Text editors are HTML editors that allow you to manipulate the HTML tags directly. Some HTML text editors also include a WYSIWYG editor, while others are purely text. This is my list of the best HTML text editors for Windows.
Hippie Pro offers a lot of great features in Web editing software. It is one of the better HTML text editors available, with split screen Web page viewing as you edit the code. Feature highlights: Scripting support, full site management, advanced CSS support, and a built-in validator as well as color coded XHTML editing.
WebPlus 10 is a Web site editor that is perfect for the small business owner who doesn't have time to learn HTML or Web design. There are hundreds of pre-built templates, fonts, and icons included. This is not a good design choice for a Web designer or someone who wants to become one. While you can edit HTML in this tool, it isn't easy to do. And while you can import your site into the tool, it changes the HTML on import which can make things look odd.
Vim is an extended version of vi. It has all the benefits of vi plus some improvements. It's not as readily available on Linux systems as vi is, but when it's available it can really help streamline your Web editing. Vim is not specifically a Web editor, but as a text editor it's one of my favorites.
Alleycode is a free Web editor that focuses on search engine optimization. There are a lot of built-in features and links to the Alleycode Web site so that you can check your site ranking, optimize your meta data, and otherwise improve your search rankings. While I don't recommend sites that "guarantee" top-level ranking like Alleycode does, that doesn't mean that their Web editor isn't any good.
One of the best things about vi is that it is ubiquitous. If you build a Web page on Unix or Macintosh servers vi will be available for you to edit with. It can be hard to learn and doesn't offer a lot of extra features, but the fact that it's everywhere makes it very useful to know. Feature highlights: text editor, some versions have color coding.
Crimson is a very nice streamlined text editor. It offers a lot of features, including tabbed pages, syntax highlighting for various types of text files, line numbers, formatting options, and other coding extras. If you use a text editor for writing Web pages, I would switch to Crimson. I use Crimson editor on my Windows machine whenever I need to edit text documents.
XML Spy is one of the premier XML editing software packages available. It provides all you need to edit and maintain large repositories of XML data. XML Spy Enterprise edition is the premier edition for large corporations looking to manage and maintain repositories of XML information.
Oxygen is a high quality XML editor that allows you to validate and manage your XML documents, including XHTML. It offers validation and schema evaluation of your documents, as well as various XML languages like XPath and XHTML. Feature highlights: XML support, advanced CSS support, built-in validator, and international support as well as color coded XHTML editing.
PageBreeze Free HTML editor is a WYSIWYG editor that makes it easy to edit your Web pages. You can switch between WYSIWYG and source mode to check your HTML. And because it's made by FormBreeze.com you get the form integration right in the software so that your forms will work without any scripting or mailto issues.
EditLive! is a standard WYSIWYG HTML editor. It offers the ability to edit both in WYSIWYG mode and in HTML mode. One of the things I liked was that it has a built-in accessibility analyzer. This makes it easy to write accessible pages. But if it had an HTML validator I couldn't find one.
Do you have a Web editor that you absolutely love or positively hate? Write a review of your HTML editor and let others know which editor you think is the best.