, a favorite with HTML programmers, provides some graphical features with its, Real-time Output Viewer, a built-in browser window that displays the results of your tagging --, even letting you link to other pages."
HotDog Professional 2.53: Web Authoring With a Bite
Computer Shopper September 27, 1996
"... HotDog's screen layout is thankfully clean; it features menus, large icons that call up frequently used functions, and a customizable toolbar with the most commonly needed tags."
Sausage Software Cooks Up Version 3.0 of HotDog Pro Web Editor
PC Week October 2, 1996
"... a redesigned front end featuring an assets viewer, automatic HTML code generation capabilities, style sheets, a real-time output viewer, Java tools, ActiveX support and support for 20 third-party plug-ins ..."

HoTMetaL Intranet Publisher (HiP)
Designed by: SoftQuad
Cost:Not available.
Description: HoTMetaL Intranet Publisher-HiP-is SoftQuad's brand new, complete solution for creating, accessing, and sharing content over corporate Intranets.
Intranet Tool Offers Custom Page Views
Web Week July 8, 1996
"SoftQuad CEO David Gurney emphasized the underlying component-based architecture as the linchpin to HIP and HotMetal Pro's extensibility. Using these component features, users can obtain recent updates to their software without waiting for a new version."

HoTMetaL Pro
Designed by: SoftQuad
Cost:$159.00
Description: From the makers of HoTMetaL PRO 2.0, winner of PC Magazine's Editors' Choice Award, comes SoftQuad's HoTMetaL PRO 3.0-combining new power tools with ease of use to give you all you need to create great-looking, eye-catching, and sophisticated Web pages.
Platform: Mac, OS/2 Warp, Windows 95 HoTMetaL Pro 3.0
TechWeb August,1996
"HoTMetaL Pro 3.0 from SoftQuad offers a substantial, feature-packed product sure to please a wide range of users. The interface, in addition to providing extensive toolbars and menu editing functions, speeds page creation for everyone. Experienced users will enjoy the latest HTML and WYSIWYG enhancements that simplify working with frames, tables (including an enhanced editor), images, links, and forms."

HTML Builder v1.1
Designed by:FLFSoft, Inc.
Cost:Shareware
Description: HTML Builder is a Microsoft Windows-based HTML editor. With HTML Builder there is no, need to learn complicated HTML, just select text and click on toolbars or choose menu items., Common tasks such as adding a link to a list are combined into a single task to simplify, maintenance. HTML Builder includes a complete help file.
Platform: Windows 95, Windows NT

HTML Editor for the Macintosh
Cost:Shareware ($25)
Description: HTML Editor is a WSYWIG editing tool. It is not as eloquent as some of the higher-end authoring tools (such as PageMill or HomePage), but it does the job.
Platform: Mac

HTML Grinder
Cost:$150 (for complete package)
Description: The HTML Grinder version 3.03 for Macintosh is an advanced utility for building and maintaining Websites. It allows you to make changes to all the pages in your entire Website with a single click. The Grinder has a unique plug-in tool approach lets you can purchase just the tools you use.
Platform: Mac HTML Grinder 3.0 Tweaks Web Content
MacWeek July 29, 1996
"... HTML Grinder is a collection of automation tools, called wheels, that can modify multiple Web pages at once. The wheels let users create documents with expandable outlines, add next-page and previous-page links to a series of documents, find and replace text, calculate, hexadecimal numbers for background and text colors, and date-stamp and index files."

