Thread: A basic question about a web design program.

Hello Ilter,

Great post thanks.

Believe it or not I would actually recommend Notepad++ on Windows. Dreamweaver for example doesn't understand WHMCS's tempting structure (they use Smarty framework). If you edit the header.tpl file with it, it'll generally add the closing </body></html> tags which causes issues.

Since switching to a Macbook I use Coda which is sort of like Notepad++ on a Mac.

Those are what I'd recommend for editing all default pages (I wish there was a cooler software I could share but Notepad++ is a really good choice).

Jack

Not sure if it will help, but I use a combination of Notepad++ and the powerful Coffeecup.com Web Editor when I work on sites for my customers.

But most of the time I use Notepad++ unless I am dealing with images, audio or videos. I have not had any problems with editing when I use Coffeecup Editors. Hope that helps you...

Originally Posted by Cozy Webs

Not sure if it will help, but I use a combination of Notepad++ and the powerful Coffeecup.com Web Editor when I work on sites for my customers.

But most of the time I use Notepad++ unless I am dealing with images, audio or videos. I have not had any problems with editing when I use Coffeecup Editors. Hope that helps you...

Thanks for your input Leonard.

I'm also a big fan of Notepad++, if I ever go back to Windows that's the first program I'll download. On a Mac I'm using Coda which is very similar.

I am actually using Dreamweaver CS6 and have no issues like you were describing jack. I am still learning like everyone else, but it seems to work fine for me so far. I am looking into the others that everyone has mentioned here to see how they work and get a better feel for multiple systems. Never hurts to learn more.

Notepad plus is a great choice, not only that it is very light weight! meaning low system resources yay!!

I use Dreamweaver also... CS4. No issues as of yet!