Websites can be designed in Microsoft Word but a dedicated program such as Web Easy Professional 8 will do a better job.

The website offers hundreds of page templates including ones for mobile phones, although some of them look quite out of date.

We were pleased to be able to import an XHTML and CSS template with only minor problems (the top menus, which were set with CSS, appeared as an unformatted list and the corner image was not in the correct layout order).

There is no need to learn either HTML or CSS as you can use Web Easy just like a desktop publishing program. In fact there is no way to edit the HTML code of the pages directly.

It is possible to add small sections (‘snippets’) of code if you want to, but in most cases you should be able to use ‘Webwidgets’ to perform the same actions. These can be used to include photo albums, Google calendars and maps and bookmarking icons. The latter even includes 'Add This', a clever service that only requires one icon to let your viewers access lots of different services.

There are some clever effects that can be added for page transitions using Dynamic HTML which can give an impressive look to a website, making it more like a Powerpoint presentation than a static page.

The preview function found all the browsers installed on our test computer. There is also a fully working demo available from Avanquest that includes the templates, so you can check if the program is suitable before buying.