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DESCRIPTION

Flux... Advanced XHTML and CSS web design software.

You can do Web 2.0, AJAX, and most other buzzword-compliant things. Flux has the following features:

  • Drag and drop design of web pages, you can do almost anything without touching or even seeing XHTML/CSS . But you can meddle with the code if you want.
  • Apply cool (or cheesy) effects to images from right within Flux.
  • Attach funky javascript actions to your page without having a clue what you're doing.
  • Embed Quicktime Movies, Flash and other objects.

Create the whole site within the WYSIWYG editor, type in XHTML, or a bit of both. You can use one of the supplied templates (this very website is included!) to get you started, or just stare creatively at a blank page.

WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.4.1: Unicode publish bug fixed, UI bug fixed. A popup menu option to make associating CSS files much quicker and easier.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later.


SCREENSHOT

Developer:The Escapers
Downloads:15,554
  - Version d/l:318
Multimedia & Design:Author Tools
License:Shareware
Date:02 Sep 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$56.00 (exp. 6/10, was: $80.00)
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Flux User Reviews (21 posts)Write A Review
Jul 25 2008

PANICGIRLZ  I ain't gonna use this till there's autocompletion and realtime preview. That you don't have to press update after updating your code.  (Version 1.3.7)

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May 15 2008

FARDILHA  Humm... still no way to enter tabular data on an easy manner (aka tables) ;)

I understand that on a design point of view, tables should be used to a minimum, but in fact there's still no better way to display huge "excel like" info on a web page.  (Version 1.2.6)

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Apr 21 2008
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HANDYCAM  An intriguing idea,and I can never have enough page editors; some are good for one type of job and other better for different types. So it's nice to have a choice.

The main problems I have with Flux that prevents me from actually using it are:

1. You need to have a site folder created, it is not possible to do a one-off page (you could, of course, create a site of one page).

2. To try an make edits on a page created elsewhere (e.g. by a different developer using unknown software) this software often gives XHTML errors and either hangs trying to load the page and/or re-writes the HTML. It's never actually worked for me in this case, so I can't vouch for what it does to "correct" the pages -- it has beachballed every time. While perhaps these pages actually DO have incorrect XHTML in places, it does occur often enough that I wish the app could deal better.

I suppose this software could be very interesting to use to create a small site from scratch, using only Flux, in reality most of us web developers need to deal with code of unknown origin, and of varying quality. An app that insists on perfection is posing an obstacle.  (Version 1.2)

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Apr 21 2008
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HANDYCAM  An intriguing idea,and I can never have enough page editors; some are good for one type of job and other better for different types. So it's nice to have a choice.

The main problems I have with Flux that prevents me from actually using it are:

1. You need to have a site folder created, it is not possible to do a one-off page (you could, of course, create a site of one page).

2. To try an make edits on a page created elsewhere (e.g. by a different developer using unknown software) this software often gives XHTML errors and either hangs trying to load the page and/or re-writes the HTML. It's never actually worked for me in this case, so I can't vouch for what it does to "correct" the pages -- it has beachballed every time. While perhaps these pages actually DO have incorrect XHTML in places, it does occur often enough that I wish the app could deal better.

I suppose this software could be very interesting to use to create a small site from scratch, using only Flux, in reality most of us web developers need to deal with code of unknown origin, and of varying quality. An app that insists on perfection is posing an obstacle.  (Version 1.2)

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