HTML for beginners 2 - HTML editors

Hello to you all, as promised I will continue my series of blog posts on HTML for beginners and in this post we are going to talk about HTML editors

So what are HTML editors?

HTML editors are software programs for writing web pages, there are many types out there but because there are so many, I am only going to talk about 2 of them which are the free ones

There are also ones called WYSIWYG editors such as dream weaver but theses types are very expensive and used for web developers that build sites for client from scratch using HTML code

Mostly I will be focusing on learning HTML, so you can utilise what you learn within your WordPress site, as all of us use WordPress

So we will talk about the 2 most popular and in my opinion best ones to use

The first one is called note pad and is installed on every windows computer, it is available through going to all programs > accessories and you can then pin it to your task bar, for those on MAC sorry but I have no knowledge of MACS, but I am sure if you do a Google search you will find one for MAC

Note pad is widely used and is very simple to it is popular amongst internet marketers for copying, holding and transferring information to websites

The main reason to use HTML editors is that they are capable of saving files with the correct extension such as .txt or .htm and .html where as, Microsoft word uses .doc and is not compatible with WordPress, I will be doing another post next on website file structure before we get into HTML code itself, so you can understand the importance of file extension in websites

So, what about the next one then, would you like a few more bells and whistles with your html editor, well you can and its 100% free, introducing Notepad++

To put it in simple terms, if HTML editors were cars, notepad would be a 4 door family saloon and Notepad++ would be a formula 1 racing car.

As can be seen here, it has a lot more functionality built in, and even has plugins that you can add, to improve it even more, but the real big advantage, is that it has a built in FTP client, which is a way for you to transfer files direct from you computer straight you your website file location, without the need for a separate FTP client, such as Filezila

You can download it here

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Its completely free, no catches and no trial offer, like all software you learn by playing with it, so its worth downloading it and having it in your, now, what should be growing arsenal of internet tools.

Free tools, Free tools, we love free tools

Hope you now feel a bit more enlightened, when it comes to HTML editors

Until the next time, keep on blogging

Barry