Posted by Bob on 01/22/71 11:38

On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 15:39:18 GMT, David Segall <david@nowhere.net>
wrote:

>Bob <uctraing@ultranet.com> wrote:
>
>>I need to find an HTML /Page editor for an associate. Mostly he will
>>be working with existing templates to enter content (text and
>>graphics) in a rough WYSIWYG mode. He will need to be able to use
>>basic HTML tags (formatting, links), use CSS text formatting with a
>>link (pre-defined) style file, insert pictures and links in WYSIWYG
>>mode, work with basic tables, table column dragging would be good. It
>>needs WYSIWYG (reasonably well done) and HTML source mode. It needs to
>>_not_ trash existing Javascript hooks but does not need to create any
>>JS or CSS-P capabilities.
>>
>>Ideas? MS-FP would work but it has a lot of overhead that you have to
>>tolerate and periodically strip and he's anti-MS (Linux guy) so he
>>won't want that (I use MS-FP, I know :-) . I tried NVU and it is very
>>close to what I need but it does not handle CSS on <p> tags - all the
>>CSS text formatting has to be done on <span> tags unless you work in
>>HTML mode. HTML mode is difficult because when you switch into it, it
>>always places you at the top of the source - not where you are editing
>>in the WYSIWYG mode. Unusable on large pages.
>>
>>Shareware would be best, I need to test drive before any purchase is
>>made.
>You can get a thirty day trial of Dreamweaver
><http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=dreamweaver>
>but they don't have a Linux version.

He does daily work on Windows so a linux version is not needed but DW
is overkill at $300. He isn't doing serious development, just page
editing. Need something a bit lighter.

Thanks,

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