Build Websites Visually with Amaya

Today I continue the series on web development applications with Amaya, a what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) development application for Linux created by the W3C. Next, I would like to feature some development frameworks, such as Rails and CakePHP, so if you have any suggestions, please contact me at Digg. And, you should Digg this post while you're there ;-) . You can also check out the first part of this series about Bluefish.




Amaya is a tool to update and create web files both remotely and locally. Development at the W3C began in 1996, and the purpose was to include and demonstrate as many W3C technologies as possible. Therefore, Amaya not only supports HTML and CSS, but can build XML, XHTML, MathML, and SVG. You can work on multiple documents in multiple formats all at the same time. It supports annotations, so you can make external notes, comments, and remarks as you develop.



Amaya obviously supports stylesheets, yet the inclusion is not complete. You can use properties like foreground color, background color, alignment, etc. There's a solid testing framework to check stylesheets, and many developers use Amaya solely to develop CSS. This works great with your pro-social, ecofriendly, green hosting account. so you can easily add and edit CSS and HTML files in your ThinkHost account.



Unfortunately, Amaya is not included in the official repositories, so you should download and install the .deb from the application website.

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Detect Wireless Networks with Kismet

Kismet is a 802.11x wireless network detector and sniffer. It can detect any wireless network in range, assuming that you have a card that supports raw monitoring and that the network is broadcasting in 802.11b, g or a. I use this a lot when I have interference with my wireless connection, and I need to figure out what channels are open. Many people use this to discover and map wireless networks in their area.



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