What should I use to create my camera club’s website?

QI have run the website for my local camera club since 1998. I used Microsoft Frontpage and Namo Webeditor to build and maintain the site, but both programs have been discontinued. I’ve tried Serif Webplus and online editors like Wix, and hate them all. Please can you help me find modern WYSIWYG software?

AAdobe Dreamweaver is still the gold standard software for building websites, but it no longer supports WYSIWYG (‘what you see is what you get’) – so don’t bother with it unless you’re confident about writing your own HTML. The most powerful WYSIWYG alternative is Adobe Muse ( http://muse.adobe.com).

Muse lets you build and maintain sophisticated websites that work on all devices and browsers, and requires no coding knowledge. But it’s not cheap. After a free trial, you’ll have to pay £15.17 per month to continue using it.

If you don’t mind paying but only want to do so once, Artisteer ( www.artisteer.com) is worth a look. The cheapest version costs a one-off $49.95 (£39). We gave the free trial a spin, and it didn’t install any junk. The excellent Xara Web Designer Premium is our current Buy It! recommendation, but be careful to untick unwanted extras when installing it.

The closest you’ll find to a free version of Muse is Bluegriffon ( http://bluegriffon.org). This open-source program lets you switch between WYSIWYG (default) and HTML modes, and comes with thousands of highly customisable templates. What’s more, Bluegriffon is portable – a huge advantage over the resource-hogging Muse. The downside is it’s tricky to get the hang of, and the user manual costs ₣ 7.50 (£6.34) plus VAT. That may seem a bit cheeky from an open-source program, but it’s still much cheaper than Adobe’s subscription.