There are many ways to create HTML, everything from DOS Edit, to Windows Notepad, to Linux/Unix Pico, to a $200 commercial HTML editor. Anything that will create a plain ASCII text file, will create HTML. Here I will list some of the most powerful HTML editors, and link you to their home pages.
HTML editors are probably the best way to go for beginning, at least for the major design stages. They allow a lot of commonly-used features at a click of a mouse, auto-save, easy form and table creation, and literally hundreds of features. An HTML editor is to HTML writing as a word processor is to text editing.
I have probably tried and experimented with over 12 different HTML Editors, and to be honest they all have their own "better" inner-workings than other ones. I tend to stick with using WordPad for Windows 95 ( a small version of Word for Windows included in Windows 95) that is nothing but a word processor. The one HTML editor that I still use from time to time is called 1-4-All HTML Edit. I like the program because of alk the editors I have tried, this one seems to write "clean" pages, by this I mean not a lot of extra tags and unnecessary HTML calls are left on the pages, a very clean program.
- 1-4-All HTML Editor:
- Which can be downloaded here:
- http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/minibbjd/download.htm
- The cost for personal use to register this shareware is only $30.00
- HotDog Professional, HotDog Standard, and HotDog 32-Bit
- Versions: 16Bit, 32Bit, 16Bit Pro, 32Bit Pro,
- Company: Sausage Software
Can be downloaded from:- Home Page: http://www.sausage.com
- FTP Site: ftp://ftp.sausage.com/pub
- Cost: HotDog Professional $99.95. HotDog Standard $39.95.
Free 30 Evaluation for both.
- FrontPage
- Version: Windows 95
- Company: Microsoft
- Home Page: http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage
- FTP Site: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/msdownload/frontpage/1file
- Cost: $149.00 ($109.00 for Microsoft Office 95 users)
Another good HTML Editor:
- WebEdit Professional
- Versions: 16Bit, 32bit, 32Bit Pro
- Company: Nesbitt Software
- Home Page: http://www.nesbitt.com
- Cost: For Commercial Use $79.95. For Personal Use $39.95.
I'd would recommend trying a few editors to find out which one you like the best. Everyone has their own preference on what works the best for them - as with anything. For Microsoft Word (and other word processors) users, there are all sorts of HTML converters also available. Another list of HTML editors can be found at http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/HTML_Editors/ Yahoo's list of HTML Editors.
Most people I've come into contact with swear by using an HTML editor, at least for the early, major layout design stages, then go back with a text editor to make the minor changes where needed. And for the cynics, yes, all an HTML Editor is, is a fancy text editor with many bells and whistles, also known as features.
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