Is there a good, free WYSIWYG editor for creating HTML using a Django template?

Question

I'm interested to get a free, WYSIWYG HTML editor that is compatible with Django template. Any ideas?

Answer 1

http://www.fckeditor.net/ ?

EDIT: Just found this: http://blog.newt.cz/blog/integration-fckeditor-django/

Answer 2

Thanks LainMH.

But I afraid fckeditor is used in web app, for the purpose of editing HTML. What I want is an editor that allows me to write HTML that is Django compatible.

Hope this clarifies the issue.

Answer 3

According to brief Googling (no personal experience with this), Aptana now supports Python development via Pydev. Pydev again can be configured to work with Django.

Thus I would expect Aptana to be usable with Django templates aswell, though I have no complete guide these links should be helpful :

• http://www.aptana.com/python
• http://pydev.blogspot.com/2006/09/configuring-pydev-to-work-with-django.html

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

I don't think any of the HTML based editors will work with the django templates, but rather the editable content areas within templates.

The process for creating / editing Django templates is really to create a standard HTML page first (with CSS & images etc), then make that into a base template. Then you create other templates that extend the base one.

The type or program typically used for editing the templates would be an IDE, although I prefer the lighter weight Textmate bundle for editing the templates (and Django python code). If you have an IDE, just google for a Python pluggin for Django.

What will probably help most is having the Django templates page open, or using a Django cheetsheet.

Answer 5

vim has syntax highlighting for Django template tags, works for me ^_^