burtoni Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 This is a follow up of my question in a previous post: What kind of editor is suitable for creating the pages with graphics (HTML)? I am not interested in a plain code editor like Notepad. Could these be any use to me?: HTML-Kit SiteSpinner V2 Zend Studio I am really looking for a free Editor, I suppose it can be HTML Editor because you can convert that later to PHP? Do you have any advice here? Would be pleased of a solution (only tips were Notepad++ and PhpEdit up to now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardsandwars Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Please try searching the forums for you error. I'm sure you'd be able to find answers to your questions much, much quicker. A quick search on a couple of different key phrases, like 'best html editor' returned these results. http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=150482&hl= http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=134634&hl= http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=125192&hl= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: As of Oct 2006, I'm not as active in this forum as I used to be, but I still work with osC quite a bit. If you have a question about any of my posts here, your best bet is to contact me though either Email or PM in my profile, and I'll be happy to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burtoni Posted July 18, 2005 Author Share Posted July 18, 2005 Oh thanks, didnt know you could use all those. A hitlist would be good, so the editors are ranked on a scale by the many users.... does that exist??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardsandwars Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 You can use *any* text editor. Some have features that are a little better than others. Of the free text editors, notepad++ is the best I've seen. However, I like to use UltraEdit. You have to pay for it ($39), but it combines the best features of a text editor with FTP capibilites. So you can use one application to FTP download the files from your webserver, edit them, and FTP upload them back. It also has advances search and replace capibiliites (regular expresssions), syntax highlighting, code folding, a function window (to find all functions on a page), bookmarking (!), and much, much more. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: As of Oct 2006, I'm not as active in this forum as I used to be, but I still work with osC quite a bit. If you have a question about any of my posts here, your best bet is to contact me though either Email or PM in my profile, and I'll be happy to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burtoni Posted July 18, 2005 Author Share Posted July 18, 2005 OK, I installed Notepad++ and PHP Designer 2005, but I couldnt get a single WYSIWYG preview of the code before uploading it back to Oscommerce via FTP ! Where do I select than option? Not to mention a previewed layout where I could directly change the aspect of my layout.... Please dont say all has to be edited in the php-code !? Why cant it be shown WYSIWYG like on the website localy ? That way you see immediately what the page will look like before uploading it to OsCommerce? If later is not possible, then it really puts me off... There are plenty of other free Onlineshops on the net where you can easily just add on the pictures you want and insert the items confortably to the store with immediate view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 OK, I installed Notepad++ and PHP Designer 2005, but I couldnt get a single WYSIWYG preview of the code before uploading it back to Oscommerce via FTP ! Where do I select than option?Not to mention a previewed layout where I could directly change the aspect of my layout.... Please dont say all has to be edited in the php-code !? Why cant it be shown WYSIWYG like on the website localy ? That way you see immediately what the page will look like before uploading it to OsCommerce? If later is not possible, then it really puts me off... There are plenty of other free Onlineshops on the net where you can easily just add on the pictures you want and insert the items confortably to the store with immediate view. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Basically the PHP code is not turned into HTML until the webserver does its magic, so you cant see what the PHP will produce until it has been requested from a server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardsandwars Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 , but I couldnt get a single WYSIWYG preview of the code before uploading it back to Oscommerce via FTP ! Where do I select than option?Not to mention a previewed layout where I could directly change the aspect of my layout.... Mike is correct. If you install php locally on your pc, and install MySQL locally on your pc (both of which are more trouble than they are worth) then you can 'preview' how your site looks before you upload it to the server. However, it is not possible to use a 'wysiwyg' to 'design' your website in php. You must make all of the edits manually, in text mode. Often, I find the best way to do it is to design an html site, and then splice it up, and integrate it into the osc site. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: As of Oct 2006, I'm not as active in this forum as I used to be, but I still work with osC quite a bit. If you have a question about any of my posts here, your best bet is to contact me though either Email or PM in my profile, and I'll be happy to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burtoni Posted July 18, 2005 Author Share Posted July 18, 2005 Often, I find the best way to do it is to design an html site, and then splice it up, and integrate it into the osc site. That sounds interesting, how is that done? I did a course lately on Dreamweaver and know that you can convert HTML to PHP in one mouseclick there, but I dont have Dreamweaver at home. Can you do that in Notepad++? I would be pleased to hear more instructions.... instead of trying it out and messing it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardsandwars Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 I did a course lately on Dreamweaver and know that you can convert HTML to PHP in one mouseclick there... No, I'm sorry, but it's just not going to be that easy. Normally, I take an html, and split it up into various sections, and put it into the header.php, footer.php, column_left.php, column_right.php, index.php, and stylesheet.css. Also, you can modify your infoboxes by editing each one individually, but the infobox php classes are a real bear to work with. Basically, you'll have to 'merge' the html from the template you create, into the existing php of oscommerce, in text mode, one page at a time. IN some places you'll actually have to 'embed' the html in php strings, which is where people that aren't familiar with php usually get confused. Bottom line, though, is that there is no easy way, no one click convert, no gui mode, to edit your store to make it look like you want. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: As of Oct 2006, I'm not as active in this forum as I used to be, but I still work with osC quite a bit. If you have a question about any of my posts here, your best bet is to contact me though either Email or PM in my profile, and I'll be happy to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burtoni Posted July 18, 2005 Author Share Posted July 18, 2005 What a begger ... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpsp900 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 What a begger ... ;) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi Try a program called Rapid PHP 2005 Very cool piece of software that do the php editing and converting easily with colors and numbers as well. you can try it at http://www.blumentals.net/ they have nice little editors, cheap as well I think.. good luck andy www.tekspot.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardsandwars Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 A couple of points about gpsp's post. first, so as not to confuse anyone reading this thread, the suggested tool is NOT a gui based tool. It does NOT allow you edit your PHP is DESIGN mode, or drag and drop objects into your php webpage. Such a thing does not exist. It also will not allow you to 'preview' your php page, unless you have php compiled locally on your server. Additionally, it is a commercial product ($30), and if you are going to pay for a php text editor, you are better off purchaseing one that had FTP capabilites. UltraEdit is about the same price, and offers FTP capabilities, so you can easilyFTP download your script, edit, and ftp upload back to the server as easily as using the 'open' and 'save' icons in MS Word. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: As of Oct 2006, I'm not as active in this forum as I used to be, but I still work with osC quite a bit. If you have a question about any of my posts here, your best bet is to contact me though either Email or PM in my profile, and I'll be happy to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burtoni Posted July 20, 2005 Author Share Posted July 20, 2005 Thanks both, and thanks Chris for underlining my point of view that this is just a text-code program without design. *CLOSE* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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