website design software for linux mint
by maxreason from LinuxQuestions.org on (#57HG9)
I need to create a fairly simple website and am a bit confused how to go about this.
Background: I designed a few websites 25 years ago, purely by editing HTML in a text editor, displaying with a browser, then modifying the HTML as necessary to get the final result I wanted.
I figure there has to be a better way now ... especially since one part of the website I want to be a forum, and I figure that must be a canned package of some kind, right?
In my searching around all I found was packages with monthly fees. I have no idea WTF monthly fees are supposed to be for. I've owned my domain names for about 25 years, so don't need them. I've been hosting on hosting services for 25 years, so don't need them.
So why should I pay a monthly fee to someone? For what?
In my mind, what I'm looking for is more-or-less the equivalent of LibreOffice (or McWord) text editor ... except it generates HTML instead of text-editor format files. That plus hopefully canned gizmos to implement common website thingies like forums and blogs and such.
Anyway, I feel like I must be "missing something" here, because it seems like it should be so simple.
Note that I'd love to find a good free software package, but I'm open to paying for really great software. But I don't like paying every month forever. That kind of software rubs me the wrong way. However, if that's all that exists, which is the best of them? And please explain why they have a monthly fee for someone who already owns domain names and hosting.
Thanks!
Background: I designed a few websites 25 years ago, purely by editing HTML in a text editor, displaying with a browser, then modifying the HTML as necessary to get the final result I wanted.
I figure there has to be a better way now ... especially since one part of the website I want to be a forum, and I figure that must be a canned package of some kind, right?
In my searching around all I found was packages with monthly fees. I have no idea WTF monthly fees are supposed to be for. I've owned my domain names for about 25 years, so don't need them. I've been hosting on hosting services for 25 years, so don't need them.
So why should I pay a monthly fee to someone? For what?
In my mind, what I'm looking for is more-or-less the equivalent of LibreOffice (or McWord) text editor ... except it generates HTML instead of text-editor format files. That plus hopefully canned gizmos to implement common website thingies like forums and blogs and such.
Anyway, I feel like I must be "missing something" here, because it seems like it should be so simple.
Note that I'd love to find a good free software package, but I'm open to paying for really great software. But I don't like paying every month forever. That kind of software rubs me the wrong way. However, if that's all that exists, which is the best of them? And please explain why they have a monthly fee for someone who already owns domain names and hosting.
Thanks!