Web Page Construction Kit 7.0 Deluxe

by Pearson Software

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005NZDX
• Item model number: 1575955458
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 8, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,477 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #66 in Software > Web Development > Web Page Editors > WYSIWYG
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Web Page Construction Kit 7.0 Deluxe is an easy-to-use, complete toolbox for creating your own dynamic Web pages. Using templates, wizards, and a complete WYSIWYG program, you can construct a professional-looking page in minutes. The editing environment offers familiar pull-down menus and drag-and-drop functionality. You can also edit and enhance photos with MGI PhotoSuite. The kit also includes a full FTP program so you can publish your documents right away.

Other features include a collection of 10,000 pieces of clip art, a navigation bar generator, visual management of your site, and SST--a program for the encryption of any kind of Web communication. Finally, Site Promoter lets you effectively announce your site to the world.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars WYSIWYG is not what you'd expect, June 20, 2002

By 

Christopher R Servis (Phoenix) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Web Page Construction Kit 7.0 Deluxe (CD-ROM)

I tried this product and luckily I was able to return it. When I first ran this program I must have stared at the screen for five minutes trying to figure out what to do first - not very intuitive in my opinion.

The drag and drop is atrocious - it's not exactly what I would call WYSIWYG. I dropped a small graphic onto the page editor and the graphic expanded to fill the whole page. Placing text is just as bad. When I think of WYSIWYG, i expect the graphic, or text, to stay right where I placed it. Not so - everytime I placed another object on the screen everything else shifted.

After reaching my max frustration level, I decided to consult the manual. I discovered that it is necessary to work with tables and frames to get a decent layout. What a pain in the a$$ (wallet)!

Try Web Easy by V-Com. It's much easier to use.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor customer service, November 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Web Page Construction Kit 7.0 Deluxe (CD-ROM)

I cannot believe that a software company this big has such poor customer service. If you do buy a product from them make sure you keep your original tracking/order confirmation number or you will get no help at all. Their software customer service dept. cannot cross reference names with order numbers or vice versa, (AND THIS IS A SOFTWARE CORPORATION). The girl that I spoke with was no help, her supervisor doesnt have a name or extension and the order proccessing dept. cannot be reached at any time. I cannot believe that they are actually trying to sell merchandise.
Well they dont have any more of my business!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Web Page Construction Kit 6.0 is excellent, April 23, 2002

By 

Peter Oldale (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Web Page Construction Kit 7.0 Deluxe (CD-ROM)

I am an experienced author and well acquainted with publishing on paper. I found on producing my own website with no previous knowledge of HTML that this programme served extremely well for the type of site I needed, mainly text orientated, easily upgraded and edited, with a swift built-in ftp and very few problems. I found it relatively easy to fit in images. The manual had all the usual problems of manuals written by writers from the IT world and lacked an accurate structure but with patience and an expectation of not everything being obvious at first glance, I soon became accustomed to it. I did not require advanced animations etc so cannot estimate how good it might be for these but I rate it as the best of the web builders for beginners I have seen, far better than Microsoft's "front page". I have not yet seen version 7.0 but hope to buy it when it is available here in the U.K.