best WYSIWYG html editor?

[Matt T]

in your opinion, would is best best WYSIWYG html editor/composer that has a free trail/version available for download? I'm using Netscape Composer 7.1 at the moment and I'm looking to change to something else.

[m1k3io]

  Buttseh said:

<td valign=".... Oh wait  :rofl:

Yeah...that's the same thing if you're coding by hand. :D

[redfish]

wysiwyg editors allow you to code by hand; so for instance frontpage allows this but has the type of enhanced features of a development environment; such as intellisense which brings up a menu with tags or styles that apply to the object, etc. then you can preview in wysiwyg, and its also helpful for automating some work for productivity. no wysiwyg editors are centered on forcing you to edit graphically

[ctomer]

  dougkinzinger said:

Prove it to us, Ctomer....show us that FrontPage sites don't work in Mozilla/etc.......

I never said they Frontpage produces code that doesn't work with Mozilla. I'm sure there are plenty of sites created with Frontpage that work with Mozilla, but that doesn't mean the code is standards compliant nor very efficient.

[ctomer]

  ONEentity said:

Dreamweaver all the way. For the people who believe in strict handcoding... your loss!

I've always had problems when dealing with code written by hand-coders. They use IE or any other Browser to test their code and most browsers allow incorrectly nested tags and missing end tags.

I'm not saying all hand-coders do this, but Dreamweaver can help remove those simple errors.

[Matt T]

Thanks alot ONEentity! Well, so far Dreamweaver is doing a fantstic job. :)

oh, and one more thing - how do I make it so dreamweaver doesn't create <p> and </p> tags in the code?

Edited May 9, 2004 by Cubiz

[Matt T]

OK, I have a problem: can someone go to www.sebfh.com/downloads/audio.htm - this is the first page I have done using dreamweaver and the only one I have on my server at the moment. Up the top of that page, under the large word 'sophie' is the word downloads. next to the word downloads there should be other words. however, although I placed them there in dreamweaver, they do not show up. I have attached an image of what it should look like. why does it do this and how can I fix it?

[xcession]

I'm using Namo WebEditor... ^^

[caerma]

FrontPage 2003...

[htimsneb]

Like everyone before me, I agree that DW is probably the best WYSISYG editor but from a professional web application developer's viewpoint, DW (and FP for that matter) generates oodles of unnecessary and horribly formatted code. What I don't like about DW is that it tends to embed format tags (font, span, etc) within format tags so you could end up with <font ...<font ... <span ...>Some text </span></font></font> just because you changed your mind a couple of times whether to bold or not and text size and/or color.

If you don't care what the code looks like...than DW is the way to go, hand down. Otherwise, use dreamweaver and photoshop/fireworks to get your layout the way you want it and hand code everything else.

One final thought, DW does have some really good templating features in it...much better than FP.

[cybershark]

Dreamweaver

@Cubiz

Your 2nd table width is set 720% instead of 720. That's the problem

Also you left the S of images out that's why the Downloads:Audio image doesn't appear.

This will get it to work in IE

/images/splash_misc.JPG

Edited May 14, 2004 by cybershark

[eithyia]

I use a combination of software to produce webpages. While WYSIWYG can be nice, all of those editors produce horrendous code, that's difficult to go in and edit when you don't have access to the software. Specifically with both FrontPage 2003 and Dreamweaver MX 2004, I find their interfaces to be a huge block in the productivity process. You can just do things faster, cleaner, and much more efficiently by hand. I'm well aware that it's a matter of opinion either way - but as someone that's been in web design since the term began to be used, I highly recommend learning both HTML and CSS. You'll be surprised what a little bit of knowledge will do for you once you get going.

That being said, for my main HTML editing, I use a program called UltraEdit, which is at version 10.20 as I post this. There are no words to describe how easy it is to hand code in this editor. Once you start using it, it's impossible to go back to anything else. I used NoteTab Professional before I found UltraEdit, and wow. I happily paid for UltraEdit, and it's saved me so much time, hassle and aggravation.

The companion software I use in addition to UltraEdit are Color Schemer (current version 3) and Color Wheel Expert (currently version 4.2). These programs make it a snap to generate custom colour schemes for your websites that actually match and work with each other. Absolutely essential software, especially if you create original websites on a fairly regular basis, or if you're doing corporate work and need to get colours that fit within the company colour scheme.

Finally, for CSS work, I have a copy of TopStyle (currently version 3.10). I'm not a genius, I don't know CSS inside and out, and this program is invaluable for checking the syntax against multiple browsers.

That's what I use - hopefully the original poster, or any other hand-coding people out there will find this stuff useful.

[SumoHamster]

I just started using Dreamweaver and like it a lot. I usually work in split view so I can use the design view most of the time and tweak things in code view. I haven't found too much bloat code, but then again, I've only created a few VERY basic pages that don't contain frames, styles, etc..

[Matt T]

thanks cybershark - wow, the problem seemed so simple... and thanks for the heads up with that image URL prob.