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| HTML Editors The HTML editor has come a long way since the first webpage that I wrote. If you know HTML code then all you need is notepad and you can write the webpage, but with so many advanced time saving HTML Editors out there why suffer writing out endless tags when learning a good WYSIWYG editor can save you lots of time and give you a more professional look. These are the HTML Editors that I use and that I like to use: Dreamweaver
MX Review: This program is for professional webmasters that make their living at writing and maintaining webpages. The cost seems high at first, but the amount of functions, the ease of use, and the great macromedia tutorials are worth the money! You can easily incorporate CSS, Javascript rollover images, ASP, ColdFusion, and any other of the advanced webpage design elements. I want to state though that this is for professionals, if you just want to write up a personal page for yourself and never really bother writing another page, please use some of the cheaper programs I'll be listing below, but if you want top of the line webpage editing software, Dreamweaver MX is the program to get. You can download a free trial of this software here Dreamweaver MX
MS FrontPage 2002 Review: FrontPage usually get slammed by most webpage designers because of "sloppy" coding, etc, but I found the most recent release of FrontPage to be fairly good with coding, super easy to understand, and the cost is reasonable. This program would definitely be usable for any beginner to intermediate level webpage designer. The good thing about this program is you've probably gotten it bundled with other MS programs like Word or Excel, so if you have FrontPage already and you want a good solid html editor that's easy to understand then use this program. I would recommend this program for beginners / intermediate level web designers, if you're an advanced user then stick with Dreamweaver.
1st Page 2000 Review: When I started to write web pages this was the program that I used. It is an html based program, meaning you have to know some coding, but they have easy insert tags that will help you along if you're just starting out on webpage design. It has a huge nice tutorial in it with all the definitions of the tags...its worth the download just for the tutorial. This product is very similar to CoffeeCup Html, only it has two advantages, cleaner layout of the program and its free! It has a library of Javascripts that can easily been inserted into your webpage. This was the best free webpage editor that I found and it can be used by any level of webpage designer from beginner to advanced. If you want to download a copy of this program you can get it here 1st Page 2000. NoteTab
Light 4.9 Review: This program is only for people that know HTML and wants to write in the code themselves. Basically it looks like notepad with extra features added...while this may be very appealing to some it would be a turn off to beginners and even intermediate level users. I've used it for awhile, but raw coding is fine for some, but there are just better alternatives then this html editor. If you want to raw code your html then this is the program for you and its free, so no harm done to the wallet either. If you would like to download a free copy you can get it here NoteTab Light 4.9
CoffeeCup HTML Editor Review: Coffeecup HTML isn't a WYSIWYG editor, so you'll be dealing with raw html code if you use this program and probably not the best for beginners. It does come with a nice library of javascripts that is fairly easy to add to your pages. I've never been a fan of Coffeecup's layout though...the viewing space for the coding seems small to me and with better programs available I opted not to use this editor. The price is good though, cheaper then most of the html editors, but there are free html editors (1st Page 2000) that are just as good with just as many functions. You can download a trial version here CoffeeCup HTML Editor.
This is just the list of html editors I could think of off the top of my head, I've used other programs like Arachnophile or something like that, but I think the company went out of business. Any of these programs are a good starting point...the best freeware one is 1st Page and its better then Coffeecup. Easiest to use is FrontPage and the most professional and best html editor is Dreamweaver MX. If you have any other html editors that I haven't tried out just send me an email with the name of it and I'll download it and give it a try.
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