HTML Editor

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Can anyone of you wonderful people please point me to the best free HTML editor .
#website design #editor #html
  • Notepad, textmate, or e-texteditor
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  • NVU or Kompozer are both free, and are wysiwyg editors (think they are the same platform or something), but they do a pretty good job.

    I have also heard of people using the editor within wordpress to build what they want, then copy/paste the html into something else.
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    • I prefer PSPad, but it is a pure text-editor, not WYSIWYG, so you'll need to know your code to use it.
  • SeaMonkey is my favorite by far. It is developed by Mozilla, the people behind Firefox. It has a WYSIWYG w/ visual mode, Text-only mode, a "Normal mode" that shows the graphics and all the separately coded sections, and finally a "Tags mode" that shows exactly where all the sections of Tables, etc. are.

    Additionally, I've used Komposer and Nvu, and it trounces those. It gets regular updates, and it doesn't have as many issues. Plus, it doesn't have the annoying issues of Komposer/Nvu of saving as .xhtml.

    Notepad+ is also a good one, though if I remember, it's strictly text, so you can't see the finished project before publishing it.

    Hope this Helps.
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    • Another vote for Seamonkey. I do find it frustrating at times,
      like any WYSIWYG editor will be.

      I use notepad++ a lot too. Everyday really. It has a lot of
      advanced features that make editing code more efficient,
      though there is quite a lot to learn. It's really a programmer's
      tool, imo. The drawback is you don't get to see what your
      code looks like in a webpage unless you upload it. This
      can be solved with XAMMP I suppose, if you're not online
      with a fast connection.

      A lot of people like the Coffee Cup editor. I often use the
      editor in XSitePro2, when I have it open. It works pretty
      well but doesn't handle inline CSS the same as an editor
      like Seamonkey, which is more standards-compliant.

      When I first started I used http://www.chami.com/html-kit/
      but stopped when I discovered WYSIWYG editors. It is
      pretty cool, actually. Maybe I'll try it again.
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  • notepad++
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  • CoffeeCup Free HTML Editor is also pretty robust. You can get that over at coffeecup.com/freestuff

    Brief description:

    The CoffeeCup Free HTML Editor is a full-featured Web design system. With built-in FTP uploading, wizards for tables, frames, fonts, and more, and 100% valid code output, it's a great tool for anyone who wants to design their own Website.
  • Hi. I would recommend Note Pad ++

    If you are looking for a online editor for website then I would recommend FCK Editor - search for this in google
  • I think is the best Try it! Nvu - Download
  • You should be in the habit of developing offline in a browser anyway, just good practice. It takes like 5 minutes to install a LAMP stack (like xampp) for scripting, and you can run it through a series of browsers before ever uploading to a live server. Ideally, you will be able to run your page in 3-4 browser during each phase of development, so you don't spend too much time on any one thing before realizing it doesn't work in IE, or some other equally annoying problem.
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    • Use Selenium IDE to test the browsers ... exporting to perl/php/java etc and running your own Selenium RC server locally.
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  • I used Notepad ++ and Eclipse.
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  • what other freeware software that uses html?
  • I like to use Notepad++
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  • Hi,
    My favourite is Note Tab light, you should try it.
    Felix
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    netbeans ..
    apatana ..
    eclipse ..
  • I use dreamweaver for coding
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    • My vote for free / low cost HTML editor is Coffee Cup HTML editor. They also have a lovely CoffeeCup Visual Editor for more of the WSYIWYG effect.

      I'm giving Kompzer a try as so many folks seem to use it. I"m not overly impressed.

      For a serious site, Dreamweaver rocks. However, if you are just starting out, you'll want to learn all the HTML behind the WSYIWYG.

      Remember in any program, you will need to tweak the coding. It's always best to start with the basics.
    • And that is free is it? :0)

      Where would you get the free version?

      Cheers
      Max
  • Hey, I use Nvu. You can get it for free at Download.com It's a WYSIWYG HTML editor and awesome for the squeeze pages and sales letters I do.
  • My best HTML Editor is NOTEPAD and Cute FTP for HTML web sites.
  • An HTML editor is a software application for creating web pages. Although the HTML markup of a web page can be written with any text editor, specialized HTML editors can offer convenience and added functionality. For example, many HTML editors work not only with HTML, but also with related technologies such as CSS, XML and JavaScript or ECMAScript. In some cases they also manage communication with remote web servers via FTP and WebDAV, and version management systems such as CVS or Subversion.
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  • Hi,

    My favourite is HTML-Kit. I also use Note Tab Pro.

    Cheers

    Max
  • Notepad++ for me too. Textmate if I'm on a mac
  • If you want wysiwyg, I had better luck with Trellian than Kompozer. Trellian allows for html and wysiwyg.

    I decided to spend 50 bucks on Xara Web Designer because I wanted better wysiwyg.
  • Hi

    First Page is also another free html editor with a wysiwyg interface for anyone new to learning html.
  • HTML editor is a software application for creating web pages.
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    • For those that like Notepad, give Textpad a try.
      It's more robust but still text-only - and it's free.
  • Best free HTML editor is Notepad++ where u get options for different languages so easy to manage otherwise DreamWeaver CS4 is the best suitable HTML editor.......
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  • Hello everyone, thanks for all the great advice - question - I'm just learning to use WYSIWYG -

    Why do the things i design on wysiwig ( tried using both coffee cup and kompozer) look correct on the editor, but when i upload the saved file, its all jumbled up on the web? soooo frustrating!

    these are sites that have style sheets, i assume that's what's throwing it off, but - why? and how do you format stuff so that it looks correct on your Wysiwyg, AND on the internet? Anyone who can help me please I have an awesome minisite that i can't get up and running b/c i can't get the formatting right

    Thanks !
    David
    p.s. should i try sea monkey? or eclipse? or should i pony up and buy xcite pro? or hire a wizard? i'm totally frustrated!
    here' s the minisite i'm tryin to get finished...

    secret-hypno.com/specialoffer
  • Hi,

    The reason things look jumbled up, is that editors when they export your design to HTML code format it in different ways depending on how they were programmed. Thats the problem with free WYSIWYG editors.

    The only way around this is to use a professional editor like Dreamweaver that complies to proper coding standards. And then even that can give you problems. And Dreamweaver is expensive.

    For right now try opening your current site in an editor like HTMLKit and see if you can tweak it to get it to work. Its probably not the CSS but rendering of tables that could be causing you problems. HTML Kit will allow you create a site using HTML/CSS code and preview it as you will see it on your computer at the same time.

    I would then say you should get yourself a basic book , The CSS Anthology and learn basic CSS and HTML. Then for future sites use a free editor like HTML-KIT.

    Or if you still want to create sites using WYSIWYG editors I would highly recommend www.artisteer.com. It can be used to create themes for wordpress and HTML based sites. I have used it many times myself and it works very well. No formatting problems.

    Cheers

    Max
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  • according to me Notepad++ is better than others
  • You can get Dreamweaver for free on the piratebay... thepiratebay dot org/torrent/5525711/ADOBE_DREAMWEAVER_CS5_%5Bthethingy%5D -- if you like it you should buy it, otherwise, meh. Took the liberty of finding you a good clean copy on there so check it out (there are a lot of viruses on TPB, check file comments and uploader history before downloading anything!!!).
  • i second notepad++
  • If you are serious about the design of you and stay with Dreamweaver. There are several extensions that add features such as support for PHP Adobe Stock Exchange. I can not even imagine using anything else.
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