Free CSS Editor?

by Dee Syed

Posted: 14 years ago 16 replies

WEB DESIGN

Hi Warriors,

Can anyone recommend a good free CSS editor that's newbie friendly? Am trying to fiddle with the CSS for one of my sites but finding it pretty hard going...

All the best,
Dee

#css #editor #free

mossbrooks 14 years ago

try notepad++
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Istvan Horvath 14 years ago

I don't use any specific "CSS" editor: for all the web related files I use PSPad, a free editor with lots of functions. Good for html, php, css and everything else...
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raw almond 14 years ago

personally i think the best way to learn languages like html, css, php, etc is to go old school. this way you know the syntax and you know exactly what you're doing. so i just go with plain old, notepad.
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Ninja Web Services 14 years ago

Unfortunately the best CSS editor isn't free. I use Topstyle. They do have a free trial.

There are others out there, but most don't do much more than color code and autocomplete syntax. You really need to know your way around before they're of any real use.

You might find the CSS-Discuss group helpful.
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Shoot 14 years ago

I second Notepad ++ http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v5.9.6.2.html
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pandadoodle 14 years ago

any simple textedit or notepad program native to your OS will do the job, its a different story if you want the lines in colour, have syntax checking and so on.

but free no frills

windows - notepad
mac os x - textedit
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- Dee Syed 14 years ago
  
  Thanks for all the suggestions, guys - looks like Notepad is definitely in the running. Also very useful suggestion to go old-school and learn the hard way...
  
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jumpa 14 years ago

for windows I suggest notepad++
for linux I suggest bluefish

or you can use online real time editor
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engecars 14 years ago

You can try ArduoCss. It's free and visual editor.
ArduoCss: A free visual css editor
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rowbot 14 years ago

If you use firefox, get the web developer toolbar. You can edit css with it as a wysiwyg and see the changes immediately. It is a great help learning css.
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hiltonn 14 years ago

CSS Editor helps you to either understand how certain CSS value works by its WYSIWYG editor, or provide you an inspector to check out what’s exactly the cause for your CSS error, or probably guiding you to decide what CSS property you should use.Nice share ,. imma try this one ['
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careybaird 14 years ago

CSSDesk - Online CSS Sandbox is a great online editor that I use sometimes. It is very quick, visual and will help you learn.

My desktop software of choice is Coda - just out if interest, but it is not free
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blogfreakz 14 years ago

I only use dreamweaver for html and css,. If you are using mac coda is the best...
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- palomaipami 14 years ago
  
  CSS is a web page which we are using in our web sites. We just done some changes in CSS. We can use notepad++. I am using dreamviewer. Photos hope is also using for CSS editing.
  
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shantanu 14 years ago

NOTEPAD ++ is the best one.......supports all types of codes and tags............simple and sharp.
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HorseStall 14 years ago

I use TopStyle it is not free though.
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