If you wish to develop your store site in Web Hosting, you need to choose an HTML building tool for designing your site and creating all of its pages. In general, you have two choices:
- Use Adobe Dreamweaver
- Use some other HTML building tool
The following series of tables compares these two options.
This tool is appropriate for you if:
| Dreamweaver | Other HTML Editing Tool |
| . . .you have a lot of experience with Dreamweaver and HTML. Also, you plan to customize your site design extensively or create it from scratch. | . . .you have a lot of experience with the tool and HTML. You don't mind making many edits to HTML code. Also, you plan to customize your site design extensively or create it from scratch. |
Advantages of this tool:
| Dreamweaver | Other HTML Editing Tool |
| Dreamweaver is a very comprehensive and popular HTML building tool with a wide user base. | If you already have a great deal of proficiency with another HTML building tool, you don't have to give it up. You can build your site using the tool you're already comfortable with instead of spending time and money buying and learning another tool. |
Disadvantages of this tool:
| Dreamweaver | Other HTML Editing Tool |
| You have to buy Dreamweaver, and using it requires a significant level of expertise. Also, Dreamweaver doesn't include free ecommerce design templates, so you must buy them or develop them from scratch. | The only way to create product and section pages is to paste in Store Tags and Modules that you copy from Store Tag Hub, which can significantly slow the development process. Other HTML building tools may not include any free design templates. Learn more about Store Tags. |
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