HTML Markdown
Cost:Shareware
Description: HTML Markdown is an HTML-to-text converter that makes it easier to archive your Website, spell check HTML pages, or start a page from scratch. The built-in URL spitter allows you to catalog all of the links in your site, organized by file name.
Platform: Mac

HTML Markup
Cost:Shareware
Description: HTML Markup 2.2 is a customizable Macintosh text-to-HTML processor. The program was developed with continual feedback from users. It has a professionally-designed interface that makes it very easy to use.
Platform: Mac

HTMLed Pro 32
Designed by: Internet Software Technologies
Cost:$99.95
Description: HTMLed is an authoring tool with many advanced features. Some of the strong points include a page builder "wizard" for quick and easy creation of HTML pages, drag and drop capabilities, customizable speedbar which supports user-defined custom tags or text, tooltips and fly by hints, and "test" button to launch a browser to test your HTML document. You can download a free trial version for evaluation.
Platform: Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT HTMLed Pro 32
PC Magazine August 19, 1996
"... HTMLed Pro 32, a 32-bit, code-based HTML editor from W3 Internet Services, is a solid, somewhat minimalist program for experts who know how to work directly with HTML code. Beginners can create basic home pages using HTMLed's Page Builder wizard, but they will have to learn HTML syntax before doing much more."
Windows-Based HTML Editors Revisited
PC Week January 8, 1996
"... HTMLed Pro, a major upgrade to the shareware program HTMLed, also comes with good, menu-based authoring tools."

Hypertext Master 2.5
Designed by: Anarchy Software
Cost:Shareware
Description: A HMTL editor that combines all the features of other editors, while being easy to use., Allows you to edit upto 100 pages at once, so you don't need to keep loading different pages. Full help is built in.
Platform: Windows 95, Windows 3.1

Live Image
Designed by: Mediatech Inc.
Description: Client-side Image Mapping Program for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0.
Platform: Windows NT, Windows 95

Map This!
Designed by: Todd C Wilson
Cost:Free
Description: Combining the speed of a Win32 application with a clean, intuitive, easy-to-use interface, and several useful mapping tools, Map This! is a very popular HTML authoring tool among beginners and Webmasters alike. The program is free.
Platform: Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT

PageSpinner
Designed by: Kagi
Cost:Shareware ($25)
Description: PageSpinner is an HTML Editor for Macs. It supports HTML 2.0, HTML 3.2 plus additional Netscape extensions and is useful for both the beginner and the more advanced Web author. , PageSpinner also includes support for the latest Web technologies such as frames, embedded objects, autoload of HTML files, WorldScript, Java and JavaScript.
Platform: Mac

Site Writer Pro Beta 2.8.4
Cost:Shareware
Description: Site Writer Pro is a text-based editor for writing Web pages and entire sites. It implements all of the HTML level 2 tags, and some level 3. The level 3 tags include forms, tables, and character entities.
Platform: Mac

Tapestry
Designed by: Concept1 Communications
Cost:$79.00
Description: Tapestry will let you build your Web pages without requiring a knowledge of HTML. You can add images, movies, and audio to your Web pages by just dragging files into your Tapestry, documents. Tapestry even lets you drag links right out of Netscape Navigator into your Tapestry documents.
Platform: Mac, OS/2 Warp

The Alpha Text Editor
Cost:Shareware
Description: Alpha is a Shareware Macintosh text editor. Alpha uses Tool Command Language (Tcl) as a scripting language, supports many of the key bindings and central concepts of GNU Emacs, uses a Tcl instead of LISP as an extension language, and currently has more than 20 different modes. Alpha allows user scripts to build and send arbitrary AppleEvents.
Platform: Mac

Web Warrior for Web Page Creation
Cost:Free
Description: A Macintosh HTML editor with spell checking (a 100,000 word dictionary), support for Drag-and-Drop editing of text, links to images, text, and HTML documents, and for relative URLs.
Platform: Mac

WEB Wizard
Designed by: ARTA Media Group
Cost:$19.95 to keep
Description: By questioning you about what you would like on your homepage, WEB Wizard makes designing a homepage very easy. Through a series of questions, you choose your homepage title, subtitle, background colors, bitmaps, links, bullet lists, and a mailto reference for your E-mail address. A free trial download is available.
Platform: Windows 95

WebDoor Publisher
Designed by: Open Door Networks, Inc.
Cost:Shareware
Description: WebDoor Publisher is a shareware HTML authoring tool for the Macintosh.
Platform: Mac

