Fw: HTML Editor

["Roger Stenning \(G1LIW\)" <g1liw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK, since everyone else appears to be posting this to the list, I'll forward my note on the subject.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Stenning (G1LIW)" <g1liw@lineone.net>
To: <kracikcj@home.com>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 3:30 AM
Subject: Re: HTML Editor


> Chris -
> 
>> I know it's a bit off topic (a bit he says), but I know
>> several of you folks have extensive web sites.
> 
> True...!
> 
>> Has anyone ever used CuteHTML or Netscape's
>> Composer for basic web editing? I mainly need
>> to maintain my pages, and add the occasional a
>> new page (which usually starts as a copy of an
>> existing page).
> 
> That's normally the way I do it (use a pre-existing page
> as a template, that is). I use Homesite, from Allaire.
> However, a good free one (HTML Editor, NOT
> wysiwyg), is Eversoft's First page 2000, with an
> almost identical front-end UI (User Interface) to it.
> It's available from http://www.evrsoft.com.
> 
>> Composer came installed on my new PC, so the
>> price is right.  So as long as it won't screw up my
>> files, free is good, especially since it is WYSIWYG.
>> CuteFTP is only $20, but is text based (which isn't
>> too much of a problem).
> 
> I personally wouldn't use editors that come with
> browsers, for one good reason: Browser
> independence (or rather, the lack thereof) on
> completed pages. Nutscrape and Exploder (NN &
> IE) both have problems with their rendering of pages,
> with proprietory tags and whatnot. Better, therefore,
> to go with html 3.2 (last but one standard), which is
> viewable by most browsers.
> 
> A damn good book on the subject, with probably
> the best listing of HTML elements, their implementation
> and compatibility, is the Cybex book 'mastering
> HTML4', ISBN 0-7821-2523-9, priced at around
> $34.99. You should be able to lay your hands on a
> copy through Amazon.com, btw. It's good a good
> primer for code neophytes, and other sections
> relating to designing for all browsers, style, and
> so on. Well worth the investment.
> 
> Regarding FTM, try CuteFTP by all means, but
> please be very aware that it's not only ad-ware,
> but spyware (so I've heard) as well. Go for
> WS_FTP LE, instead. It's completely free,
> incidentally, as a 'lost leader' to their more
> fully-featured WS_FTP Pro version.
> 
>> Any comments would be welcome (off list is probably
>> preferred).
> 
> Anyhow, I hope this advice from a web design
> shop owner helps!

Best regards,

Roger Stenning
Proprietor,
Intelligent Web Design Services
http://iws.n3.net/
(PGP public key available on request)
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