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Soniclight -> CSS: TRUE WYSIWYG Viewing and/or External Editor? (1/17/2004 2:26:43)
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Having come to webauthoring from a graphics design background, that's one of the main reasons I chose FP 03. Having to get into CSS due to involved MySQL/PHP script for my new domain, and frustrated with FP or perhaps simply the general not-as-WYSIWYG way of working with CSS.
Seems you have to go tag by tag by tag, be it embedded or externally linked and no way to see results right away it seems. Due to this piece by piece by piece modality, I end up losing my concentration and give up. I like to work with a page's design full viewable (i.e. Preview-ed).
Q-1: Is there anything within FP that would offer the same Design, Split, Preview type of thing as with HTML? I'm aware CSS is a whole different animal, but there must be an easier, more intuitive, design friendly way?
Q-2: What would be the simplest way to get as close to such a way in FP if I'm missing the boat or not getting this right?
If such easier modality in FP is not available:
Q-3: Is there an affordable (under USD $70) truly WYSIWYG CSS editor that would Preview as FP does with HTML with a file such as index.php of my MySGL script's database (the latter being all CSS driven by one or more Style.css files)?
Now, I downloaded DHE, which is a nicely made freeware WYSIWYG CSS/DHTML program, but you can't just open up or copy/paste in a .css into it and "Preview" code as it should look -- and you have to save it in their program native .dhe format. Same goes for opening a .css file. Has to be .dhe.
In short, it seems like one has to export .css files from whatever editors to a browser to view the tag you just tweaked, then go back into editor, tweak code, export, tweak, export, etc. A real hassle.
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And I may also be totaly off my rocker here, but I'm just learning to get into CSS, so forgive my probable ignorance on this WYSIWYG matter.
Thanks.
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