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I don’t have any suggestions, just wanted to pop in and share my dismay that there doesn’t seem to be anything quite like what you’re looking for. I started in

I don’t have any suggestions, just wanted to pop in and share my dismay that there doesn’t seem to be anything quite like what you’re looking for. I started in plain HTML/refresh IE back in the day, and Dreamweaver (for all its many _many_ flaws) did a great job. I really wonder how many young web engineers aren’t having their calling realized because of this simple gap - being able to write in a WYSIWYG editor and view the source, alter it, learn what the HTML and CSS were doing, and instantly see the results, was inspiring for me. I wonder how different it would’ve been to have the editor just push the work out to WordPress or whatever and never really get to see the inner workings.

dv35z 3y ago
Completely agree - without getting too dramatic, for such an important open standard (HTML) its surprising we don't have a open-source locally-run easy to use, visual authoring tool for HTML websites (and I'll throw Markdown in the mix here, because with tools like https://www.markdownguide.org/tools/markdeep/ https://www.markdownguide.org/tools/markdeep/, useful crossover is possible). Share this page with people who are passionate about this topic, and perhaps we can gather experts to rally behind an open-source initiative or start one.