SiteSpinner

When you first open Sitespinner, your immediate reaction is “I can’t believe I paid $50 for this!” An ’02 Ford Focus comes with more extras than this. How wrong I was. As I began to build my website, slowly & surely, I discovered hidden little extras. By right-clicking on many objects, further options & menus revealed themselves. I was able to create buttons, pull-down menus, scroll boxes and other things that I had never done. I know for certain that there are many more options, features & functions on this software, but for now, I am happy with the website I created. You can see the site I created at mywifispy()com

Sitespinner, however, is not idiot-proof. I educated myself with the tutorials which are accessible on the CD and in the Help tab at the top of the Sitespinner window. I recommend accessing the tutorial from the CD because the tutorial will open in an Internet Explorer window; that way, you can read the tutorial & work on your project simultaneously. Be a little patient with the tutorial as well. The authors of Sitespinner (Virtual Mechanics) make an effort to explain how to do things in “Lay Terms,” but they get a little pro-noun happy and can leave you a little puzzled as to what they are referencing. One of the things that was most frustrating was using the FTP feature in “Publish” tab at the top of the Sitespinner window. For some reason, even with proper username, password & directory, I was unable to upload my project. I ended up opening the server directory with Windows Explorer and I just copied & pasted my project on to the server. It was a few extra steps in the process but the task was completed. To surmise, I gave this software 4 out of 5 stars because Sitespinner has a lot of features for the money. If the tutorials were written just a little better (they are good though) and If I could have figured out the FTP feature, Sitespinner would have gotten that fifth star.

At last I have found a software that I, a complete novice can use and most of all, understand. I have made a very professional looking site in literally 4 hours. the only other think I have to say is "Why did it take me so long to find sitespinner.
Must not forget the great people on the Forum who share their knowledge and expertise with all comers.

Just want to say WOW on SiteSpinner. I have used other wysiwyg software in the past and truly never found them to be that great for me
Well I tried the free trial of SiteSpinner and as I said WOW. I do not do web designs for a living so I don't remember even a quarter of what tags to use. SiteSpinner allows me to get creative and not worry about all the special tags that I would need to know to do the kind of job I can do with SiteSpinner And there is NO WAY I can justify the prices of the big bloated tools for the amount of use I would(not) put it to.

Sorry if I sound like an ad, but hey it's true, what can I say.

In fact I liked the product so much I bought....no not the company (I wish) but the product and upgraded to IMS Web Engine. and will definatly be continuing to use it
I am still playing having fun and learning the features. I like the mouse over feature The main home page of my site was originally designed by a professional Web Designer using FrontPage. It cost me a bomb to hire him, I finished the job myself in two days, using SiteSpinner he took a month. As you will gather from this report I am very exited by this software and I must confess also, it is fun to use. I should also say that the company have a forum which is excellent, lots of help and advice which is fast and free.

Nevil G