Recommendations for simple HTML editor

[LEICJDN1]

So far I have been constructing my pages in Notepad using CSS and XHTML strict references.

Now finding it tedious to go through lots of pages to update menu links as they evolve and change, or several other repetitive tasks.

Can anyone recommend a decent, free, simple HTML editor which can do batch Search/Replace across files, highlight tags and code, but not mess with my code unless I want it too. I have Frontpage but hate it for that reason. Notepad is fine but very slow for batch changes across many pages.

Now in an ideal world I would have all the links laid out, planned and relationships defined but they are evolving and changing frequently at the moment, so I am stuck!

Thanks.

 

[seagoing]

If you have kids at school, why not buy them an educational copy of Macromedia MX, You'd get them THE definitive web design suite at an incredible price, who knows, if your nice to them, they might even let you use it from time to time!!!

 

[dwarfthrower]

Bonfire Studio is very nice. Lightweight and powerful -

http://www.nzworks.com/bonfire/index.asp

Oh, and free.

 

[Wullie]

Editplus, you can't beat it.

http://www.editplus.com

Wullie

http://www.necomputers.org.uk

http://www.freshlookdesign.co.uk

http://www.freshlookdesign.com

http://www.whiland.co.uk

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change.
The leader adjusts the sails. - John Maxwell

 

[jemminger]

http://www.textpad.com

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try { succeed(); } catch(E) { tryAgain(); }
-jeff

http://www.jeffemminger.com

 

[ChrisHunt]

I use Notetab Pro -

http://www.notetab.com

. You pay for it (about 20 quid I think), but there's also a decent free version.

-- Chris Hunt

http://www.extracon.com

http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk

http://www.napitalia.org.uk

http://www.leicesteryha.org.uk

 

[LEICJDN1]

Thank you, will look at all of the above and find one I like.

 

[ChrisHunt]

Incidentally, if your host allows them, you could look into using Server Side Includes (SSIs) to present common content in multiple pages. There's a couple of FAQs about them in the Web Site Designers' forum.

-- Chris Hunt

http://www.extracon.com

http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk

http://www.napitalia.org.uk

http://www.leicesteryha.org.uk

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

I use a little application called Windows Search and Replace, which is basically a grep-like application for Windows and does all that multi-file search and replace stuff. I've used it to do exactly what you're talking about, editing sites of hundreds of pages.

It does multiline stuff, searches through ZIP files, and I think it'll also dig through binaries.

In case you're interested,

http://www.funduc.com/

My actual HTML editor is usually NotePad, but occasionally I'll use EditPad Lite

http://www.editpadpro.com/

to help with debugging large JavaScript files, as it'll show line numbers.

Cheers,


Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[LEICJDN1]

Thanks again.

Have also stumbled across Ultra Edit which is working well for me - although it is not free.

Will look into Windows Search and Replace as well.

JDN

 

[CliveC]

For a free solution use WordPad that comes with Windows. It has a search and replace feature.

Clive

http://tubularity.com

 

[cian]

http://www.chami.com/html-kit/

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http://www.ssi-developer.net