WebEdit HTML Editor
Designed by: Nesbitt Software
Cost:$39.95 to keep
Description: WebEdit is currently available in two versions. The original version runs on Win 3.1 while version 2.0 runs on Windows 95 or NT. The latest version includes advanced features such as colored tag highlighting, an HTML tag checker that validates your HTML to ensure the validity of your code, and a link Validation Wizard to ensure that your document's links are still correct.
Platform: Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT

WebForms 2.5
Designed by: Q&D Software Development
Cost:$21.95-34.95
Description: WebForms is a Web design tool that has data-handling capabilities as well. Features include the ability to specify background color and text color, view HTML code and browse forms from within the program, and create scrolling status bar messages. A trial version is available.
Platform: Windows 3.1

WebThing
Cost:Free
Description: WebThing is an easy-to-use authoring tool with full drag and drop capabilities. It imports, and automatically converts fully-formatted text , tables, and outlines from any Windows 95-compliant application. It's compatible with up to six Web browsers and supports CGI, frames, and Javascript development. The floating toolbars provide frequently used tags.
Platform: Windows 95, Windows NT

World Wide Web Weaver
Designed by: Miracle Software Inc.
Cost:$50.00
Description: World Wide Web Weaver is a complete World Wide Web development environment for Macintosh.
Platform: Mac The Web Author's Workshop
MacUser August, 1996
"Miracle Software's World Wide Web Weaver 1.1 is a simple, useful HTML editor that helps authors think visually while editing HTML tags."

Tool:	Review:
Adobe PageMill 2.0 Designed by: Adobe Systems, Inc. Cost:$99 Description: Adobe PageMill is a Web page authoring tool that does not require you to know HTML (hypertext markup language). You can use drag and drop operations, making Web design easy, even for a complete Web novice. Platform: Multi, Mac, Windows 95	Adobe PageMill 2.0 MacUser November 1996 "Most useful in PageMill 2.0 are features that make it more useful for the design of visually striking pages -- something needed by wet-behind-the-ears novices and grizzled Web veterans alike. With version 2.0, you can wrap text around graphics, use HTML tables to both present tabular data and create snazzy page layouts, and generate both server- and client-side image-maps -- all through PageMill's expanded toolbar."

AOLpress Designed by: America Online Description: AOLpress seamlessly combines a Web browser with a full-featured Web authoring tool -- browse and edit in the same window. Platform: Mac, OS/2 Warp, Windows 95	Web Wars' First Blood MacWeek October 4, 1996 "The success of PageMill 1.0 has drawn competitors, and it no longer stands as the sole commercial WYSIWYG Web page editor. Far from it: In our news coverage in June, MacWEEK listed no fewer than eight pretenders to the throne, and that number is continually growing. Further, the definition of what a Web page editor should do is breaking down, and the field's splintering is producing some clever innovations."

Arachnid Description: A Web authoring tool for the Macintosh which won the 1995 Apple Enterprise Award. Platform: Mac	Freeware Arachnid Helps Users Spin GUI Layouts for Web Pages MacWeek March 13, 1995 "Arachnid creates Web pages via a graphical interface. In addition to bug fixes, the Version 1.3 update will let users import and edit existing HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) documents."

Artbeats WebTools Designed by: Miracle Software Inc. Cost:$59.00 Description: Artbeats WebTools is a CD-ROM containing an extensive library of buttons, bars, backgrounds, icons, and sounds optimized for Web page design.

