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Title: Best HTML & CSS editor
Post by: dennisvr on December 06, 2006, 02:36:46 PM: Hi,

I'm looking for a good free of not too expensive WYSIWYG HTML & CSS editor.

I like using Adobe Golive (for it's drag n drop and CSS positioning) and Dreamweaver but my trails hve expired and I feel that they are too expensive (for me, who builds eh... tries to build websites as a hobby).

Also, I'm not very good at coding.

Any suggestions? (I use both Linux with KDE 3.5 or Windows XP)

Thanks!

All the best,
Dennis

P.s. Other editors I've installed and looked at:
- HotDog Professional 7 (no WYSIWYG / drag n drop design mode)
- EVRsoft First Page 2006 (so so, but might work out)
- HTML Kit (better suited for real coders)
- NVU
- Quanta Plus
- NetObjects Fusion 10 looks promising, but where can I download a trial version?
Title: Re: Best HTML & CSS editor
Post by: ruebenwurzel on December 06, 2006, 02:45:47 PM: Hello,

you are here at WebsiteBaker org wich is a CMS System and you ask for programms to create static homepages. Are you shure you are on the right place here? :wink:

Matthias
Title: Re: Best HTML & CSS editor
Post by: dennisvr on December 06, 2006, 03:08:30 PM: Hi Matthias,

I know I'm at the WB forum. :-D

Just thought with so many people developing websites and the really helpful WB community, perhaps someone has got a good suggestion.

Regards,
Dennis
Title: Re: Best HTML & CSS editor
Post by: marccouture on December 06, 2006, 07:41:16 PM: I'd like to chime in on the CSS front. I've tried many packages that were supposed to ease CSS editing, but none actually deliver on that promise. If I want to edit a template, or think of creating a new one from scratch, and I am not a coder either, there doesn't seem to be anything simple available right now.

I typically use Dreamweaver for editing HTML, and it works well in that regard, but for CSS, it's a manual process. Who wants that when you can code in designer view for everything else? That makes no sense to me.
Title: Re: Best HTML & CSS editor
Post by: kweitzel on December 06, 2006, 10:00:12 PM: Have you guys ever tried "NVU"? The Mozilla Editor ... give it a try, at least you don't have to pay for it ...

I do 90% of my coding with a standard (ok advanced) texteditor called "jedit". My Dad used to use "arachnophilia" (but I think it doesn't exist anymore) and my sis thinks "phase5" is the right one for her.

cheers

Klaus
Title: Re: Best HTML & CSS editor
Post by: ruebenwurzel on December 07, 2006, 12:37:46 AM: Hello,

ok then i give my favourite Editr also to the best. It is called notepad++ and can edit and convert a lot of filetypes. It is small, free, fast and could be used as WYSIWYG with your browser.

Matthias
Title: Re: Best HTML & CSS editor
Post by: dennisvr on December 07, 2006, 10:58:07 AM: Hi,

Thanks for the suggestions.

For text editing I will definitely test jedit & notepad++.
As for CSS, I'm able to code a template manually but always struggle with the menu's (in my case drop down menu's):
- Positioning
- Colors
- And fixing IE problems

Again thanks!

Regards,
Dennis
Title: Re: Best HTML & CSS editor
Post by: ruebenwurzel on December 07, 2006, 11:08:03 AM: Hello,

maybe this side is helpfull

http://css.maxdesign.com.au/ (http://css.maxdesign.com.au/)

Matthias
Title: Re: Best HTML & CSS editor
Post by: burki on December 08, 2006, 12:30:46 AM: i treaded my clients to work with http://www.foto-freeware.de/nvu-html-editor.php (http://www.foto-freeware.de/nvu-html-editor.php)
and it works well.
Title: Re: Best HTML & CSS editor
Post by: burki on December 08, 2006, 12:36:50 AM: Quote from: burki on December 08, 2006, 12:30:46 AM
i treaded my clients to work with http://www.foto-freeware.de/nvu-html-editor.php (http://www.foto-freeware.de/nvu-html-editor.php)
and it works well.

but if you work on a mac like i do... go for http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/ (http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/)
Title: Re: Best HTML & CSS editor
Post by: marccouture on December 08, 2006, 06:51:56 PM: I've heard good things about this one, works under Windows or Mac OS X:

http://www.westciv.com/style_master/

Just downloaded the demo, and the included CSS tutorial is very nice indeed.
Title: Re: Best HTML & CSS editor
Post by: albatros on December 10, 2006, 09:54:45 PM: Quote from: dennisvr on December 06, 2006, 02:36:46 PM
Hi,

Plus
- NetObjects Fusion 10 looks promising, but where can I download a trial version?

Hi dennisvr,

i know NetobjectsFusion up to Version 9 and it is a HTML-Generator, no editor. That`s important!

Maybe you will like AceHTML 6 Pro, which i found on a CD of a german PC-Magazine. You can get a trial-version here: http://software.visicommedia.com/en/products/acehtml/ (http://software.visicommedia.com/en/products/acehtml/).

I dont know, where you are living. But if german language is ok, maybe Superhtml is a choice for you. The trialversion coul be found here: http://www.superhtml.de/de/download.html (http://www.superhtml.de/de/download.html)

The full version (7) also was distributet whith a german pc-magazine.

Regards

albatros
Title: Re: Best HTML & CSS editor
Post by: DGEC on December 12, 2006, 12:43:45 PM: netobject fusion is ok but unless it has been upgraded drastically, its really not an editor of code.

kompozer is a patched version of nvu because development of it seems to have stalled.

topstyle lite is a VERY good and free CSS editor, and you can upgrade to the html/css editor pro version. topstyle is as close as i've seen to a wysiwyg one.

there's a new one called cssvista that looks good too, but i haven't had a chance to try it yet.

there's also a simple one sorry, can't remember name (look under freeware section on snapfiles.com ) that lets you drag & drop style design of site. but you'll want to clean it up later.