Review: CoffeeCup Software: HTML Editor

Although I use WordPress for most of my websites these days, there are still times when a simple HTML page works best.  This is especially true if you are a new webmaster and are trying to learn HTML, or if you’re a busy webmaster and don’t want to hassle with remembering all of the tags and syntax.

When it comes to HTML editors, you have lots of choices.  Some are quite expensive and others are actually free.  With the free ones, you usually get what you pay for.  Most of the lower end editors tend to be “buggy” at best.  On the other end of the spectrum, you can get a robust and reliable application with a hefty price tag.  Wouldn’t it be nice if you could get the best of both worlds?  Well, you can.

For several years now, CoffeeCup HTML editor has been my editor of choice.  It’s quick, full-featured and works like a champ.  Seriously, I’ve tried a lot of HTML editors (and I do mean a lot) and only one of them impressed me more than CoffeeCup HTML editor.  That was Adobe Dreamweaver (with a hefty $300+ price tag).  When I did a head-to-head comparison of the two applications, I didn’t find Dreamweavers advantages to be worth the huge price difference.  That’s why I chose to stick with CoffeeCup.

Here are a few things I really like about CoffeeCup HTML Editor:

• It incorporates both a plain text and a WYSIWYG editor.  Using the WYSIWYG editor to do something and then looking at the plain text editor to see how it really was done, is a great way for new webmasters to learn HTML.
• It is very intuitive.  There are lots of “one-click” options to add elements to your website.
• CoffeeCup HTML editor includes tons of included code snippets that you can incorporate into your website quickly and easilly.
• It also includes website templates that you can modify, thus saving you lots of time.
• They offer a free, light version of the software and offer a free trial of the full version.  You get two ways to “try before you buy.”
• Upgrades are included.  Whenever I sign in to my CoffeeCup account, I can see updates to the software that I’ve purchased and I can download them for free.  How cool is that? 
• Their customer service is the best! 

Folks, I’m really quite impressed by this software and I believe that, once you try it, you’ll be impressed too.

Head on over to the CoffeeCup website  to see their HTML editor and full line of excellent web design and management software.

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