To ALL PEOPLE with Windows 7 64bit....just because it doesn't mention a program runs with the above Windows, does NOT mean it will not work with yours. 99% of the things I download ALWAYS work with my Win7 64. If I am not mistaken, sometimes a box will pop up asking you if you want to setup or run as system adminstrator, just click that you do and it will setup. So don't be hestitant to download and try. If it doesn't work, it won't hurt your computer, at least in my experience and understanding! So don't cheat yourself, have fun!

Thanks GOTD for getting some programs that have to do with website building and for the other freebies I've downloaded... please continue and keep up the good work!

Under Templates (plural) you'd think there would be a few at least, there is only ONE, business. On top it says chose a template and click OK button(unrealistic eh?) there's nothing to chose, there's only ONE and there's no OK button. If you click on create project it opens your computer window with "save" and if you cancel it shuts down the program. It should not.

Program has bugs. It shuts down after I chose either template or blank and opens error report window for microsoft. Just trying to do basic things and does NOT work. I wish I would know if it's fixable.

@Rocky (53). Language seems to be difficult. Your contribution seems to be valuable, but I can't understand: Was this a suggestion (for a new feature) for the author of the software or a tip for the user of this software?

Installed on XP fine. Talk about bare bones! Love GOTD, this one's a disappointment. Have never used one of the WYSIWYG, preferring to code by hand and macros, which permits far greater volume of output.

Still, you have to stay flexible, so we thought we'd give this a try.
Simple? Geez, please forgive the rap, it seems useless to a skilled coder, and baffling to a beginner. Thumbs down on this one, although GOTD always gets TWO THUMBS UP.

RECOMMENDATION: Better to go with freeware alternatives, generously listed all through this page by "members." So MANY good posts here today. Thanks to all, and most of all to GOTD

not many templates to use :(

Even if you're an advanced web builder/designer, a simple tool like this is very useful for a quick static mockup to present to clients in your proposal. But I find that nowadays, using CMS systems, it's quite hard to actually develop using a WYSIWYG editors anymore... I always end up in Aptana Studio or UltraEdit anyway (and build mockup and complete design in Xara Extreme).

Well, I must say ... it did install fine ... it was my understanding of how it works that didn't work lol. Tks team I always promote your stuff on my website as it is the safe way to go for beginners .... like me !

If you want to learn webpage design, learn how to use tables and CSS! I keep CSS to a minimum as I don't want problems with various browsers, especially over time, and a large page redesign is a major hassle with CSS.

Having said this, Ultima is great for first steps in producing a web page!

Previous commentators are quite right about browsers differing. IE8 is OK now, but beta versions didn't show some basic HTML correctly, - only sorted in the final release! From Microsoft of all people!!!!

As for importing existing webpages, open them with Notebook, copy the HTML code you want and insert it into the Ultima Website as an HTML block. You'll need to omit the code that Ultima generates itself. Do a simple page and examine the code Ultima generates (open with browser and view source code) and just don't copy duplicating code!

One template comes with this app as many others have stated. However, this program can not open .html files. This means you cannot use the many free templates that are available elsewhere.

it a good little editor to start out with, and that whats up !

Why not just do simple WYSIWYG editing in your browser? Open a simple template file with "Notepad" or the like and add this inside the body tag like so...

body contentEditable="true">

...and save it.

Then you'll be able to edit it using copy/paste, drag-and-drop, typing, etc. when you open it with your browser. Paste graphics and text from other pages on the web to your page and edit them to your liking. Just remember to save the page if you want to keep it!

I'm wondering the same thing as Robyy, is this good for PHP learners?

The install went ok, sort of. Before the program opens I get an error window titled "Ultima Website.exe". The message in the window reads "There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive D". Either of the 3 options "cancel", Try Again", or "Continue" will clear the error message and the program opens happy and content as if nothing happened. Except I know it happened and that experience doesn't exactly do much to raise my confidence about the programs stability.

Therefore, being the proud owner of Revo Pro, I'm going to let it do its thing with today's GOTD. Afterward, I'll repeat the installation except this time I'll deactivate my Firewall (Online Armor) before I do. Online Armor was an earlier GOTD and its performance I'm beginning to question. I'll post an FYI at the GOTD forum about how this second install went. That is if this program doesn't cause me to have a stroke...

Oh, for frakkin' out loud, people!

For the record: Downloaded and installed just fine on Win7/64-bit. Remember to run setup as an administrator. I don't know what Carol was smoking (#29).

For the rest of you who keep dithering every time something is not explicitly designed for 64-bit systems: Man up and try it! Jeez! It isn't like you're going to explode your system or anything. Most likely the program simply won't install; at worst it'll fail to run and you can uninstall it.

