FREE HTML editor
- olfoo
- LiW48
- Brian_Hughes
- Kassper
- Brian_Hughes
- Arnvid
- Bill_Samuel
- Brian_Hughes
- Jose_Aniceto
- Brian_Hughes
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» olfoo - SiteAids short download
Thanks Arnvid - for mentioning Site Aid favorably.I took another look at the newest 1.3 version.
Note they have a much smaller download if your computer already has the VB (SP2) 5.0 files at http://www.siteaid.com/download/SiteAdv1...
Continuing on the discussion of good free HTML editors..
With Anachrophilia the ability AND suggestion from the author to use WordPad, Word, or any of the many editors that can produce .RTF files to first write the text of your pages works quickly.
An unfamiliar HTML learner can work up multi-screen good - mostly text pages -
easily from this construction approach.
-- posted by olfoo
» Brian_Hughes - Re: Re: SiteAids short download
In response to message posted by LiW48:Hi there and thanks for dropping by.
I still believe the Light version is the best freebie of it's kind around and the only thing I missed was a spell checker.
Quite some time ago I was treated to the Pro version and I've used it for every S101 article since. It gives me more than I need personally and I suspect the Standard version would have been perfectly adequate.
The author supports the program very well indeed and as far as I can see both shareware versions are great value for money... the Pro. certainly is.
-- posted by Brian_Hughes
» Brian_Hughes - Re: Graphical HTML editor?
In response to message posted by Kassper:Hi Kassie. I always flinch when I get asked about HTML editors... it goes to my allergic reaction to all things programming related, including HTML. As long as I can use something like NoteTab to add a bit of variety into my articles, that keeps me happy.
Dee is the expert on HTML and webpages in this family. She tends to use Composer (part of NS Communicator) for the quick and simple stuff for our own use but for the professional sites it's very much a case of doing her own coding. I don't even try now to understand how she does it!
If you're having problems with Publisher then you might like to try MS Front Page... if your browser of choice is IE. Word is that it's quite similar but simpler as well.
I was talking to Arnvid today and he's still very much into HTML editors. He's going to pop into this thread with his latest ideas and suggestions as soon as he can.
-- posted by Brian_Hughes
» Arnvid - Re: Re: Graphical HTML editor?
In response to message posted by Brian_Hughes:Hi Kassandra
I don't have it all, but believe I can put you on the track. First of all I believe you are looking for one of these "visual" page editors and not one of those you got to work directly on the raw code with. Or what it's also called, a "WYSIWYG" (what you see is what you get) editor or "site generator".
Main argument against a WYSIWYG editor is that they create a bad HTML code, so let me state quite clearly that such sayings are just old superstition by those who don't know better. Bad HTML code is depending on how the software editor itself are developed and not on the WYSIWYG feature.
The best proof for this is of course the Amaya editor which is an open source editor developed by W3C who again is nothing else than "The World Wide Web Consortium". Or to say it a bit easy, the people who put the standard for HTML and now XHTML.
MS FrontPage has been "famous" for the bad HTML code it makes, but I hear that the last version is far better - but take that as second hand information.
It's a freeware WYSIWYG browser I found before which I found very good - but today it's gone and I don't seem to find the site for it either - or remember it's name. If that pops up, I will come back and post this.
Still, don't worry - as I maybe got the FREE WYSIWYG editor you need. It's called WebPlus and is a shareware editor - but the developers give away the earlier version as true freeware. As they say: No "time outs", No "nags", no "trial" - and let me add: No "spyware" advertising...
Go here to the Free WebPlus editor. That it's a full version the download tells quite a lot about:
The WYSIWYG editor is a 9.2MB download, then you have additional components: "Internet extensions" with a 2.3MB download, "Extra Wizards" with 13MB, "Extra filters" with 6.8MB and "Documentation" with 0.9MB.
I believe you will find this much more useful than MS Publisher, so what about updating us on what you think after you got it down and in use?
-- posted by Arnvid
» Bill_Samuel - Re: Looking for FREE HTML editor
In response to message posted by infogranny:The free HTML editor I use is 1stPage 2000. This is a very capable program, similar to the commercial HomeSite, which has user modes ranging from novice to expert.
You edit in code, which gives you more control. What it does is let you enter the code with clicks. You can save any piece of code, of any size, you want to use repeatedly as a snippet which you can put in with just a click.
It is a fairly heavy user of resources, however.
-- posted by Bill_Samuel
» Brian_Hughes - Re: Re: Looking for FREE HTML editor
In response to message posted by Bill_Samuel:Hi Bill, thanks for dropping in as well.
Can't have too many suggestions or recommendations
-- posted by Brian_Hughes
» Jose_Aniceto - HTML Editors
I've looked at HTML editors lately and found that there are many freewar HTML editors but very few can deliver.Like Bill, I've used 1st Page 2000 and found it to be very good. I also use Stone's Webwriter only because it is small.
Of course Notepad rules! 
-- posted by Jose_Aniceto
» Brian_Hughes - Re: HTML Editors
In response to message posted by Jose_Aniceto :Hi Jose, thanks for dropping by.
It's perfectly true to say that with a lot of freeware you get what you pay for! The trick is always to look out for the real gems that are around under almost every heading.
-- posted by Brian_Hughes
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