Website help?

The most practical HTML editor to use resides right on your PC - Wordpad. Wordpad is a straightforward text editor, and what is HTML? As long as you understand how to read and write HTML, it's all you need. Just download your file from your website (if published), edit and upload/replace.

If you're referring to a WYSIWYG type editor (What You See Is What You Get), then there's Adobe Dreamweaver, Coffee Cup and many others. Here's a top ten list with reviews to help you choose http://html-editor-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

Stay away from website builders with built-in editors, they do not give much control since the company that offers such sites will never let you into their back end to edit raw code. You are restricted by what they deem as the type of edits you will want to make - and that's it.

Answered 11 months ago by John Wolforth

If your looking for a content management system like Wordpress, Joomla and Drupal are both opensource applications that you can use. If you are looking for something that is hosted for you http://www.lightcms.com/ is also a good one to check out as well as squarespace.com. They both have their pros and cons just depends on how much work you are willing to do.

Answered 11 months ago by Frances Munoz

John is correct although the answer is easier given if you let us know what it is you are trying to do.

Answered 11 months ago by Charles Sandor

Easy WebContent supports a site builder and an HTML editor. It allows you to edit and update your website without having to go through a designer. Their software is accessed through the web and requires no downloads. I feel they are a reliable and trustworthy business.
easywebcontent.com

Answered 11 months ago by Miranda Everset

crimson editor is great for scripting, otherwise dreamweaver has a good GUI

Answered 4 months ago by David Beach

PageBreeze is an award-winning FREE HTML Editor which has both visual (WYSIWYG) and HTML tag modes

Answered 11 months ago, Edited 11 months ago by Sathish Kumar

Sounds to me like you're looking for a content management system, rather than an HTML editor. Joomla, Drupal and WordPress are the most flexible and they all have different strengths (and weaknesses) -- I honestly like WordPress the best. If you're trying to design a blog, Posterous is really easy, but whether or not it's right depends on your goals.

If you're trying to design a website for a product or service, it sounds like you need to reach out to a designer. You need to show your company in the best light and a lot can go wrong with DIYs (again, depending on your goals). They can actually create a site that has a built-in CMS so you can control the content (thereby reducing your long-term expenditure since you don't have to rely on them for every change or update). It's a worthwhile investment in most cases and I'm sure you can find plenty of worthy candidates here. Most of us (firms and freelancers) give free consultations, so it can't hurt to look and get a few quotes. (Not trying to sell you, just telling you the truth.)

If you ARE looking for an HTML editor, as others have said, you can easily use the ones that come on your computer (if you're on Mac, it's TextEdit). I'm on Mac, so if you're looking for something more sophisticated, I like Espresso for my email newsletters and my designer just switched from Espresso back to Coda. On PC, I'm not a fan of Dreamweaver, but Coffee Cup wasn't terrible when I used it. Miranda's suggestion about Easy WebContent seems promising, too, though I've never used it. I'm sure there are limitations (there always are with those types of services), but sometimes the ease of use may outweigh the limitations.

Answered 11 months ago, Edited 11 months ago by Heather Barnett

Notepad++ is the best editor as you can connect to an FTP server and edit the files!

Answered 11 months ago by Jeevan Thandi