Free XP web authoring software?

[Akzle]

after ideas for the best, lightweight web site making software. have googled, but want opinions from anyone who uses any.
the last i used was dreamweaver 4.0 (before adobe bought it) still have the disc (somewhere) but interested in something new.
would like split-screen preview/html and a decent script debugger/html checker.

red rep for anyone who says notepad.

[yod]

Notepad++

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.1.5.html

If I don't have my usual Zend environment available I use Notepad++ for PHP, Javascript, HTML, CSS, SQL....

[Akzle]

Notepad++

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.1.5.html

If I don't have my usual Zend environment available I use Notepad++ for PHP, Javascript, HTML, CSS, SQL....

i don't know whether to redrep or not :confused: :D

[yod]

i don't know whether to redrep or not :confused: :D

Try it, it's got an absolute boatload of features and it's free

[avgas]

Notepad++ or Darkroom for the script stuff. For the rest - just get a decent backend installed. They cost f-all and make simple updates easy.

[mashman]

another +1 for notepad++... iffen you wanna get real creative, choose a language, download the compiler and rape the internet for code. Industry standard mate :2thumbsup... html and jquery (javascript) be all you need these days for fine lookin static websites (although anything less than IE 8/9 is a cunt). Write a line of (or small block) code and test it... if it doesn't do what you expect it to do then it's either broken or wrong... no need for a debugger. Plenty of sites out there will validate your HTML for ya, but the tools in the browsers these days are about all you need. I lubs Chrome for watchin HTML manipulation. Iffen you do wanna target anything less than IE 8/9, then I recommend using a cool tool called IETester.

[sil3nt]

I found notepad++ sucks for web dev. If I don't have access to dreamweaver I use NetBeans (http://netbeans.org/)

[Akzle]

I found notepad++ sucks for web dev. If I don't have access to dreamweaver I use NetBeans (http://netbeans.org/)

you win, sir!

(downoads 250MB at 26k/s..... i grumble.)

now pray, i like frames. old fashioned i know.. but is it still socially acceptable to make a site with em?
what's the alternative?

[bogan]

Notepad++ connects directly to the site and changes files in realtime, great for working with opencart.

Also, who the fuck uses frames anymore? No its not socially acceptable, just like green text everywhere :shifty:

[Scuba_Steve]

I once used KompoZer did what I needed it to

[Akzle]

I once used KompoZer did what I needed it to

yeah i've got that too. i'm sure it's got more good-for than i can see.

i might just dig out my facking dreamweaver CD :brick:

so if not frames then what?, just build every page off a template and reload the whole thing all the time?

i really dont need to use the green font anymore, since i've got more bandwidth. it's just a kind of sticking point now. :D

[bogan]

so if not frames then what?, just build every page off a template and reload the whole thing all the time?

i really dont need to use the green font anymore, since i've got more bandwidth. it's just a kind of sticking point now. :D

Ok, so I'm just going to ignore the green font/bandwidth confusion. And no, you don't have to reload the whole thing every time, that is what caches are for; start off with a wordpress template or something, you'll pick it up as you go along.

[mashman]

Wotcha gonna be doin anyways? Un/Fortunately I'm an MS bod and you can get Visual Studio 2010 Express for fwee.

[Mental Trousers]

Emacs :headbang:

[Brett]

www.weebly.com - If a chump like me can make a good looking website...anyone can.

[pzkpfw]

... so if not frames then what?, just build every page off a template and reload the whole thing all the time? ...

The modern thing is dynamic content within the document. Instead of one of your frames loading content from it's own URL, a bit of script goes and gets content and shoves it into a DIV or something.

There's a bunch of frameworks and libraries that help you do this stuff. (Geez I get less and less interested in that kind of thing.)

[Suntoucher]

Komodo Edit is also free and incredibly easy to use. Their IDE costs but Edit will do everything you need with projects and folders created on the fly.

Frames are acceptable under no circumstances, for small changes you can code the content right in using JS, hold content elsewhere and call it direct using JavaScript if you need. For large amounts of content you can store in a database, call the data using gets and PHP then have JS call the PHP on the fly without having to reload the page.

[Akzle]

IDGAF.

i liked the internet when frames were.

now it's shit.

[ /thread ]

[mashman]

IDGAF.

i liked the internet when frames were.

now it's shit.

[ /thread ]

you can still mimic frames with a bit of js [threadopen]