web page editor cross compattability

[Ceiber Boy]

are web page editors cross compatible?

meaning if a web page was generated in program A would it be editable in program B?

also what program in Ubuntu could be used to edit a web page?

this is one area of computing that I'm not very knowledgeable at so any links to explanations or suggested reading would be appreciated.

Many Thanks

[aaaantoine]

These are called WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get) editors. And basically, it depends on whether the editor is any good. ;)

Short answer, yes. As long as the markup is standards compliant, the contents should render the same in any editor that is also standards compliant.

Shorter answer? Don't use Frontpage. -_-

(Mind you, that sentiment is probably antiquated. I haven't touched Front Page in 15 years, nor any other WYSIWYG editor -- except DreamWeaver in the mid 00's -- since then.)

[Ctrl-Alt-F1]

I use Visual Studio at work and Gedit, NotePad ++ at home. If you're serious about web design I suggest that you learn the mark-up at some point anyway. It can make all the difference. Then you can use ANY text editor to create your website.

[rejinarudo]

Thanks for asking.

are web page editors cross compatible?
There is no web page editor which is "cross compatible" but there is "cross-platform". Meaning, the application has Linux, Windows, or Mac OS versions.

meaning if a web page was generated in program A would it be editable in program B?
Yes. Web pages are basically "text" files. They can be edited in any web page editor* in any operating system.
* assuming that the editor can support the markup language.

also what program in Ubuntu could be used to edit a web page?
I'm a web developer and in my own opinion, the best web page editor out there for Ubuntu or any kind of Linux is Quanta Plus. But I don't really like WYSIWYG editors, I prefer to use the native gedit in creating my webpages.

[Ceiber Boy]

Thank you!

[samalex]

If you're looking for a non-WYSIWYG editor I'd suggest NetBeans since it's supported on OSX, Linux, and Windows, plus it has some great database support built in.

http://platform.netbeans.org/tutorials/nbm-htmleditor.html

NetBeans is a very powerful IDE and works with lots of languages as well, so it's neat to have a single IDE that does it all.

Eclipse is another one that's cross platform, but I like the simplistic approach of NetBeans. Eclipse is almost overkill in most cases IMO anyway.