Text-Based HTML Editors

1st Page 2000

1st Page 2000 is the tool that lets you create powerful, great looking websites fast, easier and on-time.

AceExpert

In addition to being an excellent HTML editor, AceExpert also greatly assists you with predefined Java applets and JavaScripts. AceExpert is the solution for developers who want to integrate the latest technologies into their Web pages. Simple and easy to use, AceExpert gives you the full power of a complete HTML Editor.

Arachnophilia

Arachnophilia lets you use two methods to create Web pages: The 'old-fashioned way' with the program's very capable HTML tools or by dropping an RTF document onto the Arachnophilia program window and watching it turn into an instant Web page. If you're searching for a good HTML editor, give Arachnophilia a try--you can't beat the price. It's Free!

HomeSite

A great HTML editor tool. It's very useful when you need to edit HTML directly. Several pages on this site were created using HomeSite.

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If you know your HTML and CSS well, you can create a stunning website without the need of a fancy HTML editor. If you don't mind making all the code yourself, you can just use Notepad.

My favorite HTML editor which is basically a suped up text-editor with lots of macro's and resources to assist in your HTML coding is:
ACE HTML (http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/)

Check it out! There is a free trial version, and they use to make a fully featured, free version, ACE HTML 4 FREE..perhaps its somewhere on the net.

or you could maybe get it off kazaa or some other filesharing network.

I don't think that encouraging piracy or illegally obtaining software is permitted on these forums.Here's my opinions on text-based (coding) HTML editors:On Windows:Notepad++ - In addition to editing HTML, you can edit any text file, or any programming/markup language really. CSS, JavaScript, C, C++, there's quite an extensive list. There's also plugins such as NppFTP (an FTP program), JsLint, TextFX, and JsMin which can greatly help in web development.AceHTML Freeware - I have used this program in the past, however it seemed quite unnecessary and for some reason I stopped using it. It was great while I used it though, just can't remember why I stopped...NoteTab Light - This is very simlar to Notepad++, I haven't used it really, but it has been recommended once or twice by CNET Download.com.Just plain old Windows notepad - Hey, this can't fail if you don't have anything else installed on the systemOn Linux:Pico (nano) - My computer programming teacher swears by this program. It is usually included in many Linux distributions. Nano (newer) has syntax highlighting, pico doesn't. It has no real GUI, you press keyboard shortcuts for things like line numbers, save, find and replace, etc.Gedit - This is included on GNOME desktop systems. It has a GUI, and supports syntax highlighting. There is a KDE equivalent but I'm not familiar with Kubuntu/KDE.I've heard of vi for Linux but I never figured out how to use it other than to open a file and quit the program.I do most of my web development in Notepad++ in Windows.

i use to love editplus on windows but its paid program... but since i'm on linux i usually use gedit (linux version of notepad) which has coloring highlights by default, real cool simple and easy to use and has tab feature which makes life so easy and elegant :lol:you can always go hardcode with notepad ;)there's tons of free tools out there, just try googling... but ofcourse it's time consuming when you have alot of guys here who can quickly direct you to some popular and easy ones to grabanyways good luck and best hunting

I had some good experience with edit plus. I also tried edit pad lite and still use it sometimes but when it comes to syntax highlighting and good language support, there has to be better editor with scintill support. I found scitext editor good because of this reason. This is the reason i dont prefer notepad. PSPAD is also one known editor that is gaining quite a lot of popularity lately. They do have some excellent support for multiple programming language. File manager and and organizer which makes it easy to use with tree based interface. This is perfect editor for those who are new to programming or want to use text editor with multiple language support. Notepad++ is one more text editor that you should use if you're thinking about simple yet powerful text editor. Like pspad it has support for many languages and can be used for all your text editing needs. Of course it has no spell checker and word processing capabilities. But it is perfect programmers notepad. You get everything that you find with other editors like ultraedit. This is my observation with most of the notepad editors, hope that helps for some of you here.

any text editor would be sufficient if you are after simplicity as long as it supports some sort of text highlighting, specifically for html/css etc... i prefer to use free ones, that's why linux is so awesome, they have alot of free tools available

As some posters have mentioned, any text editor of any kind, including Notepad, vi, etc., will work. There is a definite benefit to having automatic brace-matching and some syntax highlighting to cue you into problems, though. Flexible indentation control is a big convenience, but I find that even the best don't tools indent the way I want it done; you indent code to help someone understand it and doing it well would require a tool which itself understood the code (and read your mind). Being able to collapse or hide some of the markup is also a really good thing in writing heavily marked-up documents such as for Docbook XML. At some point, the XML syntax buries the actual meaning of the page unless it can be gotten out of the way.

I often work on more than one type of machine (usually Linux and Mac OS X) and mix multiple kinds of markup or markup and code in one project, so I've gravitated toward editors that handle that well on more than one OS. I also look for editors that work smoothly with version control systems like svn so I can track my changes as I go. Two editors that any serious designer should look at are JEdit ( http://jedit.org/ ) and Emacs ( http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ );

JEdit is a free Java-based environment which runs well anywhere you need it and supports all kinds of plugins for specialized tasks (e.g. validating, transforming, and previewing various XML dialects). It has plugin support for both CVS and SVN version control (among others) and, even without the plugin, recognizes and deals with changes to the files on disk (from committing/reverting changes, for instance) smoothly. If you add a lot of plugins, it does hog a bit of memory but is quite fast on today's machines. You can easily customize the GUI to your work preferences: which buttons appear in the toolbars, where tools display, moving or collapsing the different information displays and so forth, and it works very well with keyboard shortcuts. It also has support for editing remote files over ftp, ssh or whatever. It works great for simple HTML/CSS sites or as a full-blown DocBook production environment. You can run into some trouble with too many plugins as some of them can interfere with one another.

Emacs is one of the early UNIX editing environments which has grown not only a large user base and a lot of customization, but practically its own religion. I used it constantly in college years ago for everything from coding to system administration to writing papers. It takes work to get used to as it has its own way of doing things, but many times the ways make sense. You can strip emacs down to run quickly from the command-line over a network connection or as a full-blown GUI environment. There are several ports or adaptations of it that have their own unique features (e.g. http://aquamacs.org/ for OS X). One of emacs' best features is that pretty much *everything* can be done without your hands leaving the keyboard. When writing heavily marked-up documents, this can be a big thing. I have found that a lot of Emacs' handling of international characters can be clunky if you are used to the way the OS handles them (such as dead keys and compose characters).

i've used bluefish on Linux and it's more than enough for html/css editing... i guess not a single editor will be perfect for all purpose and users... but most of the good ones will do pretty much as good on any type of code working... best bet is to familiarize oneself with a particular editor and keep to it, unless there's a need for codings that another program supports better

Ultra Edit editor is designed for all purpose of text editing and processing. Mostly it is used by bloggers and programmers. I see some value of such editors because they accept almost every known and popular language files. There is also support for the FTP and other web design features. So this text editor is not just text editor but it can be used as dreamweaver alternative. One more thing about that editor is there is built in spell checker which you can use for text checking if you're writer. There are some extensions to it as well which makes it easy to use the editor in full screen mode. Most of the writers need this feature. This way they can skip on softwares like ywriter and writemonkey. If you're looking for any feature rich text editor then consider using ultra edit notepad editor. It is not free but for the price that you pay for it, worths every cent into it.

For me the best editor is PHP Designer 7, it used to be free, but now it's a commercial product, but it's quite cheap, especially for students, it has lots of fancy and useful features, it's quite easy to get used to it, but it's as I know works only Windows...

 

You can read more about it and download a free trial here: http://www.mpsoftware.dk/phpdesigner.php

 

Also, if searching for a free Editor, you can always use Notepad++ or Notepad2, both are free and light

 

I recently found out about Programmer's Notepad, tried it and it's quite good, you can get it here: http://www.pnotepad.org/

 

Also, here is a good list of editors for PHP and HTML:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PHP_editors

 

Oh, I almost forgot, you can always use Eclipse for PHP, if you like Eclipse environment, even though it's best for Java, the PHP Eclipse IDE is quite good and best of all it's FREE!

 

http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/

 

So, there are plenty of editors, but my favorite is PHP Designer, comparing features and prices, it's a real IDE for PHP, the other are more just text editors with some useful features and I don't really use WYSWYG editors

Eclipse in my opinion is too heavy for the slow machines. Same is the case with netbeans because it takes more resources to use these programs. As they're java based so there needs to be more RAM for the usage of these programs. I do think that these programs are good for serious development, but only if there are sufficient resources available. Otherwise there is no point in using eclipse on any lower config machine. Instead phpdesigner is much better as it is very low resource hungry and works fine on small machines. I have found it working fine on low end machines. So you can test it on your end as well. PHPDesigner is not free by the way and it costs money to get the pro version. I don't know lite or demo version is worth the effort of downloading it.Programmers notepad on the hand is much light like notepad++ or pspad. SO it can be used for the php development. I have used it on vista and it works fine for me atleast. It is very simple in interface and offers a lot of options. You can select multiple programming language and also use the software for direct debugging from the notepad. So overall it is one good program to use for php or any other programming needs. So if you have choice for using notepad type programs then either go with PSPad, notepad++ or pnotepad, either one of them is fine for your needs.