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KDE Web Dev gets it's own site

A dedicated site for the KDE Web Dev package (Quanta Plus, Kommander, KXSL Debug, KImageMapEditor, KFileReplace, KLinkStatus and Kallery) is one of the good things to come out of aKademy.

The site is, obviously, created using tools like Quanta Plus from the KDE Webdev package. The site is splitt into sections for the various software programs included in the package:

Among the cool things on the new face-lifted version of the Quanta website is a good tutorial for using Quanta as a Docbook Editor.

The Kdewebdev site will also be bringing breaking news on the KDE development tools.

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