leupi said:
I was wondering if anyone here used the Quanta HTML editor on Linux. I
am trying to figure out if I can use it to create templates that would
can be used for all of my pages the way that I could when I used
Dreamweaver. Right now, when I make a change to the basic design I need
to go to each individual page with that same change, yuck...
If you separate your html markup as much as possible from your
css presentational instructions, then a change to the
presentation should require changing only one file, namely the
css one. This is something that is quite independent of the
editor you use.
However, if you change the html markup, then you do need to
change all the pages. There are some remarkably powerful yet easy
ways to do this. I do this all the time with search and Replace
functions. If you don't know about this, either read your editors
manual on this function or ask further here and I would be happy
to give more detailed tips.
There is another way to reduce the workload when making html mark
up changes. For example, if you re making a set of pages and you
suddenly find it growing to more than expected numbers, you might
need to change navigation details. Instead of a page navigation
of 9, you might want to add a 10th. I mentioned the S & R way of
doing this. Here is another way: put such things in a text file
of their own and use server side "includes" in your html mark-up.
When you want to change such things, you need only change the
text file. The server will do the rest. Read up about includes or
ask further about them.
There are ways to avoid the need for DW type automation in your
developments. Simple tools, a lot with a little. As far as I can
see, DW users do very little with a lot.