What HTML Editor Should I Use?

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html-kit is free....

I think alot of people overlook or are not aware of the great html wusiwug page maker in Open Office. It is alot like Microsoft Front Page maybe even better in some ways. And Best of all It is Free! http://www.openoffice.org/ I think the whole Open Office program Is awesome! More People should give it a try.

HTML-Kit IS free and is my personal preference - see my review at
http://www.graydesigns.co.za/review7.htm

Another good package is Webcoder 5 - a bit more spoon-feeding perhaps, and designed for a 17 inch monitor (so I don't use in on my 15 inch, which I reviewed at
http://www.graydesigns.co.za/review8.htm

and for a very simple interface try Crimson Editor - notepad on steroid !

I use Evrsoft's First Page 2000 which is a free editor that I love. It has a bunch of Javascript stuff that I've never used, and some Toolbars that I haven't used either but which I leave on in case I get stuck and need a reminder. I just go in, create a New or open an Existing document and get to it. http://evrsoft.com/

I agree that HTML-Kit is a great editor, but I'm wondering who you paid the 55 bucks to. HTML-Kit is completely free

Obviously the $55 went to HTML-Kit...

http://www.chami.com/html-kit/register/

I have tried First Page as an html editor. It has one major flaw that people should be aware of. It unleases a virus when you install it. Thankfully, Norton Antivirus quarantined it. If you search for comments about First Page on other sites, I've seen them respond that it is a harmless javascript that they installed as a prank. Why would you want to take that chance?

Just a note on validators:
I find it best to validate my pages using several tools (including W3C and Tidy). Especially now that the W3C validator seems to be having problems, it is good to try other alternatives.

It is also a good idea to try validators for especial browsing, such as accessibility issues. Here is a good compilation of validators:

http://www.netbulge.com/index.php?session=0&action=read&click=open&article=1114367789

Well really you shouldn't need a HTML editor at all ! :o) All website coding should from now on be done in CSS2 and be XHTML-compliant. The way CSS2 allows us to COMPLETELY disassociate content from design should mean the end of based structures in favour of the visual formatting model. For example, I coded promotion-sejour entirely in notepad !!

Nvu is not to be believed (too good to be believed). Give it a try and remember to donate to the project as Nvu is free. All platforms. Both WYSWYG and source editing - select the tab.

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