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Tools to Create Web Pages. Fall 2013. Tools. Some HTML, some WYSIWYG SeaMonkey (free) WYSIWYG Dreamweaver (expensive) Complete list of HTML Editors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTML_editors. Text Editors Notepad (free) Notepad++ (free) Word Processor MS Word (Expensive) HTML
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Tools to Create Web Pages Fall 2013
Tools • Some HTML, some WYSIWYG • SeaMonkey (free) • WYSIWYG • Dreamweaver (expensive) • Complete list of HTML Editors • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTML_editors • Text Editors • Notepad (free) • Notepad++ (free) • Word Processor • MS Word (Expensive) • HTML • HTML Kit (free, but there is a commercial version)
Text Editor:Notepad <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Untitled</title> </head> <body> <big><big><b>Simple Web Site</b></big></big><br> <big><b><font color="#ff0000">Different Size Fonts</font></b></big><br> <small><small>Smaller</small></small><br> <small>Small</small><br> Regular<br> <big>Medium</big><br> <big><big>Large</big></big><br> <big><big><big>Larger</big></big></big><br> <big><big><big><big>Even Larger</big></big></big></big> </body> </html> • Easy to use • Doesn’t add clutter to code • Need to know HTML • Not good for large or complicated web sites Open with Notepad
Text Editor:Notepad++ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Untitled</title> </head> <body> <big><big><b>Simple Web Site</b></big></big><br> <big><b><font color="#ff0000">Different Size Fonts</font></b></big><br> <small><small>Smaller</small></small><br> <small>Small</small><br> Regular<br> <big>Medium</big><br> <big><big>Large</big></big><br> <big><big><big>Larger</big></big></big><br> <big><big><big><big>Even Larger</big></big></big></big> </body> </html> • Easy to use • Doesn’t add clutter to code • Need to know HTML • Not good for large or complicated web sites • Provides color coded syntax checking Open with Notepad++
Word Processor:MS Word Sample MS Word Web Page saved as HTML Open in Web Browser sampleWord.html Open in Notepad++ or Notepad sampleWord.txt Open in MS Word • Familiar • Adds formatting capability • Don’t need to know HTML • Can do more complicated web sites • WYSIWYG to some extent • Adds clutter to maintenance
HTML Editor:HTML Kit HTML Kit Example Do HTML Kit demonstration • Work directly in HTML • Has Preview tab • Tabs to help format, add links and objects • Need to know HTML, but has some help • Can do more complicated web sites • More control over web pages, but need to know HTML
HTML/WYXIWYG Editor:SeaMonkey SeaMonkey Example Do SeaMonkey demonstration • See what the page looks like as you develop it • Can switch to HTML • Provides better formatting control, especially for tables • Keeps up with latest changes to technology • Can do some complicated web things • I use it primarily to work with tables
WYSIWYG Editor:Dreamweaver Dreamweaver Example Do Dreamweaver demonstration • See what the page looks like as you develop it • Can switch to HTML • Uses CSS for formatting control • Can work with Javascript • Provides better formatting control • Keeps up with latest changes to technology • Can do complicated web sites