BBEdit 4.0 Designed by: Bare Bones Software Cost:$119.00 Description: BBEdit is a critically-acclaimed editing application whose functions include the ability, to undo multiple actions (all the way back to when the document was created or last opened by BBEdit), syntax coloring and function navigation support for files written in the TeX typesetting language, direct editing of files resident on remote FTP servers, improved OSA scripting support, and an assortment of minor enhancements and bug fixes. Platform: Mac	BBEdit Reaches Prime with Feature-Laden 4.0 MacWeek September 30, 1996 "... Among BBEdit 4.0's new capabilities are syntax coloring of major programming languages, CodeWarrior 9.0 support, saving to remote servers via FTP, multiple Undos and spell checking. Version 4.0.1 also improves BBEdit's scriptability, HTML editing and Macintosh Drag and Drop functionality." Powerful Text Editor Evolves Into Rich Web Authoring Environment MacUser October, 1996 "...With version 3.5, Bare Bones Software moved BBEdit into the Web authoring realm by adding some rudimentary HTML tagging features. The current version goes well beyond the basics: It puts the tags into a floating palette; adds support for forms, tables, and the HTML 3.0 standard; improves HTML syntax-checking and -previewing features; and adds several new, Web-page-authoring features."

BIPED (Perl 5 CGI script) Cost:Free Description: BIPED is a nifty little Perl5 CGI script that allows you to view both the source code and the, rendering of your page within a single screen, change the source code you can save it back to it's original location again (or to a different location), make changes and view the final HTML, and spell check.

FrontPage Designed by: Microsoft Corporation Cost:Free Description: This complete set of Web-authoring tools includes support for ActiveX technologies and Java components, the most commonly used HTML tags, and enhanced integration with Microsoft Office. Free download available at Microsoft's Website. Platform: Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, Mac	FrontPage, Once a Leader, Catches Up with the Pack PC Week October 9, 1996 "... FrontPage 97 still includes FrontPage Explorer for graphically depicting the pages in a Web site, including hyperlinks, and FrontPage Editor for authoring Web pages. FrontPage 97 includes many more templates and wizards for easing the Web site creation process than did the previous version."

High Tea Cost:Shareware Description: High Tea is an HTML editor that incorporates many of the latest HTML (and Netscape) extensions. It was written in response to the need for "an editor which works without bells and whistles". High Tea allows you to see what HTML tags are placed in the text so you can actually learn HTML along the way. Platform: Mac

HotDog 32-bit HTML Editor Designed by: Sausage Software Inc. Cost:$99.95 to keep Description: HotDog is a fast, flexible, and user-friendly tool for creating high-quality HTML documents. The most recent version runs on Windows 95; a previous version for Windows 3.x is also available (HotDog 16-Bit v.2 ). You can download a free trial version for a 30-day evaluation. Platform: Windows 95, Windows 3.1	Sneak Peeks PC Computing August 8, 1996 "HotDog Pro, a favorite with HTML programmers, provides some graphical features with its, Real-time Output Viewer, a built-in browser window that displays the results of your tagging --, even letting you link to other pages." HotDog Professional 2.53: Web Authoring With a Bite Computer Shopper September 27, 1996 "... HotDog's screen layout is thankfully clean; it features menus, large icons that call up frequently used functions, and a customizable toolbar with the most commonly needed tags." Sausage Software Cooks Up Version 3.0 of HotDog Pro Web Editor PC Week October 2, 1996 "... a redesigned front end featuring an assets viewer, automatic HTML code generation capabilities, style sheets, a real-time output viewer, Java tools, ActiveX support and support for 20 third-party plug-ins ..."

HoTMetaL Intranet Publisher (HiP) Designed by: SoftQuad Cost:Not available. Description: HoTMetaL Intranet Publisher-HiP-is SoftQuad's brand new, complete solution for creating, accessing, and sharing content over corporate Intranets.	Intranet Tool Offers Custom Page Views Web Week July 8, 1996 "SoftQuad CEO David Gurney emphasized the underlying component-based architecture as the linchpin to HIP and HotMetal Pro's extensibility. Using these component features, users can obtain recent updates to their software without waiting for a new version."

