Best WYSIWYG Website Design Software/Programs? Please read following Details.?

Very first note: a Flash Intro Home page has become "Mistake number ONE in web design": it costs you instantly 80% of visitors who will hit the back button as soon as they see the word "Loading..."

(Mistake number two is "muzac" - unless you are a radio station).

Second problem with Flash: it is exclusive to Macromedia, does not accept any other format than their own, and is incompatible between versions, which makes it unreliable when seen...

No, there are no full inclusive package, apart from some package from Macromedia. Not cheap, not efficient and hard to learn: it takes less time to learn to code than to learn these programs.

Conclusion: you are on the wrong track. If you want total flexibity, use notepad++ and start coding!

30 day trial is your friend.

Flash is relatively WYSIWYG when you first start. You simply add a keyframe, make a symbol, go down the timeline a little bit, add another keyframe, then do something to the symbol and tell flash to animate between the keys (tweening). Anything from fades to shape transformations are relatively simple and now there are plenty of motion presets available in CS4 (ease in, spring, etc.). Don't believe the other guy about code being easier unless you have a background in it plus Macromedia was bought out by Flash. As for the drop downs and such you can make them in Flash as well but are a little harder; also check out sprys in Dreamweaver.

Another option is to purchase a website template and simply change out the content to meet your needs (you will still need the appropriate software but it may be easier to do it in 30 days).

Check out http://www.swishzone.com/ - it may be what you are looking for.

As far as web design goes, if you want a great ressource to learn web design, I stongly recommend the following book - best $27 I have ever spent! It teaches the RIGHT way to design web pages with standard compliant XHTML and CSS. Reading this book changed my life, I was designing professional web pages in less than a week!

The book is called 'Head First XHTML and CSS' - here is a link to it with some reviews:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/059610197X?ie=UTF...

Adobe Flash is the only way to design and publish a proper flash site. Swish might give you bit more functionality compared to A4 Desk but thats still very limited

Possibly the best.....http://www.evrsoft.com/

Plus comes with loads of free templates and about 8 flash templates.

so you want advanced and customized looks and functionality, using generic and cheap software... without spending any time or money... um.... good luck w/ that. Pay someone else to do it using the software(s) you don't have time to learn or want to pay for.