tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007692085480479265.post5983978739302251490..comments2022-02-22T05:20:37.992-05:00Comments on profHal: know any good web authoring tools?Halhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399850669959014868noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007692085480479265.post-87147539201697964902011-02-06T16:54:34.422-05:002011-02-06T16:54:34.422-05:00Another program that looks promising, but I haven’...Another program that looks promising, but I haven’t tried, is TopStyle. I was looking for something that would help detect orphaned styles. I’m not sure if it’ll do what I wanted, but it looked like a pretty cool program nonetheless. If the browser bug screens work as advertised, it would be worth it just for that.Tonsilhttp://www.pupation.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007692085480479265.post-44348106223919959792011-02-06T16:54:05.905-05:002011-02-06T16:54:05.905-05:00I mostly use the WYSIWYG editors in code-mode and ...I mostly use the WYSIWYG editors in code-mode and switch the design mode for a sanity check. It’s nice with more involved pages since you can highlight in one view and you will see it in the other. Saves bouncing around.<br /><br />The problem with the editors I’ve been using is that they are pretty much useless for style sheets. First, adjustments made in the design view are captured in style attributes of the appropriate element rather than in the style sheet. I see why this would be the case: the assumption probably is that you are overriding the style sheet. But there are times when what you really want is a change to the CSS. Second, the changes are explicit and rigid: heights and widths are explicitly captured and in pixels rather than percentages. They need to be more flexible.<br /><br />I’ll have to look into GoLive. I’m wondering if there isn’t something little more simple. Perhaps there is an eclipse plug-in. That would be nice – esp. if a few plug-ins glued together to support AJAX.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11399850669959014868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007692085480479265.post-41327546429899093922011-02-06T16:53:58.402-05:002011-02-06T16:53:58.402-05:00Well, I prefer to do things by hand. These days, I...Well, I prefer to do things by hand. These days, I end up having to correct the effects of WYSIWYG editors, so I don’t like them much. But it sounds to me like maybe you should check out the latest version of <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/golive/" rel="nofollow">Adobe GoLive</a>. It’s very standards-oriented.<br /><br />It might just be that you need a better text editor. I use the venerable TextPad on Windows and TextMate on Macs, and both are capable of sending whatever script you’re working on to the appropriate browser. I prefer viewing my documents in a ‘real’ browser versus the design view of an editor, because I know there can be discrepancies. Scroodat!Tonsilhttp://www.pupation.com/blognoreply@blogger.com