HoTMetaL Pro Designed by: SoftQuad Cost:$159.00 Description: From the makers of HoTMetaL PRO 2.0, winner of PC Magazine's Editors' Choice Award, comes SoftQuad's HoTMetaL PRO 3.0-combining new power tools with ease of use to give you all you need to create great-looking, eye-catching, and sophisticated Web pages. Platform: Mac, OS/2 Warp, Windows 95	HoTMetaL Pro 3.0 TechWeb August,1996 "HoTMetaL Pro 3.0 from SoftQuad offers a substantial, feature-packed product sure to please a wide range of users. The interface, in addition to providing extensive toolbars and menu editing functions, speeds page creation for everyone. Experienced users will enjoy the latest HTML and WYSIWYG enhancements that simplify working with frames, tables (including an enhanced editor), images, links, and forms."

HTML Builder v1.1 Designed by:FLFSoft, Inc. Cost:Shareware Description: HTML Builder is a Microsoft Windows-based HTML editor. With HTML Builder there is no, need to learn complicated HTML, just select text and click on toolbars or choose menu items., Common tasks such as adding a link to a list are combined into a single task to simplify, maintenance. HTML Builder includes a complete help file. Platform: Windows 95, Windows NT

HTML Editor for the Macintosh Cost:Shareware ($25) Description: HTML Editor is a WSYWIG editing tool. It is not as eloquent as some of the higher-end authoring tools (such as PageMill or HomePage), but it does the job. Platform: Mac

HTML Grinder Cost:$150 (for complete package) Description: The HTML Grinder version 3.03 for Macintosh is an advanced utility for building and maintaining Websites. It allows you to make changes to all the pages in your entire Website with a single click. The Grinder has a unique plug-in tool approach lets you can purchase just the tools you use. Platform: Mac	HTML Grinder 3.0 Tweaks Web Content MacWeek July 29, 1996 "... HTML Grinder is a collection of automation tools, called wheels, that can modify multiple Web pages at once. The wheels let users create documents with expandable outlines, add next-page and previous-page links to a series of documents, find and replace text, calculate, hexadecimal numbers for background and text colors, and date-stamp and index files."

HTML Markdown Cost:Shareware Description: HTML Markdown is an HTML-to-text converter that makes it easier to archive your Website, spell check HTML pages, or start a page from scratch. The built-in URL spitter allows you to catalog all of the links in your site, organized by file name. Platform: Mac

HTML Markup Cost:Shareware Description: HTML Markup 2.2 is a customizable Macintosh text-to-HTML processor. The program was developed with continual feedback from users. It has a professionally-designed interface that makes it very easy to use. Platform: Mac

HTMLed Pro 32 Designed by: Internet Software Technologies Cost:$99.95 Description: HTMLed is an authoring tool with many advanced features. Some of the strong points include a page builder "wizard" for quick and easy creation of HTML pages, drag and drop capabilities, customizable speedbar which supports user-defined custom tags or text, tooltips and fly by hints, and "test" button to launch a browser to test your HTML document. You can download a free trial version for evaluation. Platform: Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT	HTMLed Pro 32 PC Magazine August 19, 1996 "... HTMLed Pro 32, a 32-bit, code-based HTML editor from W3 Internet Services, is a solid, somewhat minimalist program for experts who know how to work directly with HTML code. Beginners can create basic home pages using HTMLed's Page Builder wizard, but they will have to learn HTML syntax before doing much more." Windows-Based HTML Editors Revisited PC Week January 8, 1996 "... HTMLed Pro, a major upgrade to the shareware program HTMLed, also comes with good, menu-based authoring tools."

