I know, I know. I’ve left this blog unattended for quite a while.
Truth is, I’ve been working on other websites that I consider more
demanding because of the nature of their contents. I have to post
something to The Bible Workshop and Your Daily Inspiration
because these are the sites that people refer to for work in the
Church. Not that webmastering does not hold any importance when ranged
against church ministry. On the contrary, it is also ministry and the
kind that is behind those two sites mentioned. However, on topics that
directly pertain to the work of webmastering — like HTML, web design,
techie stuff — there are others offering better content than I do.
Working on Scriptures has not drawn me away entirely from the
web-things I’ve been monitoring. Beerwin for example has released
WebSuite 2.0. He announced earlier that it would be ready by
Christmas, but the guy has anticipated his scheduled release by a
number of days. And man, I tell you the work is beautiful, and the
screenshot below does no justice to it.
BeerWin’s Websuite 2.0 is your All-In-One web design software. It
has PlainHTML6, CSnipper,Auto-Backup and MultiNotepad with a host of
other applications (like a CSV viewer and a File Viewer) that anyone
who manually designs webpages would appreciate. One added application
I was not expecting was the File Viewer. I already have the free
Universal Viewer from UVViewSoft
and have been using it quite extensively. BeerWin’s addition of the
File Viewer in WebSuite 2.0 makes it easier for me to survey and
organize my work environment.
PlainHTML is simply wonderful. I use it for formatting my webpages
before copying and pasting them into the WordPress blogs I employ in my
sites. The control panel is simply a smorgasbord of features designed
to help the web designer with his work.
It will probably take me awhile to try out the features of the new
WebSuite 2.0. Give me some time to work through it and perhaps I’ll
have something decent to say about it. For the moment, I am working
with PlainHTML for those articles I have to produce for my students.
PCWorld
Beerwin PlainHTML is a very
powerful, and very free, tool for editing HTML and many other
Web-related formats, such as CSS, PERL, and PHP. It is, first and
foremost, a text tool--not WYSIWYG. Thus, it requires a strong
knowledge of HTML and an ability to visualize what the page will look
like based on the raw code--though, of course, you can preview pages
during development!
The interface is as clean as it can be given the scope of the
program. Beerwin PlainHTML wants to be a "one stop shop" for web
development, and includes many tools to make an HTML developer's life
easier. Easy table creation, color selection, CSS editing, unusual
characters (such as the copyright symbol), and so on, are all available
from the well designed toolbar. Even relatively obscure tags, such as
MySQL access, can be quickly inserted. (Bear in mind that this editor
just provides the skeleton; the developer must still fill in the bulk
of the details.)
Beerwin PlainHTML shows the structure of your document in an outline
window, allowing quick navigation as well as highlighting missing or
improper structure. Beerwin Plain HTML makes the assumption you know
what you're doing, and will not prevent you from making "incorrect"
edits -- though it does provide you the tools you need to find them and
fix them.
In addition to HTML support, Beerwin Plain HTML offers syntax
highlighting for PHP, CSS, and JavaScript. It supports the creation of
PERL files but doesn't offer any direct formatting help for them. Last,
it comes with a suite of useful add-on tools, including a code snippet
manager, a multi-document Notepad replacement, and a file backup
program.
Beerwin Plain HTML is completely free, with no locked features or
limited time trials. If you do any HTML editing and are not 100%
committed to your current tool, it is well worth checking out.
Note: This link takes you to the vendor's site, where you can download the latest version of the software.
--Ian Harac
Snapfiles: “HTML editor with lots of useful tools”
by Nick Mead
If you are one of the old school coders that likes to build webpages
in the traditional way then you'll probably get a lot out of this tool.
This non-WYSIWYG HTML/PHP editor helps you if you need some XML editing
(code, not content) as PlainHtml will help you by highlighting the
syntax.
The program includes command tools, preprogrammed blocks,
previsualise functions to preview your developments, CGI/PHP/HTML tools
and help ion creating tables and navigation bars notes and labels. Like
a conventional HTML editor, PlainHTML also allows you to modify the
attributes of chains of characters (sources, colors, sizes etc) and to
add connections, images and other objects with a simple selection. This
is a complete and solid editor that can really bring out the best in
your HTML skills or at least speed up development time.
The only major drawback is that for those unfamiliar with HTML,
there's very little to help you get up and running with the program.
“Editor HTML con intérprete de comandos”
Por Jordi Bonet
Beerwin`s PlainHTML es un editor HTML con una serie de funciones y
herramientas pensadas para facilitarte el desarrollo de páginas web.
Entre éstas, se encuentra un interprete de comandos, varias
plantillas con bloques preprogramados, funciones para probar tus
desarrollos, referencias CGI/PHP/HTML, herramientas para diseñar
tablas, crear barras de navegación notas, etiquetas, entre otras
funciones.
Al igual que en los editores HTML convencionales, Beerwin`s
PlainHTML también permite modificar los atributos de cadenas de
caracteres (fuentes, colores, tamaños y demás), añadir enlaces,
imágenes y otros objetos con una simple selección.
En definitiva, un completo y eficiente entorno para programar y poner a prueba tus desarrollos en HTML.
User reviews
Plain HTML program
I wish to thank you for the excellent HTML editor you have created. I used [not shown] for over a year and was very happy with it, until I started having some unexplained problems with it. So I looked around and found your program through snapfiles.
The look and ease of use and the design are superior. I haven't used it long, just a few days, but it seems to have all the features I need to modify and work on pages.
Thank you.
Todd Hively - [sent in via e-mail]
Plain html excellent
Interface: 5
Features: 4
Ease of use: 4
Value: 5
Overall:
I have learned basic html on my own by trial and error and now at age 66 I finally found something that helps me understand and learn. Besides, once I have done my codes I cut and paste the page to Beerwin's HTML and it shows me where my mistakes are. First time tonight I only had about 6 mistakes. Thank you for being here.
I would have featured Beerwin’s PlainHTML a few months ago but I decided to wait for the one feature which I felt was lacking then: the word wrap. Now that the feature has been included Beerwin’s PlainHTML has become one of the better freeware HTML editors available on the web today. It is true however that it still lacks one feature that I want to see in an excellent HTML editor: an FTP facility. But that can wait. With the present tools and features of PlainHTML, the absence of an integrated FTP application is more than compensated for.