Easy Building of Templates With CoffeeCup HTML Editor
The utilization of templates visibly simplifies the websites development process. The creation of a website template from the ground could involve a lot of time and various resources. This task become easier with the help of various ready made templates that could be modified according to a certain website requirements.
Currently used for the presentation of the content in modern websites are the (X)HTML / CSS based templates. The working principle of any template is represented by the content separation from website layout.
In this case the CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) controls the layout in an independent way from the (X)HTML content, such as the content editing does not affect the website appearance. With other words the presentation of the content can be changed any time by altering the desired CSS parameters.
The creation or modification of templates can be easily performed with WYSIWYG editors. A free to try editor that is being developed, used and improved since 12 years, is CoffeeCup HTML Editor.
It is a Windows software providing a full featured website development environment with a visual and a code editor, web page preview tool, ready made DHTML and JavaScript codes, graphics, CSS/XHTML layouts, templates and more.
CoffeeCup HTML Editor allows even to a beginner webmaster to make the desired HTML template or layout by starting from a ready made CSS / XHTML layout (there are available over 40 layouts). From the main menu, the user must select File – New From Layout option and then the desired type of layout.
Into the current page layout, the elements common to all website pages must be inserted. After the template finalization, it must be saved as a template from the main menu by selecting Save As Template option.
When you want to use the template, clicking the New From Template menu entry, a pop-up window will display all available templates. In the same time, by editing a predefined template from the application default ones, the user could obtain the desired result.
CoffeeCup HTML Editor could improve the work flow of advanced webmasters and help beginners to easily create websites and learn XHTML and CSS in a visual manner, by switching between code editor or visual editor view.
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