Is there any dreamweaver like clone for linux to assist in quickly creating php mysql websites?

I have never used it but I am told that Kompozer will do the job.

Another alternative that might be better is Aptana.

Here is a link to a youtube video that discusses alternatives to Dreamweaver and why he chose Aptana:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-1z0GNjQBA


Here is a great website that will give you a list of open source alternatives to proprietary programs:
http://www.osalt.com/

Cheers

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GNU Emacs fills this void nicely.

I haven't used dreamweaver in many years, but I don't recall it ever to be able to create php/mySql sites.

I use vim mostly, and run an httpd server on my lan to test out code on.

Try Bluefish, available at slackbuilds.org

I got a tips about bluegriffon a few days ago, it's from the same developer as nvu.
But i haven't had any time to check it out yet.

Bluefish isn't wysiwyg. Bluegriffon is, but I'm sure it will still involve hand coding.

I didn't know he wanted wysiwyg. I seem to remember Dreamweaver allowing you to write the code?

seamonkey has wysiwyg html-editor and it in stock slackware

You can edit source in dreamweaver but it's mostly a wysiwyg editor.

same here or Gedit or emacs

years and years ago it was Apache on XP in "notepad" - then Scite

never did like wysiwyg for php pages .They never seamed to get it right .

but "Eclipse" is supposed to do this . -- never used eclipse as a wysiwyg so ?????

Forget Dreamweaver, use Vim. It's great for PHP. Here's a few examples of what you can do with only Vim, Apache and GIMP:

- http://www.microlinux.fr
- http://www.osteo-sommieres.fr
- http://www.scholae.fr

Cheers from the cloudy South of France.

Quanta Plus received good marks as a web development environment.

A quick check of the web shows that the KDE4 version is not yet fully migrated, but many people have been using the KDE3 version still. Basically, install the KDE3 libs, sdk, and webdev packages.

Of course, the KDE3 packages can't be installed as-is in newer Slackware releases if KDE4 is installed. The 13.0 compatibility packages might still work, but if you check this forum you'll find a few threads about rebuilding KDE3 on 13.1 and 13.37. If you only want to try Quanta Plus you would not need to build the entire KDE3 suite.

my honest opinion on the matter, for what it's worth, is that you really shouldn't be using a WYSIWYG editor period, they tend to be clunky and leave unnecessary code that just clutters things and makes it harder to troubleshoot problems. If you are serious about website development, pick a regular text editor and your favorite web browser and learn to actually hand code html/css, you will end up with far more efficient, cleaner code than you get using WYSIWYG tools. That being said there are programs like bluefish and quanta+ that can help make things easier. I personally use kwrite or gedit because they have syntax highlighting and put arrows and shaded regions in the side bar that shows me where a tag begins and where it ends, and shows what is in between them.

Thanks all for the replies. Much appreciated. I was thinking at using the WYSIWYG editor to outline a site fairly quickly and do all my PHP mysql coding by hand. I am semi proficient at c++ thus PHP comes naturally. Before getting this assignment I never really looked at web site design atleast never at the html and css side. But you convinced me to go the editor route. It will most definitely take a bit longer in the beginning.

Now are there any good sites you can recommend I goto for a quick intro into the do's and don'ts of html css etc?