You can see what a webpage looks like in different browsers at this site.
http://browsershots.org/

A simple tutorial with screenshots is one thing that is really needed. People who are novicss at site creaton may not even know how to begin.
Screenshot tutorials showing how to get started and do basic things, are the easiest for beginners to understand.

As for templates, the developer could always create a forum & let users create and submit templates & build up a community collection

@43 Alam

I've the same problem.

Installed and activated OK.
Tried to Start a new project, Chose blank project (also template), wanted me to save it. Did that. Then program crashed giving a message Ultima website has a fatal error. Needs to shutdown. Access Violation.

I'm surprised many can make comments about the software since it obviously can be installed, registered but CRASHES when one tries to start a new project.

The price of this software is way too high for the limited use it provides. Even the free CoffeeCup HTML Editor has a Visual Mode and suppliesd more than one template to use. There are MANY FREE WYSIWYG Editors that are much, much better than this one. You could got o many sites and buy a lot of templates for $49 and use any of the great free editors:

These links may help:

Web Editors (Many Free):

WYSIWYG Editor List: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTML_editors#WYSIWYG_editors
Basic text editors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTML_editors#Basic_text_editors
Comparison of HTML editors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_HTML_editors
HTML Editor Reviews - http://www.wdvl.com/Reviews/HTML/

Ron

Crashes every time its run. Can only open its own projects and not existing html pages. Basically useless. Uninstalled.

When I go to use this it is asking me to buy .... In other words it is not giving me the full version.

Installed and activated OK.
Tried to Start a new project, Chose blank project (also template), wanted me to save it. Did that. Then program crashed giving a message Ultima website has a fatal error. Needs to shutdown.
Very disappointed. Tried about half a dozen times. Same error. Re-installed but same problem.

Is this software compatible with Windows7 64-bit?

someone said does not work on Win 7-64. is that correct? I did not see anything specified at the developer's website. with more and more new computers having 64 bit OS, I wish that developers would specify clearly....

Installed fine on Windows 7 64 bit. Registered perfectly. After testing the software for a while.. I have came upon some issues I can't seem to get over. 1st.. I have my site already built, so I would like to "Import" my site and keep going.. this software doesn't offer the "Import" option.. that stinks.. Ok, so I try to re-build it from scratch which leads to #2 issue.. I can't insert a "GIF" image!? I use a few transparent Gifs, but this software won't see "gif's" or insert them? So i inserted some jpgs, which lead to #3 issue.. the images snap to the left corner.. or center.. etc... I was hoping I could grab an image and drag and drop it.. re-size it, maybe skew, or spin it some.. nope. Maybe I haven't grasp the way the insert image works in there type programs yet, but so far it seems that the things I need to do aren't available, or aren't as simple as they could be...

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Again this program states "THIS IS NOT A DREAMWEAVER KILLER". This is bascally so home users can setup really basic pages for their family reunion or home based cosmetic sales and such.I personally think its a good way to "get your feet wet" with web design. If your a business or need a "professional site", I agree that content is what will make users return and you want it to look "flashy" and need professionals...

Installed fine on Win 7 32 bit. can someone help me on how to change page name once i add a new page.. tried everythign but not able to....

please help

Where can I get templates for this? Thanks for the download!

Is it 64 bit compatible? Carol # 29 says no. However, I find no where on developers web site, or up above, where the question is addressed. Frustrating. I wish I know. If not, I will pass by. More & More of us are moving to 64 bit systems!
Is it 64 bit compatible??? Yes/No

Any naive user using this or a similar application develop a website will find out soon enough why you need to pay for a "professional web designer". A website is not flash graphics: it's an information structure with a navigation system. F/flash graphics are the icing on the cake. They may make the site look "cool" but if there's no content and/or you can't get around it they'll not get repeat visitors and won't do the job they should be doing, which is imparting information to users.

That's not to mention the moral and legal importance of accessibility to users with disabilities, or the practical importance of standards-compliance, scalability and futureproofing.

These products are at best misleading, at worst fraudulent. A user would be as well using the execrable Word to create a website as one of these efforts.

Is this Windows 7/64-bit compatible? One comment above indicates yes, another, no.

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GOTD staff: It would be helpful if 32/64-bit compatibility of offerings always was listed in the upfront System Requirements information.

Nifty little program. Thanks for giving us a peek for free!

6 - Your points are good but nowhere was this "compared" to Dreamweaver. In fact the comment in 2 says exactly the opposite.

"I want to notice that Ultima Website isn’t a “Dreamweaver killer” :) and it isn’t correct to compare them!"

Try reading it all before you go and bash away just because you notice Dreamweaver was mentioned.

Hi,

I don't want to comment on this software as I'm a Dreamweaver addict and like so many say it's unfair to compare the two.

