Hi: Can anyone recommend me the best software to edit CSS driven websites where i can see the actual CSS website in graphical way. I tried editing the css website through Dreamweaver, but it does no show some of the features. Please tell me if there is any other excellent software available in the market for that purpose.
Notepad++ It has syntax highlighting, line numbers, and all the little things coders love. Open Source: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
i wanna edit the site in graphical view. Like the right menu in css ins not appearing in desing view of Dreamweaver, but its shown in the preview. I wanna c all those things in the editor to edit in Graphical way.
That ain't happenin'. It takes a brain to develop in semantic html and css. The text editor and a gaggle of browsers are the correct and best tools. cheers, gary
Download the Web Developer's Toolbar for Firefox here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60 This will let you edit the CSS in real time in the browser. When you're done, you'll need to save the actual code. Works well and in real time, so it's as close as you're going to get. And it's free again
Firebug for Firefox is one of the best extension plugins. if pure css editor, i recommend TopStyle. its old, but quite good
Really, CSS is something that you can edit just as well in Notepad as you can a fancy peice of software...I just open Notepad, go to work, Ctrl+S it, upload to FTP, test, if I like it, cool, if not, more Notepad... It's basic, simple, and does the job, ya know? Otherwise, Dreamweaver is a good peice of software if you need a guided approach...
Notepad is horrible. Horrible indenting/tabbing, no colors, no line numbers, crappy find/replace, yeah it's made to be as minimalistic as possible but I just don't see how one could use it. Context/Dreamweaver 8/Topstyle for me.
I always use dreamweaver cause I've always done that.. it's showes colours and things to make it easier. It works just as well in other programs too
An expert using notepad? bahaha. Using notepad is a waste of time, it doesn't have any shortcuts and it takes a crapload of time coding in there. All the code is black, so if you have to change the src attribute of say.. an image, you'll have to look through all the code (id do a ctrl F for src=" ) and since its not color coded it'll take a bit longer than using Textpad/Dreamweaver/etc. No expert would use notepad. And if he does, he is wasting a sh!tload of time (this coming from a 125 typera.tk wpm'er)
qft. but maybe what he is saying is when you are an expert and in desperate situation, you could try to edit using notepad. not building the whole site on notepad, that is just sick. and btw. web expression is very good for CSS editing. i liked it. currently microsoft offer 60-day trial full version. its better than most css editor i've come across, even dreamweaver to some extend(don't flame me please) try googling it. i lost the link to the download page.