HTML Editors
HTML editors are an integral part of creating websites. Whether you like to code your own HTML, or prefer to simply click and drag elements around the page, a good HTML editor will make your life easier.
You can use any of the online HTML editors on this website, or if you prefer, you can download a commercial HTML editor for use on your own computer.
Online Editors
Offline Editors
Here are two of the best offline HTML editors.
Adobe Dreamweaver
is the industry leader when it comes to HTML editors. It is a full WYSIWYG editor. "WYSIWYG" stands for "What You See Is What You Get" and means that you can edit your pages as though you're looking at them in a web browser. You can click and drag elements onto the page, move them around, and add more advanced things like scripts and database connections.
Dreamweaver includes features such as "intelligent coding assistance" which can help you code HTML, JavaScript, and AJAX frameworks such as Spry, jQuery, and Prototype. It also provides code hinting for PHP, as well as CSS templates for your own use.
CoffeeCup HTML Editor
has been around since almost the start of the web. It's also one of the most downloaded HTML editors.
CoffeeCup HTML Editor includes HTML and CSS support, split screen view, HTML entities library, built-in FTP client and more. It's not quite as full-featured as Dreamweaver, but it's certainly a good start if all you need to do is code HTML and CSS. Therefore, it's probably more suited towards creating website templates without any programming functionality. But, if you need your website to have advanced scripts and database connections, you're better off downloading Dreamweaver.
Online Website Builder
Also try this online website builder at our partner site, ZappyHost. This is a "one-stop-shop" for building your own website.
About The Online HTML Editors
The online HTML editors on this website are known as "CKEditor", which can be downloaded from the CKEditor website. It is distributed under the GPL, LGPL, and MPL open source licences.