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Posted by Gιrard Talbot on 04/09/07 22:24
Lisa wrote :
> I've been using homesite 4.5/homesite for probably 7 years, so it's
> been awhile since I've looked at any other software. I'm only looking
> now since I can't find my 4.5 upgrade for homesite to use on my
> laptop.
I recommend handcoding with an advanced text editor, otherwise - if
you're too accustomed to a WYSIWYG HTML editor - I recommend KompoZer 0.77.
> Here are some things I'd like to have - some that were available in
> the SGML software I used ages ago but haven't seen in HTML software.
> -integrated ftp that only uploads pages you have changed
FireFTP 0.95.2.1 (latest version), an extension add-on for Firefox 2.
I've been using it for over 3 months now and highly recommend it.
http://fireftp.mozdev.org/
or
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/684
It's much better than current Nvu 1.0 Site Manager or KompoZer 0.77 Site
Manager.
> -link checking
W3C link checker is the best tool I can recommend because it can detect
and report redirected links, not just "404 not found" or others.
http://validator.w3.org/checklink
Otherwise, I recommend and occasionally use
LinkChecker 0.6.1, an extension add-on for Firefox 2
http://www.kevinfreitas.net/extensions/linkchecker/
or
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/532
> -orphan file/image checking
There must be a Firefox add-on extension for this or a developer toolbar.
> -html validation
Nvu 1.0 and KompoZer 0.77 can do that. Otherwise HTML validation (latest
version for true SGML parsing is 0.8.3.9), a Firefox add-on extension
can do that.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/249
or
http://users.skynet.be/mgueury/mozilla/index.html
What I like about HTML validation 0.8.3.9 is that it can work offline
and can also report HTML Tidy warnings.
I use HandCoder 0.3.4 when upgrading severely broken webpages.
> -css editor
KasCades (CSS editor) from within KompoZer 0.77 has a CSS editing tool.
Nvu 1.0 also has CasCades (CSS editor) .
> -ability to map your own keyboard shortcuts
> -it would be wonderful to have a tool that uncluttered MS html, or the
> ability to remove all span tags, all attributes from p, etc. that's
> what my authors write in.
Nvu 1.0 and KompoZer 0.77 have a built-in Markup cleaner feature. I use
HandCoder 0.3.4 with the latest HTML Tidy (April 2007) for poorly
written webpages. So, you can customize how much cleaning (pretty
printing, removing, replacing, etc.) you want: Tidy is highly configurable.
You may want to read my post in another thread in this newsgroup on this
(Subject line was: Standard HTML by open-source WYSIWYG editor?).
> -ability to select the contents of a tag with or without the tag
Interesting request...otherwise I don't understand what you're looking
for. I'm not sure if any web authoring editor can do that with a single
click.
> -find and replace across a whole project
Nvu 1.0 and KompoZer 0.77 can do that. Lots of other web authoring tools
or advanced text editors can also do that.
>
> I'm using windows vista. any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Lisa
>
I recommend KompoZer 0.77
http://kompozer.net/
until Composer 2 is released. KompoZer 0.77 and Composer 2 (when it will
be released) are open-source software, free software,
translated/localized software, multi-platform software, with a bunch of
extensions available. Otherwise, hand-coding webpages with an advanced
text editor is what I recommend.
GΓ©rard
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