Geoff Welsh wrote:
Ed Mullen wrote:
Thee Chicago Wolf (MVP) wrote:
On 29/03/14 11:12, Ray_Net wrote:
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Did you not feel that it is there to permit to compose a mail in an
html
format.
I know that this composer is old, but, when i compose a VERY SIMPLE
web
page, it's wonderful.
I have Composer -.0.0-.1 showing as an installed Extension! This would
seem to imply that it is *not* necessary to have Composer installed!
So does this mean that there is enough capability with-in SM proper to
compose HTML e-mails already??
Yup. For email there is only very basic HTML 4.x requirement to send
HTML email. HTML5 is not required, not likely ever will be, for email.
Composer itself does not support HTML5. It defaults to a DOCTYPE of
4.01 Transitional which, today, is hideously outmoded. And, it won't
let you change it within the Composer program. You need to edit the
source in another program.
Look, the bottom line is:
If you don't know what you're doing you use a WYSIWYG program like
Composer.
And then you let it produce lousy code and post it online and wonder why
people have issues with viewing it.
Or, you are serious about making compliant Web pages. And you don't use
Composer or any other WYSIWYG editor. And you learn HTML and CSS and
write compliant pages that validate and display (nearly) the same way in
all major browsers.
At the very least you do NOT use Composer. If that is your last resort
then use Blue Griffon. At least it's not totally dead.
I haven't tried using it in years, so, I could be mistaken, however,
IIRC, Composer can be dangerous too....
In that if it is used to edit a page beyond it's "comprehension" it
can/does/will change stuff (code snippets) automatically to "comply"
with it's outdated sensibilities.
GW
I have used Composer many times to create and edit web sites with good
success. I use the WYSIWYG editor to get a visual layout and then go
right to the included text editor to fix it up. With a bit of practice,
a person can learn what to trust the WYSIWYG editor with and what not.
Yes, it will screw things up, so quit using it early in your project. I
use Notepad as well, especially for the CSS. I like the integration
with the browser to quickly see the results and since SeaMonkey follows
standards pretty well, I have only a few errors to fix when I submit the
pages to the W3C validators. I have been using an external FTP utility,
FileZilla, to move the files. I don't think the WYSIWYG editor needs to
be a high end tool at all, it just needs to work. Its more important to
have the quick tabs to the text editor and preview panes in order to
have a quick way to see the results of changes.
Its a shame Composer has been languishing. After all, I thought the
vision was "all in one, tightly integrated". Perhaps these can all
become plugins if they are not to be supported in the main product.
Allen
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