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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful
2 stars
Version: SiteSpinner 2.7
"Can't import existing web pages"
Pros: The documentation describes SiteSpinner as a code generator - and that is apt. The app has a WYSIWG interface, and you create a page, "publish" it, and the app generates appropriate html. The interface took a few hours to learn, but seems to be fairly complete. I used the template feature to create a good templete for an entire site, which worked well. If you want to combine text and graphics without doing your own coding, this might be perfect. There was a good set of tutorials for learning the major features. I had no complaints with the interface. Also, the html it generates is fairly clean and looks compliant.
Cons: The most serious flaw is that you can't import or edit existing web files. The app only edits files in its own format, and apparently has no import feature. If you have an existing site or page snippet, you can't do anything with it in SS. You would have to recreate the whole thing again. During the "publication" process, real html is generated, but the inability to take html from elsewhere and do anything with it is a big flaw. Another issue is there is no capability for handling PHP scripting.
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Just to let you know you, can add HTML, PHP or any other code to SiteSpinner pages. There is a code button for adding blocks of code, and the links and form items all have a code fields for your custom code.
As you say, you can't import HTML pages but you you can copy and paste picture, text and code from existing web pages (or any where else)inot SiteSpinner so I personally think 2 stars is way low for a program that bills it self as a web page creator, not an html editor,
Anyway, just wanted to clarify that. I have used SiteSpinner for many years and like it a lot
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