Hypertext Master 2.5 Designed by: Anarchy Software Cost:Shareware Description: A HMTL editor that combines all the features of other editors, while being easy to use., Allows you to edit upto 100 pages at once, so you don't need to keep loading different pages. Full help is built in. Platform: Windows 95, Windows 3.1

Live Image Designed by: Mediatech Inc. Description: Client-side Image Mapping Program for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. Platform: Windows NT, Windows 95

Map This! Designed by: Todd C Wilson Cost:Free Description: Combining the speed of a Win32 application with a clean, intuitive, easy-to-use interface, and several useful mapping tools, Map This! is a very popular HTML authoring tool among beginners and Webmasters alike. The program is free. Platform: Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT

PageSpinner Designed by: Kagi Cost:Shareware ($25) Description: PageSpinner is an HTML Editor for Macs. It supports HTML 2.0, HTML 3.2 plus additional Netscape extensions and is useful for both the beginner and the more advanced Web author. , PageSpinner also includes support for the latest Web technologies such as frames, embedded objects, autoload of HTML files, WorldScript, Java and JavaScript. Platform: Mac

Site Writer Pro Beta 2.8.4 Cost:Shareware Description: Site Writer Pro is a text-based editor for writing Web pages and entire sites. It implements all of the HTML level 2 tags, and some level 3. The level 3 tags include forms, tables, and character entities. Platform: Mac

Tapestry Designed by: Concept1 Communications Cost:$79.00 Description: Tapestry will let you build your Web pages without requiring a knowledge of HTML. You can add images, movies, and audio to your Web pages by just dragging files into your Tapestry, documents. Tapestry even lets you drag links right out of Netscape Navigator into your Tapestry documents. Platform: Mac, OS/2 Warp

The Alpha Text Editor Cost:Shareware Description: Alpha is a Shareware Macintosh text editor. Alpha uses Tool Command Language (Tcl) as a scripting language, supports many of the key bindings and central concepts of GNU Emacs, uses a Tcl instead of LISP as an extension language, and currently has more than 20 different modes. Alpha allows user scripts to build and send arbitrary AppleEvents. Platform: Mac

Web Warrior for Web Page Creation Cost:Free Description: A Macintosh HTML editor with spell checking (a 100,000 word dictionary), support for Drag-and-Drop editing of text, links to images, text, and HTML documents, and for relative URLs. Platform: Mac

WEB Wizard Designed by: ARTA Media Group Cost:$19.95 to keep Description: By questioning you about what you would like on your homepage, WEB Wizard makes designing a homepage very easy. Through a series of questions, you choose your homepage title, subtitle, background colors, bitmaps, links, bullet lists, and a mailto reference for your E-mail address. A free trial download is available. Platform: Windows 95

WebDoor Publisher Designed by: Open Door Networks, Inc. Cost:Shareware Description: WebDoor Publisher is a shareware HTML authoring tool for the Macintosh. Platform: Mac

WebEdit HTML Editor Designed by: Nesbitt Software Cost:$39.95 to keep Description: WebEdit is currently available in two versions. The original version runs on Win 3.1 while version 2.0 runs on Windows 95 or NT. The latest version includes advanced features such as colored tag highlighting, an HTML tag checker that validates your HTML to ensure the validity of your code, and a link Validation Wizard to ensure that your document's links are still correct. Platform: Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT

WebForms 2.5 Designed by: Q&D Software Development Cost:$21.95-34.95 Description: WebForms is a Web design tool that has data-handling capabilities as well. Features include the ability to specify background color and text color, view HTML code and browse forms from within the program, and create scrolling status bar messages. A trial version is available. Platform: Windows 3.1

WebThing Cost:Free Description: WebThing is an easy-to-use authoring tool with full drag and drop capabilities. It imports, and automatically converts fully-formatted text , tables, and outlines from any Windows 95-compliant application. It's compatible with up to six Web browsers and supports CGI, frames, and Javascript development. The floating toolbars provide frequently used tags. Platform: Windows 95, Windows NT

World Wide Web Weaver Designed by: Miracle Software Inc. Cost:$50.00 Description: World Wide Web Weaver is a complete World Wide Web development environment for Macintosh. Platform: Mac	The Web Author's Workshop MacUser August, 1996 "Miracle Software's World Wide Web Weaver 1.1 is a simple, useful HTML editor that helps authors think visually while editing HTML tags."