Posted by Chaddy2222 on 01/20/45 11:38

Bob 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.
I like NVU. http://www.nvu.com
It's a good program, it also has CSS capeabilities.
It's also easyer to edit pages in NVU then in DW and produces Valid
Code.

>
> 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
Out of interest, why the hell don't you just let him decide for
himself. NVU is Cross platform compadable, which means it can work on
both Windows and Linux.

> in the WYSIWYG mode. Unusable on large pages.
It would not be if you had an external Stylesheet and just edit that
too make site-wide changes.
Also if the site is going to be that large, I'd just use a CMS. Such as
Mambo.

>
> Shareware would be best, I need to test drive before any purchase is
> made.
I take it you don't care about Spyware then?

>
> Thanks
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Regards Chad. http://freewebdesign.cjb.cc

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