For EPSY 590NET we were to choose a
free HTML Editing Software to try out. After doing some
researching I came across PageBreeze. It seemed like it
had good reviews so I downloaded it and installed it with
ease.
Features:
PageBreeze is a What You See Is
What You Get (WYSIWYG) HTML Editor
It is free to download for personal
use.
It has a free Drag-and-Drop Form
Builder to create webforms.
The website has links to templates
and other tools that are very easy to use.
PageBreeze offers a professional
version for $29.99. Here is the link to their
professional website - http://www.pagebreeze.com/pro.htm
System
Requirements:
Microsoft Windows
9x/Me/2000/XP/Vista
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or
later.
Overview:
Overall PageBreeze
comes as
advertised. It is a (WYSIWYG) HTML Editor
and is very easy to use. I see myself as
a very novice webpage designer and I was able to
use it very easily.
Positives of
PageBreeze
Several aspects of PageBreeze I liked was how easy
it was to use a template.
As most teachers say, "don't reinvent the
wheel" and templates allow you to use other peoples good
designs. The one I found took very little time to
download, unzip, and use.
I also liked the spell check
feature. This is a great feature for a teacher without
the greatest spelling ability.
Another aspect I really like about
PageBreeze is that you can
preview your webpage in several different
formats: Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox, etc. This
way you can check to make sure your page will
work in each format. Making links in PageBreeze was also
very easy to do.
It is also very
easy to insert images.
Negatives of
PageBreeze
No table of Contents Feature - I
searched and searched and could not find
one.
Tables moved around too much when you type in them, but
I did complete one.
No highlight feature
or strikethrough feature.
I wish there was a way to upload
video or audio to your website.
Tricks
I learned with PageBreeze
Producing Forms is
easy with the Drag and Drop Feature
List Box - Below you will see the places
that I have Lived
State Schools in
Illinois made with a Text Box
You can also make
checkboxes easily for when you need confirmation.
Changing it Up - Changing the font, size, italics,
underline
and color
of text is easy!
To break up your page a horizontal
line (above) is easy to add.
Creating Tables with ease (kind
of) - My
Immediate Family Members
Name
Relationship
Age
College
Attended
Shea
Wife
25
UIUC
Chiquita
Dog
7
Dog Acadamey of the Arts
Robert
Dad
53
WIU
Diane
Mom
53
WIU
Brian
Brother
23
St. Louis Univ. and Indiana
Univ.
Lara
Sister
20
ISU
Final Words........
While surfing other student's web pages
I noticed that their web pages had features that PageBreeze
did not. The price is right though at FREE. I
probably like NVU better after using them both. One
program I would like to try is Dreamweaver. It seemed
like it was one of the easiest to use to produce great
looking web pages.
