WebPlus X2 Website Maker

I'm thrilled with this program, but it's not for everyone. Maybe this review can help you decide. <br /> <br />First off, I had absolutely no experience with website design, graphics, or desktop publishing. Zero. But I wanted the power to create my own business website without being limited to a template and to be able to update it anytime I want. And I was willing to invest time. <br /> <br />WebPlusX2 provides all the power I want, limited only by my own artistic vision. But it's been a heck of a learning curve for me, to be honest. I've spent many, many hours working on my site. But that includes Internet research on design advice, search engine optimization, finding other sites that could inspire my designs, etc. But most of my time has been changing and tweaking my site. Again, all this was new to me. The software itself is not very hard to learn. <br /> <br />I'm happy to say that I'm ecstatic with the results. My site looks completely professional and it is EXACTLY what I wanted. <br /> <br />Now that I know how to use the software, I can create future sites in FAR less time. So, if you already have experience with this type of thing, you'll make fast progress. But if the whole graphics/web design field is new to you, expect to make a large investment of time. (Though I'm sure it's less time than other software products with the same level of power.) <br /> <br />The manual is excellent, as are the tutorials. There is a very good user forum on Serif's website. There were a few times that I got stuck, and I got instant response on the forum. <br /> <br />I ended up buying several Serif softwares (PagePlusX3, DrawPlusX2 and PhotoPluxX2). The reason is that I wanted to create my own logos and DrawPlus has more power for graphics. And - this is important - I learned that when you create a logo in DrawPlus or use a photo, it looks a lot better if you use PhotoPlus to resize it to the exact size you want and export/convert it using PhotoPlus because it has a better algorithm. If you do that, the logos and photos look even more clear and sharp on the Web. But I'm a bit of a perfectionist. <br /> <br />By the way, Serif offers fantastic deals on the other software when you call them to register WebPlus. I now have powerful Web, Photo, Desktop Publishing and Graphics software for around a couple hundred bucks total! Amazing. <br /> <br />In summary, this is not a "create your website tonight" type of package. It's meant to be much much much more. If you are willing to invest the time, you will be very happy. I'm extremely proud of what I've accomplished. And I'm the master of my website's destiny rather than depending on anyone else for it.

WebPlus X2 is by far a high end website maker. I have been using Microsoft FrontPage for years and will never use it again. The tutorials in WebPlus makes learning this product a breeze. It does everything that I can imagine for a website. I highly recomend it.