What html editor do you use and why?

[urb]

What html editor do you use and why?

I use Textpad (http://www.textpad.com/).

But I used to use Adobe PageMill (anyone remember that?) in my WYSIWYG days. :)

[Cleo]

BBEdit (http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/index.shtml) for raw code work. Adobe GoLive (http://www.adobe.com/products/golive/main.html) for WYSIWIG work.

BBEdit is just a great tool for dealing with code. Really fast and never adds anything to your code or changes it.

GoLive is really easy to use with great site management. For doing adult type sites I don't use any of the advanced features since I want simple easy to edit code, but for mainstream sites that I don't care what the code looks like I will use them. Also it integrates really well with other Adobe products.

I've used DreamWeaver but it just keeps on getting in my way and kills my creative process.

[Sumrpal]

Arachnophilia (http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/) |bananna|

[DangerDave]

My keyboard and UltraEdit...

One of the best text editors around.

DD

[Keyser Soze]

Originally posted by Sumrpal
Arachnophilia (http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/) |bananna|

My choice to never tried anything else Arachnophilia always did the job for me :)

[stuveltje]

i used notepad, and now for a long time textpad, love the coding thingie|waves|

[Cash]

I use FrontPage Express and it works fine. :)

[mist]

I use Dreamweaver MX, and while it can be a pain in the ass sometimes, it does the work for me.

[dareutwo]

Notepad sometimes, but mostly Cutehtml (the one that comes bundled with CuteFTP)

[6foot4]

Dreamweavber MX, and Homesite.. sometimes notepad.. but usually just the source code editor of Dreamweaver..

[dallasdeb]

I use dreamweaver too, it works for me, just have to keep an eye on the coding, it sometimes has a mind of its own !!

[ladydesigner]

I use Notepad. I tried an editor once (can't remember which) and it totally screwed me up.

[MrMaryLou]

Namo and edit pad :)

[Extreme John]

I suck... Frontpage 2002

[69pornlinks]

notepad because I'm in control of the coding and notetab Lite when i need to do search and replace

[tate]

I use Dreamweaver 4.... It is easy to use and works a treat |afro|

[spacemanspiff]

I use Frontpage 2000 or Dreamweaver to get the basic setup, then go back and edit the source code in Editpad to get rid of all the crap they put in. It would probably be faster to just go source code all the way, but I'm hardheaded.

[Bake]

homesite for me sometimes Ill use dreamweaver but 99% I use homesite I like to use just code and it has drop down menu's where notepad dosent.

[GeorgeTH]

Originally posted by Sumrpal
Arachnophilia (http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/) I like that one, too, even though I hardly ever use it. Quite neat and I love the color coding.

What I'm using? Don't laugh! Really: don't laugh! Hotdog 3.0, which must be from 1995 or 1996... It's kind of like using Notepad (or more like Arachnophilia) with color coded tags, and stuff, and a preview button which switches to your nominated browser...

But that way at least I know my HTML...

I have a legal copy of Dreamweaver 4, and recently got a copy of MX, but never really found the time to look into it. I'm always scared of the learning curve, though one day soon I will take the step because I getting sick of messing up my style sheets.

[Fonz]

Macromedia homesite 5 all the time...

[Wazza]

Editpad purely for the multi file open feature - would use any other text editor otherwise

[Greenguy]

Namo & TextPad for me :)

[amber438]

Dreamweaver MX, coffeecup
I play with adobe go live and homesite
If I use style sheets, top style pro

[Sammy4u-Brett]

Dreamweaver MX here. Makes my life easier!

[finnbear]

Homesite 4.5. I like to write my HTML by hand. Homesite has all kinds of easy to use things that make your life easier.

I have tried WYSIWYG but it goes over my head. I can't build a page with it.

[urb]

Ok then, here's another question regarding coding.

Do you prefer to use capitals for your html tags or lower case?

<UPPER> <lower> ??? |rasta|

[Tommy]

edit pad

I write everything so I dont have any WYSIWYG stuff

its nice to see a lot of you do the same

4 years ago it was almost impossable to find a webmaster that could edit raw html

[DistantD]

Ultraedit for all my coding...
Tried most WYSIWYG editors and recently just stuck to FP2000 when I need to throw some galleries together|pcsucks|

[DangerDave]

Originally posted by urb
Ok then, here's another question regarding coding.

Do you prefer to use capitals for your html tags or lower case?

<UPPER> <lower> ??? |rasta|
I uSe whAtEver my fat finGers typE!


DD

[GeorgeTH]

Originally posted by urb
Ok then, here's another question regarding coding.

Do you prefer to use capitals for your html tags or lower case?
<UPPER> <lower> ??? |rasta| Usually all <lower> - when I'm in a good mood or I do a really complicated nested table set-up I try to write the master table tags in <UPPER> and the inner table(s) in lower...

[backoffbitch]

Front Page from Office xp. The only Front Page that actualy does what it is told to do. I like it. I used to hate it but then I learned how to use it and how to stop it from fucking everything up. Easy to read code. Nice and clean and layed out so it's not dirty like dreamweaver's code can get. I just remove the default meta tags to hide the fact I use Front Page.

I would learn real html, but why bother. I am making sites with pics and tables and sometimes complex graphic layouts.. not scripts to run NASA launch sequences.

[Cleo]

Originally posted by urb
Ok then, here's another question regarding coding.

Do you prefer to use capitals for your html tags or lower case?

<UPPER> <lower> ??? |rasta|

I believe the latest standards say that we should code in all lower case so I do.

[MikeC]

UltraEdit. I couldn't imagine a world without it. But if you must have a WYSIWYG editor then I recommend Dreamweaver. If nothing else, run your FP/PM/whatever code through Dreamweaver's "clean up" process after you write it to remove all the nonsense those programs put in there.

Oh, and I use all <lower>. Frankly, I find <UPPER> unreadable, and in most good editors the tags are a different color anyway, so they already stand out from the text.

[Extreme John]

Ok, I suck... I know basics and by readin t this thread all of you are much better than me, uppercase, lowercase. JESUS!!!

[SomeCreep]

I alway use notepad. HTML editors are good for quick simple pages, but I find they never get the page quite the way I want with more complicated designs.

[ShermsShack]

I only used to use notepad, but my professor got me hooked on Dreamweaver. After working between Mac and PC, you really learn how to use that program to your advantage, and you get a sense of what makes it error and add things that aren't needed.