Is Nvu a clone of Microsoft's FrontPage and/or Macromedia's Dreamweaver?

Nvu is not an exact clone of either of these products, but it does contain many of the same easy-to-use features which makes these programs so popular. Users familiar with either of these two products will feel right at home using Nvu.

How is Nvu different from Mozilla Composer?

Mozilla Composer was created to bring HTML editing capabilities to the Mozilla Internet Suite. Nvu takes that basic functionality to a new level by adding integrated web site management, better form and table support, better browser compatibility, and many other features.

How is Nvu different from most HTML editors?

• Emphasis on ease-of-use for the non-technical user
• Robust WYSIWYG editing
• Integrated web file management
• Enhanced handling of forms, templates, etc.
• Extensibility which allows advanced users to build their own extensions to Nvu with a just a dash of JavaScript. For instance, it will be very easy to create new "smart widgets" (i.e. a calendar, a date/time widget, a mail widget, etc.) and integrate them with one click into Nvu .

Who is Nvu best suited for?

Nvu is designed to be extremely easy to use. It allows you to create web pages as easily as you would type a word processing document, and then publish them to your web site just by saving the document. This makes it ideal for home use, students, marketing professionals, general business use, and so on. Even though it's designed for the novice web designer, Nvu is also ideal for experienced web programmers who want to save time in creating content or web design. Because you can quickly toggle between the WYSIWYG editing mode and the HTML code mode, just by changing tabs, Nvu is also ideal for those wishing to learn HTML programming, as they can easily observe the interaction between the HTML code and what a user will see in their web browser. The bottom line is that Nvu is ideal for anyone who wants to quickly create web pages.

What operating systems is Nvu available for?

Nvu was initially created as a quality web authoring system for Desktop Linux. Major operating systems are now supported with the latest release having ports for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

How do I install Nvu?

Please refer to the download page http://www.jhu.edu/advancedonline/nvu/download.html page for instructions.

Getting Started with basic Tutorial

A basic tutorial can be found under the "Help" tab ->"Help Contents" (from main menu bar). It will guide you through the fundamentals of the Nvu environment.

Advanced Tutorial

Although there is a basic tutorial under Help/Help Contents (from menu bar), there is an extended version that can be downloaded as an Nvu extension to aid beginners.

• Go to http://nvu.com/download.html
• Click on "Nvu tutorial" - a tutorial extension for Nvu beginners.
• Save the ".xpi" tutorial file to the desktop.
• Launch Nvu.
• Under the "Tools" tab on the menu bar select "Extensions".
• Click on "Install" under the Extensions window and select the downloaded “.xpi” file. Click ok.
• Close window (upper right corner) and restart Nvu.
• The Tutorial will be under the Help tab in the main menu.