However, having read most of the comments I'd like to point something out to one or two who may not know. The lack of templates should not put anyone off trying this product out or any of the free alternatives. You may simply search the net for free web templates and you will be surprised to find literally thousands to choose from. You need only download and then open within this software, change the text and pictures and you have your very own personalised webpage.

To Lu Hulu, you can embed a youtube video very easily. On the youtube page where you are watching a video you will find some embedded code. You simply copy that HTML and insert it into the area of your page where you want the video to be. Embedding your own video hosted on your domain is another matter entirely.

One thing I would like to mention about Dreamweaver CS4, although it is a fantastic bit of kit, it is painfully slow on occasions.

Andy

Since it's not Win 7 64 bit compatible, I can't use. Thanks anyway.

Today's GOTD, Ultima Website, is a very simple to use web page creation app -- if you don't like/want to use the even simpler [IMHO] fill-in-the-blank tools offered by many web site hosting companies, it may have the lowest learning curve of any web page authoring app I've seen. The price you pay for this simplicity is that there aren't a lot of options -- for plenty of folks that's fine -- so if you decide you want your site(s) to be more sophisticated, &/or need help managing your site(s), you'll need to move on... [as all you're doing is creating basic web pages, moving on or up shouldn't be any big deal, since you should be able to easily import the work you've done into whatever app you move to -- think of it as opening a text file in Word.]

While I'm sure there are loads of alternatives out there, the closest free alternative to Ultima Website I'm aware of is Fresh HTML [http://www.freshwebmaster.com/downfiles.html] [Note: Fresh develops & offers a number of free apps -- all require registration with a verified e-mail address, but the only e-mails I've gotten from them over the past several years have been notices of program updates.]. Fresh HTML is very similar to today's GOTD, but with more options [it'll insert Flash movies for example], meaning more buttons etc, so there's a slight bit more to learn. Otherwise Ultima Website has little or no impact on Windows, & should work portably after using Portable App Creator from the portableapps.com forums.

That all said, if you're looking at Ultima Website you're likely new to web page/site authoring, so hopefully this might help... Perhaps oversimplified [& I hope not too blunt], most web site creation is currently done using fill-in-the-blank sort of templates, either by the site owner or overseas shops that charge very, very little. Development skills come in making a site *do something*, like the back end at YouTube responsible for transcoding many [most?] of the video uploaded by users -- if you see references to programming languages like php, ruby, pearl etc, that's generally how/why they're used with web sites, i.e. to make things happen so the site does more than present static info/data/pictures. Java, JavaScript [& similar], Flash etc make things happen too, but on the viewer's end rather than running on the site's server(s). CSS can be thought of as styles in Word -- while the number of things css is used for has grown, expanded over the years, it's basic intent/purpose was/is to allow you to change the looks of all your content as easily as changing to a new style in Word [or other word processor]. A couple of newer technologies are Adobe's Flex [kind of like Flash but without Flash's focus on entertainment] & AJAX [creating web apps like word processors that run in your browser].

As you move up the ladder from the most basic web page [HTML] author/editor of all, NotePad, software takes on more responsibilities for managing an entire site, & different apps tend to do that [sometimes *very*] differently. Long story short, when it comes to web page design/creation, there's not that much that's different between 1 app & another, so to justify bigger bucks they focus on site management. Once you have a site managed/developed in one of the higher end apps, it can be an awful lot of work to switch, so you have different camps of loyalists saying brand X is far better than brands Y or Z. Many larger sites [in terms of data available or number of pages] forgo these sorts of apps entirely, focusing on the server code behind any web pages -- it is after all about presenting whatever data, even when you use the Gee Wiz - Flash Bang site intros marketing types seem to love.

nice little program.....BUT only one template? if you want more you have to buy them.usually if a program is to be purchased you get the FULL program and options.NO HELP FILE! other free programs offer a hell of a lot more options.great program for play.

RE: #15 - Ben - HTML compliance

The comments you make are valid for developing a good web site where there is special content requiring 'custom code'. A simple site where one is really only talking about images and text with some links and maybe a video or two ... or a slideshow, for instance, can usually survive even with a few errors. Browsers are usually quite forgiving.

That being said, in my experience the problem is not with the generated HTML being compliant, but with the fact that none of the common browsers are HTML compliant. The least compliant browsers are Internet Explorer and Opera. Often one has to do special tasks one way for Firefox, Safari and Chrome... and another way for Internet Explorer. Opera just plain falls through the cracks because in HTML you can only practically say 'do this' except if the browser is Internet Explorer, then 'do that'.

So my advice for those using this software is to generate the HTML code and then test it with as many browsers as you can. Just because the layout looks good in one browser doesn't mean it will look good in other browsers.

This software offering seems to be very nice for developing a simple site. That is just fine for many personal web sites, and gives the new webmaster a good, functional site in a short period of time. As the webmaster gains in knowledge and experience, they can revise the code to add more advanced content and functionality.

