Hello,
I've started warming up with HTML and Drupal in the same time.
I've got myself some HTML and Drupal books and video tutorials.
Now the problem I've got is picking or deciding which HTML editor I may depend on.
According to what I've found with Google I've realized that people are into two sides:
1- Use the classical editors as note pad ++ to understand and learn what is going on and get your hands dirty with the code as much as possible.
2- Use the WYSIWYG based ones to make things easy for you.
::>> People with option one saying that WYSIWYG editors create a lot of junk code that cause many errors later on.
::>> People with option two recommending using it with newbies ...etc
So please advise for which editor I can use.
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serpico posted this at 10:42 — 13th May 2009.
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I think you need to clarify what you are asking for.
Are you talking about an editor that will be used within Drupal by your website administrator to edit site content? If so, I would definitely recommend using a WYSIWYG editor for this unless your website adminsitrator has good enough HTML knowledge. Options for this FCKEditor, SPAW Editor, TinyMCE. Here's a comparison of Drupal Editors.
If you are however talking about an editor to use for your own web coding as a web developer then you can't go wrong with Dreamweaver. The key here is to use it in split mode so you can inspect the HTML that you are creating as you go along to ensure it is what you intend.
Alternatives to Dreamweaver have been discussed here.
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MGadAllah posted this at 12:05 — 13th May 2009.
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Thanks a lot for your reply and I will check the other thread.
Megan posted this at 13:17 — 13th May 2009.
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If you're working with Drupal you should not be using a WYSIWYG to edit theme files or other code. A text editor would probably be best.
What you should do is try a bunch and see what works for you - everyone has different preferences. There is a wide range of text editors and lots of different options. I think there is a Dreamweaver plugin for Drupal themes if you really want to go that way.
Which platform are you on (Linux, Mac, Windows)? Based on that we can give you some options to try.
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MGadAllah posted this at 16:45 — 13th May 2009.
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Which platform are you on (Linux, Mac, Windows)? Based on that we can give you some options to try.
Windows XP.
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Megan posted this at 17:26 — 13th May 2009.
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If you're going to do that you might as well look at text editors instead. You can get the same functionality with much less bloat.
I haven't used Windows in years so I don't have any specific recommendations for you. Maybe someone else can help!
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webwiz posted this at 17:49 — 13th May 2009.
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I like NetBeans for PHP. It has version control and lots of other goodies built in, runs on all platforms, and is free.
Might be worth checking out.
Cordially, David
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Shaggy posted this at 19:11 — 31st August 2009.
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Seconding Netbeans.
Cheers,
Shaggy.
MGadAllah posted this at 21:40 — 13th May 2009.
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I will stick to Adobe dream waver.
I am looking forward to find any extensions for Drupal with Dreamwaver.
Thanks
pulseraiser posted this at 10:13 — 1st June 2009.
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If only asking for a fast loading textaul based editor then yes nothing like notepad++. For a everything else go for Adobe Dream Weaver
MGadAllah posted this at 10:28 — 1st June 2009.
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Thanks a lot
I will stick to Adobe Dream Waver
Mourd posted this at 09:42 — 11th June 2009.
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Try CoffeeCup - its similar to dreamweaver but less expensive. You could also try NVU (free, open source) - I haven't used it myself but I've heard good things.
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yufengyesup posted this at 15:28 — 12th June 2009.
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dreamwaver, highly recommented~~
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MGadAllah posted this at 20:09 — 12th June 2009.
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I will use dream waver
Please I'd like to thank all people around here, and would like as well to express my appreciation for this website and how people around.
Thanks
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davecoventry posted this at 18:34 — 31st August 2009.
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I use Crimson Editor when in XP.
It has colour syntx hilighting and macros, which I use a lot.
It also allows multiple documents open in tabs and will also allow direct editing of online files through ftp.
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Megan posted this at 19:26 — 31st August 2009.
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I used to use that on Windows! Are they still maintaining that project? I think last time I checked it seemed to be dying, but that was 2 years ago.
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davecoventry posted this at 20:18 — 31st August 2009.
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Hi Megan,
I think the latest rev is from May 2008, but I would say that it's not being actively developed. I see that the author has opened up the source, but I believe it only runs in VC++ 6.
I use it for the macros, mostly, which I find very useful. I've tried a few others but I seem to come back to this one.
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Jaime Magnus posted this at 19:42 — 1st September 2009.
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I use Dreamweaver for editing HTML, CSS as well as PHP pages. Well I am not familiar with Drupal but I have heard that it can be done in Dreamweaver with some special 3rd party tool.
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