About PSPad
PSPad is a programming editor for Windows. It offers a lot of features applicable to web editors such as HTML syntax highlighting, integration with TopStyle Lite for CSS editing and a built-in FTP client to manage files online. The download is certified by Softpedia labs as being free of malware.
Target Market(s): Professional Web Developers
Review last updated: November 2, 2011.
PSPad Latest Review
PSPad Version: 4.5.6
Score: 149
Percent: 44%
This score was generated using the methodology listed in the article: Finding the Perfect Web Editor.
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PSPad Technical Details
Operating System(s): Windows
PSPad Features
- Text editor
- HTML validator
- CSS validator
- Page preview
- Color coding
- FTP or Site manager
- Search and replace
- Edit multiple files/tabbed file editing
- Can edit JavaScript
- Can edit CSS
- Additional CSS assistance
- Edit XML and/or RSS
- Spell checking
- Free templates
- Upgrade discounts or freeware
- No limits on free or trial version
- No subscription fee required
What’s Missing from PSPad
- WYSIWYG editor
- Accessibility validator
- XML validator
- Alternate browser or OS preview
- Mobile device preview
- Mobile scripts, functions, or links
- Create mobile web applications
- Package mobile apps for delivery on app stores
- Save pages as HTML with DTD
- Write HTML 5 documents
- Write XHTML documents
- Tag completion
- FTP or Site manager
- FTPs or Secure FTP
- Extended search and replace (across multiple documents)
- Edit images
- Connects to graphics software
- Multimedia functions
- Assistance with adding videos to websites
- Ability to add video and audio using HTML5 with fallback options
- Save Adobe AIR files
- Save files as PDF
- Link checker
- Special character tools
- Helps with Ajax JSON, or jQuery pages
- CSS 3 properties and selectors
- CSS3 media queries tools built-in
- Can edit PHP, ASP, or JSP
- Dynamic page rendering and editing with server-side programming languages (PHP, JSP, ASP, CFM, etc.)
- Database connectivity
- Google sitemaps
- Save snippets of code
- Writes to blogs
- Free scripts
- Form wizard
- Photo gallery builder
- Ecommerce tools
- SEO assistance built-in
- Captcha support or other methods of protecting forms
- Version control
- Support for teams editing the site (beyond version control)
- Customizable or extendable
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