For that reason, I give Ultima Website thumbs up. It is a simple way for novices to get into the hobby of web design. If you have been thinking of making your own site you will not find using this HTML creator/editor too confusing as you will if you use more advanced software. Eventually, you will get the hang of it and be able to go on to the next level.

I don't have a web page but I want to get started with a blog.Please, I would like to know if your software may help me to upload web pages to a blog. Many thanks, Jorge.

I had the same problem as Rich(10) except with an OEM XP SP3. I have had few problems in the past with any GOTD offers. This is the first problem I can remember. Any ideas??

Can I use this license as a commercial one?

Installed fine under Win 7 64 bit but when I add project properties (title and author),do a save, then publish, the title still says 'untitled' and the author is blank.

Nice application but it does seem very simplistic and to share a great deal with the very old Frontpage Express 2.0 which I have been using for years to knock simple pages together on though this software has refined the basic FPEXPRESS and made certain functions much easier to use and a bit more flexible however certain functions such as table creation are executed a bit better in the old Frontpage as you can simply click on the number of cells in a graphical form and it pops into the page whereas with this application you have to fiddle with another dialog box then click OK.

The other two things that I noticed were:

If you activate and get right into making a simple page, the "you are not registered" banner will be generated, restart the program after entering your code even though it does not prompt.

It does not prompt you to save changes before just exiting unless you remember first.

Overall though, a worthy giveaway for someone wanting to create a basic page. It's simple to get the hang of and behaves similar to word which any beginner can pick up easily.

A definite keeper despite the limitations.

In reply to #4, the only way to guarantee that the output will display the same in every browser is to bring all browser programmers together and either under threat of severe unspecified penalties or perhaps the offer of a huge payday for each, that they rewrite their browsers to absolutely conform to one another. How likely is that? Even then not every user will have updated to the latest version! The problem of getting identical output for the most part lies not in the web page you code but in the way a browser programmer decided his browser will display it.

Installed fine on Windows XP

When opening on a dual screen monitor it displays between the two monitors, rather than in the middle of the primary screen. :(

+1 on the lack of Help file
Severely lacking use-friendlyness in that respect.

Hi, Just wanted to say thankyou to GAOTD and Enplase for this free website - and to GAOTD for the other programs and games you offer. Im very grateful thankyou. Cheers - Lilli

thanks Ivan and GOTD.

Smooth activation, clean interface, easy operation.

Useful little tool.

I hope the software is less confused than its pricing.

Here on GOTD it's shown as a $49 program. On its homepage it's $69. On its features page, $49. And on its order page, $59.

Hi Ivan.

Thanks for giving us a taste of your software.

Let me give you my first impressions.

Installation: No problems. Activation OK.

Help file: None. No online help either. Tutorial: None. Instructional Screen video: None.
Really... Giving your users some information on how to use it is VERY VERY important!!!

The screen video that the 3D Ebook Cover people have on their web site is a good example of how easy it is to convey a lot of information in a very easy to make way. Use these methods. The current level of information is minimal/nonexistent. (3D Ebook was the GOTD software 4 or 5 days ago)

New project: Only one template? Surely at version 1.7 you could have created a few more. And I noticed it appears to be the template you have based your own web site on. Which gave me an idea for what might be a quick way to check one aspect of the software's performance, assuming you had used this software to create your own web site. So I entered your URL into validator.w3.org .... Hmmm.....

The header in the source of your web site's home page says:

DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"

I then created a project with the template and immediately used the Build Site function (which you have to find for yourself) to create the HTML code which I opened in Firefox and viewed the source. Then I noticed the code created by the program in its header reads:

!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"

When I paste the code of the newly created index.html into the w3 validator page it passes with 2 warnings. I then let it re-evaluate your homepage forcing it to use 'HTML 4.01 Transitional'. A much better result. Still errors though.

Am I to assume this software is limited to making code that conforms to the HTML 4.01 Transitional standard or can it use other standards too?

Even though I expect the software being reasonably user friendly I still strongly suggest you should provide some help file/tutorial/instructional video and a few more templates. I once read that two thirds of the time developing software should be spent on coding and one third on writing the manual. I'm afraid that in real life most developers do not even come close to this amount of time spent on writing manuals/tutorials.

Having translated a book about Dreamweaver myself (while correcting quite a bit of wrong information in it) I don't expect to have too much trouble finding out how things work in your software. But a newbie really needs at least some help to get started.

Tried to access the Ultima Home page but the site appears to be down - wanted to find out more about the program. Such as are there other templates available and are there costs involved?

For me, the major question is: does the output look the same in various browsers?! Anyone tested this software already?

Yes, Ultima Website generates *.html files that are fully compatible with all modern browsers, including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome.