WYSIWYG HTML Editor

Ye' old general discussion board. Basically, for everything that isn't covered elsewhere. Come here to shoot the breeze, shoot your mouth off, or whatever suits your fancy.
This forum is not for asking programming related questions.

Moderator: General Moderators

Post Reply
User avatar
MrPotatoes
Forum Regular
Posts: 617
Joined: Wed May 24, 2006 6:42 am

WYSIWYG HTML Editor

Post by MrPotatoes »

is there anything like dreamweaver out there that is free and or opensource that does the same thing?

when coding tools rule. don't want tospend time screwing with the way that a form or wahtever works. just that it produces desired output quickly and with little effort. so, i'm looking for an HTML WYSIWYG editor.

any ideas?
User avatar
MrPotatoes
Forum Regular
Posts: 617
Joined: Wed May 24, 2006 6:42 am

Post by MrPotatoes »

found one. it's pretty sweet: http://www.nvu.com/index.php

i suggest everyone support them. i found them by another link (i can't remembre it off hand but it's a GREAT website) and this thing isn't bad.

i can do source, preview and wizards. so i'm happy. oh, and it's fast and tiny. i just wish that ti didn't ugly up the source like it's doing *ewies* but it's better than dreamweaver. so i'm more than happy about that aspect :)
User avatar
pickle
Briney Mod
Posts: 6445
Joined: Mon Jan 19, 2004 6:11 pm
Location: 53.01N x 112.48W
Contact:

Post by pickle »

FCKEditor
TinyMCE

Edit: FCKEditor is pretty good for making clean XHTML - never tried TinyMCE though.
Edit2: Sorry - I completely misread your post. The two I've suggested are web-based, not OS based.
Real programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
User avatar
Luke
The Ninja Space Mod
Posts: 6424
Joined: Fri Aug 05, 2005 1:53 pm
Location: Paradise, CA

Post by Luke »

what's wrong with Dreamweaver?
User avatar
RobertGonzalez
Site Administrator
Posts: 14293
Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:04 pm
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Re: WYSIWYG HTML Editor

Post by RobertGonzalez »

The Ninja Space Goat wrote:what's wrong with Dreamweaver?
Uhh...
MrPotatoes wrote:is there anything like dreamweaver out there that is free and or opensource that does the same thing?
Dreamweaver is neither free nor opensource. Nvu is a decent app.
Last edited by RobertGonzalez on Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
MrPotatoes
Forum Regular
Posts: 617
Joined: Wed May 24, 2006 6:42 am

Re: WYSIWYG HTML Editor

Post by MrPotatoes »

Everah wrote:
MrPotatoes wrote:is there anything like dreamweaver out there that is free and or opensource that does the same thing?
Dreamweaver is neither free nor opensource. Nvu is a decent app.
lol exactly. something like dreamweaver that is free and/or opensource :D

it's a pretty decent app. gets it done really quickly and there is some fussiness her and there but it's good enough for quick dev and that's what i need
matthijs
DevNet Master
Posts: 3360
Joined: Thu Oct 06, 2005 3:57 pm

Post by matthijs »

What might be important to know first: what needs do you have for the tool you're looking for? Dreamweaver is a big program with lots of stuff in it. But depending on what you really want to do, there are so many other options.

I use HTMLkit for example (free). Very simple to use, but has a lot of features if you need them (I only use 5% or so). I just checked and found out it does have a preview switch, so you can preview the html page you're building in the same window (I normally just use my browser and hit F5).

Or do you want to "design" in whysywig mode and let the program write the code for you?

[edit: thanks Everah for the link (see below). sorry I was so lazy.. ]
Last edited by matthijs on Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:08 am, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
RobertGonzalez
Site Administrator
Posts: 14293
Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:04 pm
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Post by RobertGonzalez »

In case you were wondering --> http://www.htmlkit.com/
Post Reply