Kompozer how to guides are few and far between on the internet, if and when you do find some information, it is either inaccurate, incomplete or too difficult to understand for the average new web designer.

Let’s go through the proven top 3 issues that you could come across when starting to learn how to use Kompozer and how you can either avoid them completely, or rectify them now to allow for a much smoother experience inside the Kompozer software.

#1 – Where’s the installation program? - Welcome to the joys of open source coding! – One of the trade offs (and a minor one at that) for accessing such a powerful program for free is no one has taken the time to create an installer program for Kompozer. ?Not to fret though, ?once you have downloaded the program from a reputable source, simply create a directory to where you want the program to live, and unzip the contents into that folder.

You can go a bit further and create a shortcut in either your start menu or quicklaunch bar to make accessing the program that little bit easier.

?#2 – Initial setup is not completed correctly – A crucial step before even beginning to use Kompozer to design your web pages is missing out the setup phase completely. ?Not only can this lead to coding and formatting problems in the long run, but can also put you in the situation where you have to start again from scratch after what could be hours working on a page. ?Completion of the setup process right at the beginning with avoid this problem completely.

#3 -? Finding quality video training for learning Kompozer – Despite the fact that Kompozer is a free program don’t let this turn you off to the fact that it is genuinely packed with useful tools and features that are normally only found in high end (and high price) software.? The commercial solutions do come with free training included but you definitely pay a premium for it.