Comments on: Flux Giveaway

By: John Donahue

John Donahue — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:30:48 +0000

I am setting up a non-profit to recycle no longer needed Macintosh technology for less fortunate organizations and both in the United States and third world countries. I have recently acquired a hundred iMacs from a school auction and need to set up a website to solicit parts to complete these computers, as well as working network hardware and the funds to ship these computers in multiples to their various destinations.

Most of the computers will be going to Christian missionaries, indigenous pastors, and bible college students, but are not limited to these recipients alone. Many will end up in the hands of needy non-profit organizations and families here in the United States as well.

I can build a pretty decent website in just about any piece of software, including iWeb or DreamWeaver, but I am always looking for something that will make my time more productive so that I can devote more of it to where I am needed the most. I really miss the days when I had Claris HomePage.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:57:18 +0000

Yes! I’d like to second the motion for a visually-driven tool to assist in designing databases to create dynamic web pages.

By: Ediane

Ediane — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:33:13 +0000

well I hope winner Flux because I’m desesperated web designer creative ,one real artist talent and have brilliant ideas and dislike pain for doing my site be fine
The life is for be cool ,and with Flux I can do better way .No more pain for sensible person .I do my art and flux help me with hard works .
Oh now ,today has new FRES UPDATE : 1.3.4 Flux !!!

By: Greg Healy

Greg Healy — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:59:32 +0000

Thanks for all the great comments guys and gals, winners will be announced soon.

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:13:32 +0000

Starting points / templates help very much. The UI looks “Pages” like. I am always looking to make developing sites easier yet with css control.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:32:17 +0000

This looks fantastic. I have been using RapidWeaver but find it can be limiting for those that want a but more control inside the program. Yeah I realize you can make your own templates, but sometimes you need to get down and dirty and alter the code of a page. If flux can do this well, then I would tell the world about my experience with it. License?

By: Jim Krenz

Jim Krenz — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:15:24 +0000

I would like to see Flux add an interface for managing multiple sites.

Since I am getting into Drupal, it would be cool if Flux could open Drupal themes and allow me to adjust/update them with the results shown immediately.

By: Infoshrew

Infoshrew — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:14:24 +0000

Looks like Flux is doing some pretty neat stuff. One thing I’d like to see is a more flexible and scalable method of handling a large number of assets. Give me more viewing options and make it friendlier to someone who has to deal with a large number of files.

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:06:38 +0000

I’m in, I’m sure this app can be an Hit with me on commands!

By: Ed Mullin

Ed Mullin — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:17:41 +0000

Flux looks to be a very good tool for working on and building sites. The way that you can show relationships will be very helpful in tweaking code to get things just right.

A nice feature to add would be a syntax checker so that you can easily clean up code from projects that you import into Flux. That would be a big plus in terms on me using Flux regularly.

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:16:48 +0000

Flux is definitely some kind of awesome. I like the way that the site manager organizes information, the ease with which a site can be quickly put together, and the visual cues that show you how the document’s put together. This + Coda makes a really great team.

Great first-ish release!

By: Philz

Philz — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:19:20 +0000

Would be nice if it worked better with existing sites. Not bad to start in flux for layout though, on a new project. But it fails miserably with my current endeavors that are near completion (but it’s preview renders it perfectly..)

By: lawrence goodman

lawrence goodman — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:29:52 +0000

As a novice web designer, I can say the biggest impediment to my buying this software is the lack of a manual. I understand it’s in beta and that a manual is probably a low priority for the developers as they seek to add new features and fix bugs, but you just can’t say this offers web design for everyone unless there’s a users manual.

It’s a complicated program with a rich feature set. If you shell out $59 for software, you expect to get robust help support via a manual.

Thanks.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:38:21 +0000

I’m currently trying to build a website for a nonprofit, and the screenshots I’ve seen have me convinced that this would be an ideal application, though the beta fact does scare me a little.

By: Don Niland

Don Niland — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:30:40 +0000

Iâ€™m an old dog always looking to learn some new tricks. Started with iWeb and moved onto Shutterbug (great app) but wanted to take it further. Got myself a book on CSS (Simon Collison) and then CSSEdit. Had been watching Flux as an option to get something up and running while still in the CSS-learning mode. The developer has been active on the forums, has responded to several questions Iâ€™ve sent over, and updates have been coming at a pretty good clip. Recently discovered this article (www.it-enquirer.com/main/ite/more/1323/) by someone with a basis for comparison. Enough to convince me that Flux is worth an outlay, especially if it appeared on MacZot or MacUpdate. And here it is. Sold.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:46:16 +0000

When doing websites in Europe (and probably other places as well) you often end up with at least two, often more, language versions of your site. A great feature in Flux would be some way of managing this. You often just change the text and sometimes an image or two between the language versions, so an easy way of switching between page P in language A and language B and the possibility to generate or set up a site structure to match this would be awesome.

By: John

John — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:33:13 +0000

It is pretty neat, but some tutorial, even if it is tutorial/manual. It seems more dedicated to those who have some kind of html background. Having the ability to do tables for a shopping cart or something would be nice.

By: Keith Sheehan

Keith Sheehan — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:33:55 +0000

I’m looking for something with a bit more flexibility than iWeb or Sandvox. I like the templates offered by those programs but need to be able to do more customization for my photography work.

By: Tony Sohn

Tony Sohn — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:18:09 +0000

I’m looking for a nice program like Flux for building a website with my own research contents (yes, I’m a scientist).

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:27:28 +0000

I think the main attraction in Flux is the ability to move elements and get your CSS changed on the fly. Very promising.

By: Edward

Edward — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:10:35 +0000

Love this app! I just uninstalled Dreamweaver as I think it is so awesome!

Would love to see it integrate into my workflow more – CSSEdit and Coda integration would be awesome, or (as has been mentioned) the ability to “CSS-ify” an existing, tables-based layout would be awesome.

Thanks for this great app!

By: mord4z

mord4z — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:27:44 +0000

Well, IÂ´m webdesginer but some times I need to put the hands on the code (rails and php). A tool like Flux can help me in this times. Some video tutorials will be usefull for the newbies!

By: sunnyday

sunnyday — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:57:43 +0000

I think it is wonderful if the following function is added. function that it is possible to work with the person by way of the network.

By: Brian Polensky

Brian Polensky — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:52:58 +0000

This looks pretty slick. Could help make some easy websites for myself and clients. I am REALLY looking forward to checking this out.

By: mmac

mmac — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:56:07 +0000

What a cool application!!
I hope for an easy-to-use color picker to Flux to be added.

By: puppet master

puppet master — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:30:05 +0000

It is an easy-to-use application.
I think that it becomes easy to use further if the shortcut key can be set.

By: dai1976

dai1976 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:18:02 +0000

This is an wonderful website creation application. If the optimization function of CSS is added, it is likely to become a more wonderful application.

By: farrix

farrix — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:34:22 +0000

excellent tool. It does a very well job at creating websites.. very useful tool.

By: perfume

perfume — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:18:23 +0000

I manual coded XHTML/CSS and had constructed the Web site up to now. However, it seems to be able to work efficiently because the development environments of HTML and CSS have been integrated when this application is used.

By: t5tr

t5tr — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:06:28 +0000

Flux looks very nice, and I would like to see a function/shortcut to try a “massive CSS clean up” that could not only remove empties/unuseds CSS fields but also optimize it (for browsing speed or compatibility) after I’ve done some editing while looking for better ways to organize the page.