Has anyone else had any problems when using notepad to edit code created with an WYSIWYG editor such as Frontpage or Dreamweaver? In particular, making links, that are correctly coded, work?
In my opinion notepad should be the last resource when it comes to HTML editing. Even it's doable especially for a very minor quick fix. You can use a slightly more advance editor like notepad++.
Notepad is my favorite text editor too, because I can actively open four files altogether at a time in coding and styling. If facing difficulty, I open that file with Wordpad or Notepad++, save it, and go back to Notepad.
Dreamweaver and especially Frontpage add a lot of unneeded code to webpages. Sometimes the become hard to follow. I use Komodo or Notepad++ both down-loadable for free.
I use FrontPage which I like the most because it is a wysiwyg editor. BUT I also hate it the most because it isn't very cross browser compliant and it does insert a ton of unneeded code. One thing a good editor does is color code your code. That can be a real time saver when looking for those little bugs. As for notepad I use it to work with code chunks, but not very often. My guess is that you are experiencing this because the original editor put in a bunch of extra code to make it look good in that editor. I know FrontPage does this because it is a MicroSoft product. FP can convert other MS programs to html but to get there it inserts code that only works on other MS products like Internet Explorer and FrontPage. What to look for are styles that don't make sense. For instance style="MSO yada yada" That is a MicroSoft Office document converted to html. Most browser don't recognize these styles and can screw up a page. Hope this helps Tim