FTP or Notepad? Which is better?

Question

Does it matter which one you use for your website? I'm trying to start a website but when I saved a page in FTP, it didn't look the way I wanted it to. When I saved it in Notepad, it looked the way I wanted it to.

So if it's okay to use Notepad, how would I publish it? Where in the host would I go? I just see options for FTP.

Answer 1

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol, and its not an editor in itself. So I'm not sure what you mean about that paticuler question, but i can recommend that you continiue to use notepad, as hand-coding insures that the result is exactly as expected.

Another good editor would be Notepad++, this editor has support for syntax highlighting, along with tabbed editing. http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/s...

You can "publish", or upload your files using FTP, for this you either need to use the filemaneger on your host (if any), or a FTP client like the free filezilla - http://filezilla-project.org/ or SmartFTP which comes as a free trial, SmartFTP - http://www.smartftp.com/ used to be free for non-commercial use, but is not free anymore.

If you are unsure about how to setup your client, then you should follow a tutorial: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&fkt=1...

But generally you would have received the FTP login information in your mail and/or e-mail from your host, after you signed up.

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