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WYSIWYG Web Editors?

Tempest2084

Tempest2084

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I'm switching from my old Linux based computer to a Mac Mini this year. So far I've found MacOS versions or replacements for all my apps except for BlueGriffon which was a WYSIWYG Web Editor. It was simple, easy to use, and best of all it was free. I've looked for WYSIWYG style web editors for MacOS and all I can find are professional apps that require subscriptions (Dreamweaver, Pinegrow, etc.) or free editors that are basically an over glorified notepad without any kind of preview.

Am I missing something or are there truly no free or one time cost WYSIWYG web editors for MacOS? I'd just continue using BlueGriffon but I don't think it ever supported M series Macs since support for it ended 2017. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
 
Tempest2084 said:
I'd just continue using BlueGriffon but I don't think it ever supported M series Macs since support for it ended 2017.
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The last version for macOS was 3.1 released on 14 October 2019, Intel only. You can still download it from http://bluegriffon.org/freshmeat/3.1/bluegriffon-3.1.mac-x86_64.dmg but it doesn’t appear to be working in macOS 15.7.4 (Apple silicon)

You could continue to use BlueGriffon for Linux in a virtual machine.
UTM https://github.com/utmapp/UTM
Gallery https://mac.getutm.app/gallery/
 
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RapidWeaver looks like it's drag and drop different elements into a document to make a fancy website which isn't what I'm going for while Whisk looks like you have to edit the code itself so not WYSIWYG editing. Surely BlueGriffon wasn't anything unique right?

I suppose I could run BlueGriffon in a VM but that seems like a bit of a pain to do. At that point I might as well just do all my editing on my old PC rather than bothering with the Mac. 🙂
 
Maybe get the Windows version and run it under WINE.

If it works, WineBottler will put it into a Mac app bundle.
 
Tempest2084 said:
I'm switching from my old Linux based computer to a Mac Mini this year. So far I've found MacOS versions or replacements for all my apps except for BlueGriffon which was a WYSIWYG Web Editor. It was simple, easy to use, and best of all it was free. I've looked for WYSIWYG style web editors for MacOS and all I can find are professional apps that require subscriptions (Dreamweaver, Pinegrow, etc.) or free editors that are basically an over glorified notepad without any kind of preview.

Am I missing something or are there truly no free or one time cost WYSIWYG web editors for MacOS? I'd just continue using BlueGriffon but I don't think it ever supported M series Macs since support for it ended 2017. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Source is available and it built under 10.12 so a lot of the pieces are there so in theory you could rebuild/port BlueGriffon to the latest macOS...

Have you looked at Nicepage? Available as a one-time license in addition to subscription. I used it some years ago and it did what I needed. However, I am neither a designer nor a web professional so I am the best person to review/evaluate it.
 
bzgnyc2 said:
Source is available and it built under 10.12 so a lot of the pieces are there so in theory you could rebuild/port BlueGriffon to the latest macOS...

Have you looked at Nicepage? Available as a one-time license in addition to subscription. I used it some years ago and it did what I needed. However, I am neither a designer nor a web professional so I am the best person to review/evaluate it.
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Wish I had that kind of talent but rebuilding software to work with Apple silicon is beyond my skills.

Nicepage seems more like a webpage builder rather than an editor. I jagger my website built already, I just need to edit pages and add some new ones.
 
Sitely is fun, the old iWeb on steroids.
And of course, while not full WYSIWYG, Framer is really nice.
 
i have no idea what you are looking for but bluegriffon has not been updated in 9 years. Maybe Sandvox?
 
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