Welcome to WebBuild

WebBuild is a simple Java application to support the maintenance of websites.

It's aim is to separate the tasks of providing the content (pages and words) from the site design (how it looks).

Separating the content provision from the site design has the following advantages:

• Content provision is much simplified*
• Content providers do not change the site design - either accidently or deliberatly.
• Site designers can be confident of the permissable elements within the content
• Site design can be done once and left.
• All pages across the site have a consistent look and feel
• A change to the site design will perculate to all pages with ease.

* Content is so simple the only tool you need to create it is a text editor. The navigation structure for the site is derived from the filenames of the text files and the names of the folders that contain them. Re-structuring the site navigation is as simple as moving and re-naming folders and files.

If you have been asked to provide the content for a web site then you will be interested in the Content Creation section.

If you need to design a website (that others users will be resposible to maintain the contents of) then you will be interested in the Designers Guide section.

You may be responsible for installation and purchase - in which case go to the Installing WebBuild and Licensing WebBuild sections.

Of course there is no reason why you will not be wear all these different hats. WebBuild is still useful to save some of those tedious issues you may have with heavy complex bug ridden web building applications.