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Make HTML easy by welshboy222 on 05-21-2006 at 05:23 PM
Is there a way I can make HTML easier to write like an editor or something?
RE: Make HTML easy by user35870 on 05-21-2006 at 05:26 PM
There's Macromedia Dreamweaver which helps you with HTML code, but its not free.
RE: Make HTML easy by welshboy222 on 05-21-2006 at 05:28 PM
oh theres nothing free then?
RE: Make HTML easy by Sunshine on 05-21-2006 at 05:29 PM
Notepad++, doesn't do the coding for you but helps spot wrong coding easier. A lil bit fancier but still basic is EditPlus 2, this one however is not free.
I still recommend learning HTML first at W3Schools, there's tutorials with an editor in wich you can mess about freely here. Even if you do find a program that puts all the bits and pieces in without you having to know wich is what. These programs like Dreamweaver, Frontpage etc do mess up at times too so knowledge is still useful.
RE: Make HTML easy by Vilkku on 05-21-2006 at 05:34 PM
Also, if you decide you want to try to write the HTML yourself you can check out Lissa Explains it All (don't let the "for kids"-part bother you, I use that site a lot myself) 
RE: Make HTML easy by Adeptus on 05-21-2006 at 06:04 PM
You can try Nvu. I haven't used it much myself, but it is the main open source, free alternative to tools like Dreamweaver, and there are many webmasters who swear by it.
RE: Make HTML easy by absorbation on 05-21-2006 at 06:12 PM
Don't use an editor, they just make it harder, you learn less and less. You can learn html in a day, a few hours infact of messing around.
RE: Make HTML easy by Stigmata on 05-21-2006 at 06:54 PM
Microsoft Expression Web Designer (Beta)
very very good if you dont know a thing about html 
RE: Make HTML easy by Adeptus on 05-21-2006 at 07:09 PM
quote:Not necessarily. I agree that a WYSIWYG designer / editor is not a substitute to learning HTML, but it can be a great complement.
Originally posted by absorbation
Don't use an editor, they just make it harder, you learn less and less.
Most such tools allow editing HTML directly, not just drag and drop. When you do that, you will probably get features like syntax higlighting and autocompletion, indentation, local link checking, and more.
The main reason why I'd use one over a plain text editor, though, is templates. Most sites have more than one page based on the same layout -- you can design the empty layout first, then copy it and fill in the content areas, but if you later discover you need to change the layout code, you will have to change many files manually, if you are not using an HTML editor with some sort of template support. That gets annoying very fast.
This, of course, might be a moot point if you are using server-side programming to manage your content and templates, but for plain HTML design, template support in your editor can be indispensible.