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Is there a program that cleans up HTML?

Hey guys I was just wondering if there was a program out that would clean up html code. I ask this because when building a layout in photoshop, when you slice it and export it as html, the code is pretty nasty. Is there anything out that will change all the code to fit into a nice, proper format?

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http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/

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This is another one http://www.htmlvalidator.com/

But its not free like TIDY

hmm... i cant seem to figure out wat version of html tidy to download. anyone know which one i would need?

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You should just get dreamweaver. Thats a very powerful program. Nice, clean coding.

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Originally posted by LerewFan
You should just get dreamweaver. Thats a very powerful program. Nice, clean coding.

Not neccessarily. In general, it is suggested that you stay as far as you can away from any WYSIWYG editor. Dreamweaver, however, is a little different, as it has a code only view. If you use this view only, you should be ok.

Anyway, you really shouldn't depend on a program to tidy your (X)HTML. You should just write it 'clean' in the first place.

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well ya, but when photoshop exports it (saves alot of time), it will still look ugly in dreamweaver (unless dreamweaver has an option to tidy it up).

otherwise, maybe I should just save all the sliced images, and build the website in dreamweaver.

this is probally the best option, so does anyone know any good dreamweaver tutorials out there?

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Originally posted by ck2k01
well ya, but when photoshop exports it (saves alot of time), it will still look ugly in dreamweaver (unless dreamweaver has an option to tidy it up).

The HTML Photoshop exports is crap, and, as such, should not be used.

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Originally posted by ck2k01
otherwise, maybe I should just save all the sliced images, and build the website in dreamweaver.

You really should build your graphics around your content. Don't come up with an image layout first. The first thing you should do is decide what the content will be. And, then figure out what types of imagery will accent that content and really bring it to life.

Oh, and any basic text editor will do. No need for Dreamweaver. Notepad, PHPEdit, and any of the free Linux text editors (emacs, vi, vim, kate, et al) do the job perfectly.

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Originally posted by freak
The HTML Photoshop exports is crap, and, as such, should not be used.

When I make graphical layouts I do all the slicing and whatnot myself. Its probably easier than cleaning up that code from ps.

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I prefer dreamweaver or programs like it over notepad due to the easy preview ability, specially when you're trying to figure out wth some piece of code won't work.

I know switching to firefox and refreshing works too, but i can't be arsed. Just do it all in one program.