So far we have looked at basic web authoring applications in Linux, starting from very basic text editing to WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editors. If you went through the whole series, you might be wondering about a complete application that can deliver both a WYSIWYG view for design and a code view for development. Here we have QuantaPlus, an app that can serve most if not all of your needs.
QuantaPlus comes as an application in the KDE Web Development Suite (if you are serious about Web Development we strongly recommend you to install QuantaPlus, KImageMapEditor and KLinkStatus on your computer). The software is rich in features, within the program you can manage your whole website, upload/download using FTP and edit your source code, seeing immediate effects.
When you open QuantaPlus, you will be greeted with a wealth of options. Do not fear though, because all the functionality is under your mouse cursor. By clicking "Style", "Tables", "Lists", "Forms" you can pretty much put everything that you want to in your website. Clicking on these tabs and further clicking on the icons gets you going in a very quick way. Just have a look at the screenshot and you will immediately see that you can click and design your pages and if you want further control you can proceed with the bottom pane showing you the codes. The program in this way is very flexible and allows you to work as you want to.
Considering working with DTD (Document Type Support)? QuantaPlus supports XML and DTD. Considering working with PHP? You are lucky, QuantaPlus offers native PHP support with code completion. Considering creating dialogs? QuantaPlus supports creating interfaces and linking actions/scripts to it as well. Considering CSS? Come on, you did not think QuantaPlus would not support CSS, did you? But do not think that these are the only functions that are promoted in this article. You can extend QuantaPlus's features with plugins, even set it for your application development environment. But we are not going too far because we are focusing on the web authoring features as a basic guide and we have a Web Development channel for specifics on coding.
Next: How QuantaPlus works with other KDE software, additional features and to whom we recommend the program.