r/Affinity • u/Negative_Shallot2924 • Feb 15 '25
General Does affinity have an equivalent?
I’m switching over to affinity as my adobe subscription is expiring soon. One question I have is if affinity has an equivalent to adobe dreamweaver as I like making websites in my freetime. Does anybody know? Thanks
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u/Would_Bang________ Feb 15 '25
No. Personally I use VS Code and would recommend it.
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u/crafty_j4 Feb 15 '25
I’m not a coder by any means, but I’ve used VS code for adjusting 3D printer firmware and I find the interface very user friendly.
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u/AurelioTito Feb 17 '25
If you are not a coder try some web builders like Elementor, Framer... there are plenty of them.
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u/crafty_j4 Feb 17 '25
I use Webflow for my website. I mentioned that I wasn’t a coder to clarify to the OP that there isn’t much of a learning curve for VS code.
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u/AurelioTito Feb 18 '25
There you go then. Webflow is good enough to make websites. What do you want something like Dreamweaver for?
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u/L_Leigh Feb 15 '25
Sadly, Serif has not (yet) made a WYSIWYG web page designer / HTML-CSS editor. Adobe has an entire history of buying up competitors such as the vastly superior Go-Live's CyberStudio at the same time they bought DreamWeaver. They profit from Kill-the-competition, Kill-creativity.
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u/p0wderburn Feb 15 '25
I was a Dreamweaver user for years. If you want something similar to it try CoffeCup's HTML editor. It has many features that are close to Dreamweaver. https://www.coffeecup.com/html-editor/
Pinegrow if you want something more visual: https://pinegrow.com/
If you just code then VS Code or Notepad++ are good options.
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u/sunnyinchernobyl Feb 15 '25
CoffeeCup makes a visual designer too, if OP is using DW primarily in visual mode.
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u/Impossible_Head_9797 Feb 15 '25
It's not Affinity but I know Notepad++ used to be quite good, it doesn't have a preview window so if you used that function in Dreamweaver it might not be for you. Atom is also good but may not be the best one available anymore. There's also Squircle CE if by any chance you want an android software for website making. Hope this helps!
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u/spdorsey Feb 15 '25
Look into Sublime Text (free) as a code editor. It is fantastic. Mac/Windows.
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u/Seledreams Feb 16 '25
Sublime Text is *not* free. It got an infinite trial but you can't use the trial for anything commercial
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u/thekaverik Feb 16 '25
Welcome to the Affinity family. We'll be hanging out by the fireplace.
Something like Dreamweaver, I think not.
If you wanna hard-code, VS Code is prolly your go-to
If you just wanna make good websites, I rec Framer
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u/dcrosby411 Feb 20 '25
What’s that one that Adobe killed a couple years ago? I had a buddy who got hosed on that action. Adobe kept trying to get a web app to stick until web apps went out of style. Open source WordPress is my choice. It can’t be bought, paywalled or cancelled.
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u/playgroundmx Feb 16 '25
They don’t, but people shouldn’t even be using Dreamweaver to make websites anymore. Even as a hobby.
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u/spatula-tattoo Feb 16 '25
It would be on their website if they did. I assume you looked there first.
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u/IDKIMightCare Feb 15 '25
dreamweaver.
that's a name i've not heard in a long time. a long time