WYSIWYG Webbuilder 5 and Taco Trio

This is how it would go on any computer forum, some beginner would post, “What is the best tool to make a web-page?” Some macho self proclaimed HTML master user would always post, “Notepad, I only will use notepad.”  I surely respect one who can code HTML well in notepad, but with so many editors and tools to assist with web-page and site creation, I say, “Why?”   The macho notepadder would of course answer, “Because it gives me total control over all my code.”  When I hear something like that, I just know their pages are probably about as creative and visual as server errors.   There are so many great web-page editors out there these days, especially WYSIWYG (What You See IS What You Get) editors, that do such fantastic jobs, I view a notepad page writer as a masochist.

Dreamweaver has always been my weapon of choice when throwing up a site, but Dreamweaver is still, to me, not for those new to web design and page making.  You still need the Code View part of Dreamweaver to get your pages the way you want them.  SiteSpinner has been my choice for no code, little effort, web-page making, in the past.  But it has not been truly updated in sometime, and something about its CSS has me convinced I can tell if the page is made in SS just by watching it load.

I had tried WYSIWYG Web Builder in the past (when it was free) and liked it a lot, but it was definitely missing a few things.  I see that version 5 has come a long way. Most of the features I felt it lacked are now right there, and there are plenty of innovative and even unexpected features that make this a great web page builder.  The shape shadow and form builder alone would make great software, but put all these things together and you can whip up very professional pages up quickly and with ease. Seriously, there is no better tool out there for quickly laying out pixel precise images and text on a web-page.  One can have a page made an loaded on a server, before a Notepad coder got the header written.

There are a few things that I find lacking with WYSIWYG Web Builder. It’s import functions are fairly poor. Unlike Dreamweaver which can pull any page in, no matter what it was made with, and retain it’s CSS and layout, WYSIWYG Web Builder massacres the style and from what I’ve seen really messes up layers and divs.  Pretty much unusable for complicated already made sites and templates.  If they could get importing working well, this would really be the WYSIWYG editor to beat.  Note: Site Spinner and most other WYSIWYG editors can’t import pages not made in it at all.  Another feature it needs, is a very easy way to move all objects below a certain point down. Especially important with long copy pages. You can select everything below manually, but this can be a little tricky with lots of objects on the page. NO worries though,  It is really actively developed piece of software, so I just know they’ll eventually have all the features I can think of, and more.

WYSIWYG Web Builder is highly recommended for those that want to put up pages and sites quickly and easily.  http://www.wysiwygwebbuilder.com/

My taco for this post is actually three tacos.  The Baja Fresh chain (I know, a chain, but trust me these are tasty) has a special called Taco Trio.  You get a steak, chicken, and shrimp taco.  These are soft corn tortia tacos (doubled up of course), and they are not just ordinary.  All three have a good size slice of avocado in them, and they live up to their themes: Diablo Steak (good steak with a nice spice). Tropical Chicken (the slice of pineapple makes it great), and Blackened Shrimp (could have been more blackened though).   I was quite impressed, these really shine above Baja Fresh’s other offerings. They should leave the white sauce out of the chicken and shrimp ones though.