Hi, this is just a suggestion due to my
Own personal struggle not being able
To find a suitable Editor.

Why not just build your own
Editor that works with your
Templates and sell it as an edition
To your templates. I'd easily buy
It for s decent price.

At the very least why not list
All the editors that will work. All
I see listed are Dreamweaver and
Microsoft expression.

If anyone can let me know what they use successfully to update and
Make changes please let me know.

Thanks in advance,,,,

Hi

We have some suggestions here https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/help/design.asp#htmleditors

Andy

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Since starting with web design in 1996 / 7, my first crack at using an editor was Microsoft Front Page. It was OK, did the job but then I turned to the newly released Macromedia Dreamweaver in early '98. I am now using CS6 which, like myself, plods along doing the job. It has it's moments, then again it's software, and which software is 'perfect'?

Away from DWCS6 my preferred choice for editing bits 'n' bobs by hand is Notepad++. I had a serious issue with a PC fail a while back and could not find my DWCS6 disc and needed to make changes to a fairly large websites menu system. I used Notepad++, which I've used since Gods great grandfather was born, and in the case of having no DWCS6 immediately available Notepad++ saved the day. I gathered all the sites pages into a folder locally, opened them all with Notepad++, found the code I needed to edit using the find dialogue and from within that used the replace feature and chose Find What > Replace with > Replace all in all opened documents. Worked a treat! That is basically making a site wide change a doddle. After all, it's mostly only text we're dealing with.

I also use Notepad++ for creating all the descriptions in the ECT product admin then pasting them into the product admin, as I hate the clunky FCK / CK types of editors. Once I'd set up the necessary, and after a few hours of using it, I find it much better / quicker for my way of working.

There isn't strictly a right or wrong way of doing some of this HTML / website maintenance caper, it's what works for the individual, and in some cases what drags one out of the dung, especially at short notice.





Steve

The worlds safest web server is the one that is turned off

I think you'll find few people use just a single piece of software and I've never found a WYSIWYG editor that actually does that!

For this reason, I find Dreamweaver great for general management and major changes. Filezilla is great for uploading and management of files online.

When it comes to CSS, Firefox has an add on called web developer where you can edit css live and see changes as you make them.

Steve makes a good point about Notepad++ too (not to be confused with Notepad) which has many great tools.
I often use this for simply optimising title and description tags as it has a very handy character count at the bottom of the page, but It's also great for comparing 2 files and things like spell check.

Unfortunately I don't think a single solution exists so you have to choose a selection of tools that works for you.

Steve

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Steved: ...Notepad++ too (not to be confused with Notepad) which has many great tools.
I often use this for simply optimising title and description tags as it has a very handy character count at the bottom of the page, but It's also great for comparing 2 files and things like spell check

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Steved, I also use Notepad++ for the character count for optimising (satisfying Google) those two fields. I was only thinking it would be great if in the ECT product and category admin that the page title and meta description tag fields displayed the number of characters in those fields.

For comparing two files I use Beyond Compare from Scooter Software. Web design / development is a multifaceted business that I can't see there being one piece of software that does the whole job / satisfies the needs for everyone or the way they work. One size certainly doesn't fir all





Steve

The worlds safest web server is the one that is turned off

Hi all,

Thank you for the feedback. I'm really not looking for a single software tool/solution necessarily, just trying to find something that works fairly well and easy, which for me was DWCS3 which worked flawlessly for years for me until just recently when I was all the sudden unable to use it due to support from Adobe. When I would try to run it it gave an error for a serial number. I tried numerous time to re-register it and the Adobe folks were never able to help me to get it to work. I like DW but don't want to pay the $$$ to rent it on the cloud etc...

I also use an FTP file to upload. I'm not a Web Designer so I really liked the Code and Design view in DW, just like in MS Expression. However the Design view in Expression looks Wonky and per all our discussions here its not fixable for the Design view.

Someone at the Coffeecup forum did say that the $39.00 Coffeecup editor can do global changes with creating a library. So I might try that.

If anyone knows where I can get a working version of DW for cheap please do let me know ...

Thanks again in advance

You can still purchase legitimate copies of Dreamweaver CS4 and CS5 online I believe.

Andy

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A friend of mine wanted DWCS6 a while back and nowhere could she find it in the UK. More chance of raising the Titanic - twice

I've had a quick shufty and found a few copies on ebay.com available from the US. This one https://www.ebay.com/itm/Adobe-Dreamweaver-CS6/182854884634?hash=item2a93001d1a:g:MLAAAOSwyi9aEXOp is fairly well priced at $121.00 - just under £93.00 delivered.

Steve

The worlds safest web server is the one that is turned off

Hi, my biggest question would be do those
Versions still work as far as getting the
Serial number registered when you go to
Install? That is what I ran into eventually and
I was never able to use it ever since. Even Adobe support couldn't help.