There are lots of commercial and shareware HTML editors on the market. You don't really have to have a special piece of software to write HTML or to create very complicated pages; all you really need is something that you can save a plain text or ASCII file in (be sure to name the file with ".html" or ".htm"). SimpleText on the Macintosh and NotePad on Windows will both do quite well. But the following are free and commercial applications that have some extra capabilities for working with HTML tags.
Free HTML Editors (for PC or Mac)
Arachnophilia - This nifty little piece of software runs in Java 2 for Windows, Solaris, and Linux-based systems. It's got built-in support for HTML--you can do an awful lot just by clicking and pointing, and it's got some very good built-n Help. It also has an easy-to-use but quite effective macro language so you can automate the insertion of HTML tags.
Mozilla & Netscape - These web browsers both have a simple html composer function. UCLA faculty and students can download them from Bruin Online, after choosing the appropriate platform (PC or Mac).
Commercial HTML Editors
Macromedia Dreamweaver (PC or Mac) - good for a wide range of users. Available in most UCLA computer labs.
For Dreamweaver basics, click here.
BBEdit (Mac only) - good for a wide range of users. Click here for more information.
Microsoft FrontPage Editor (PC only) this editor has a similar range of capabilities, but adds Microsoft specific coding that can be problematic when not used by Internet Explorer. We recommend the Dreamweaver and BBEdit over FrontPage.
Last updated August 10, 2006 by mg