What is the best linux software for authoring websites?
I am running Ubuntu 10.04. What is the best software for authoring websites in this nix? BTW, I am fairly new to linux so any info on exactly how to get it, set it up, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Your basic text editor like vim, emacs, gedit, kate, nano, etc.
However, if you must use something graphical, I believe quanta and bluefish are the two main tools cited. |
WordMaster,
It really depends on what it is you want to achieve. If you're up for an all-singing, all-dancing website, and you're Ok with coding and SQL, then a plain ol' text editor is your friend. Maybe one with syntax highlighting (which pretty much all GUI text editors do these days). If you're looking to build a simple site and you haven't got much/any experience of any languages, HTML or programming, then something graphical like Kompozer might be a good option for you. Give a few a shot and see what suits your way of working most. --thymox. |
Thank you to both of you. I generally use a text editor to write web sites, but in windoze I had a graphical editor I could use for fancy looking quickies. It could pretty much handle css, tables, etc. very quickly just by placing stuff on the wysiwyg screen. This is handy on sites I do for free that need to work well and look good, but where I can't spend the time to do them freehand. I am looking for something like that in linux.
I have tried a couple of windoze programs under wine, but with very little success. |
Kompozer may do what you need :)
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Kompozer ,flash for linux , Dreamweaver works with wine sometimes i make .gifs and headers with programs like gimp or lives
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On the other hand, it could be that your needs are best served by something like a CMS (content management system). There would clearly be a learning curve in using a CMS, but ongoing maintenance and updates could become so much easier that it would be worthwhile. Quote:
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Website Authoring GUI
I use the SeaMonkey suite (using the Composer application). I use Filezilla to upload the files to the server.
By the way, the SeaMonkey suite/Filezilla is the same for windows as is in Linux so whether I use either OS I can easily edit my webpages using the same authoring tools. |
that all depends on the age of the person answering
i learned using win NOTEPAD.EXE so some will say "visualize your code " just "see it " as you type in a very basic text editor others will say use a wysiwyg editor like the eclipse IDE me i am in between gedit or Emacs |
For HTML, Quanta is my favorite GUI editor for Linux, because of the built-in preview function, but it is kind of clunky. In fact, every GUI HTML editor I've tried for Linux has been kind of clunky.
One thing I miss from my Windows days is HTMLKit (the only other thing I miss is The Semware Editor, the best text editor ev-vuh). HTMLKit is a darned good program--small, fast, and versatile. I wish they'd port it to Linux. |
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