Online text editor

Question

I am looking for an simple online text editor that will load an online file (CSS) and allow a user to make changes then save the file to their desktop. Syntax highlighting would be nice, but not necessary.

I found Edit Pad which would be ideal, except I need to be able to load the content into it. Most of the users I help need step-by-step instructions and would be making minimal changes to the css like colors and image urls. Having an editor like this would make it easier for me to help them (some have edited their css files and saved it as a rtf).

Edit: I have a site (php & jQuery) that I could host a program - something like CKEditor (but I don't see a "save file to desktop" option).

Answer 1

I would just use Google for that,

http://docs.google.com

With Google Docs, you can collaboratively change the file. Just make sure you save it using "Download File As Text". No syntax highlighting, syntax check though.

You can simply load the content yourself and invite the other party as editor. They don't have to worry about loading it at all.

Answer 2

You could give Bespin a try: https://bespin.mozilla.com/ It's still in beta, but not bad for how new it is.

Answer 3

CssMate can help you for creating and editing your css files

But more than that if you also wish to optimize your css files,there are great online tools for that such as

Css Optimizer
Css Validation Service

Answer 4

You can write a small PHP script that grabs a URL's contents and posts it to a pastebin and then redirects you there. This script posts to http://pastebin.com/

<?php
  /* Get the contents of the url in the query */
  $url = $_GET['url'];
  $ch = curl_init($url);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
  echo curl_error($ch);
  $content = curl_exec($ch);      
  curl_close($ch);

  /* Create a Pastebin from the contents */
  $action = 'http://pastebin.com/pastebin.php';
  $postdata = array(
    'format' => 'text',
    'paste' => 'Send',
    'code2' => urlencode($content)
  );
  foreach($postdata as $key=>$value) {
    $postdata_string .= $key.'='.$value.'&';
  }
  rtrim($postdata_string,'&');

  $ch = curl_init($action);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postdata_string);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
  curl_exec($ch);

  // *** Redirect to Pastebin ***
  header("Location: ".curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL));

  /*
    Make sure that any code below
    does not get executed when we redirect.
  */
  exit;
?>