Newbie breakdown of the Coffeecup...

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Hi,

I've been using CoffeeCup Software since 2002 and love what you do, concentrating mainly on the HTML Editor which just gets better. However, over the last year or so as I've seen the various 'Responsive' designers come out and now 'Bootstrap Builder beta' I realise that I'm getting confused about which tasks each of these products are best for or how to know which is best for my needs. I don't have the time to learn each one, in a trial period, before making a decision.

For example I have 'Foundation Framer' and 'Responsive Content Slider' (neither of which I've realised the full potential of) as well as the latest version of 'HTML Editor'. Are 'Responsive Site Designer' and 'Bootstrap builder' better than what I have or the same with more features, etc etc?

Therefore a useful comparison page of the products would be useful to me, and I hope others.

Derek
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Coffeecup has made several responsive apps for building websites. These give the users the choice of a responsive library they want to use. I currently own all but prefer RSD. I use the html editor to make my html element codes.
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This is a site I built for use in my job.(HTML Editor)
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This is my personal site used for testing and as an easy way to share photos.(RLM imported to RSD)
https://ericrohloff.com
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As for me, the Responsive Layout Maker has been my favourite. I export the layout to the Editor to complete the site.

Recently I've been playing a lot with RFF and RBB (learning by trying to help others), and they may become favourites too. At the moment RFF is the more developed of the two.
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Components for Site Designer and the HTML Editor: https://mock-up.coffeecup.com


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I would learn to use Foundation Framer as you already have it. With the new release of Foundation 6 and the forum people that have a jump start using Foundation instead of the Beta Bootstrap you would have lots of reading material to search on.

That being said, I started back in July updating my old site I built back in 2004 and maintained with Dreamweaver and Adobe Flash. I researched and bought RSD and started learning and then FF was released so I bought it. Just as I got my site updated to a responsive one with FF the Bootstrap Beta Builder came out. I shilled out again but never looked back once I saw the wealth of information out on the web supporting Bootstrap 4 compared to Foundation 6. I applied what I had learned using RSD and FF to BB and am now getting ready to do my initial Prototype site testing. I am taking my time though because Bootstrap is Beta and even Bootstrap 4 is still in alpha stage. So basically I think the more people get on board with Bootstrap the better because I believe it is going to become the king. For me its the wealth of information available for me to search on......Bootstrap rules hands down.
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