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If your web pages tend to have many lists, drop-down menus, categorized links, or long paragraph / DIV sections, this visual plugin can help you create and maintain them. It also makes it easier to edit, sort and even share data with other documents.

Even if you aren't using XSLT on your sites, you've probably considered using RSS feeds to keep your visitors informed. The ability to quickly preview RSS and convert to HTML is one of the options you get with this XSL transformations plugin.

Still thinking about registering HTML-Kit? See how you can get your hands on the latest and the greatest plugins faster, while supporting HTML-Kit.

So if there's a new year's resolution for HTML-Kit . . .

Need to create multiple pages from a single template file? This plugin adds a graphical interface that makes it easier to create duplicates. It can also check if any of the duplicates would overwrite existing files, before starting the batch process.

If you've been using HTML-Kit plugins for a while, you've probably used one of his plugins. In addition to the many plugins he has contributed, he has written an article about the IMG tag that's easy to understand even if you're just getting started. Check out his recently upgraded virtual playground and find out what else he is up to.

So you think the favicons are nothing more than eye candy? With this brand new feature in FavIcon from Pics, you might find other uses for it. In addition to generating a favicon, it gives you the option to display scrolling text near the address bar, which is one of the most visible areas in a browser window. You could use this feature to show a news flash about your site, a brand name, the domain name or other custom label.

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Now for the first time you can create animated favicons with FavIcon from Pics in seconds using any image. Along with the static favicon.ico, it generates a basic optional animation (more animation modes are in the works).

Want to know how HTML-Kit got started? This page has answers to some frequently asked questions and other possibly interesting questions.

If your pages tend to contain many text links, this plugin makes it easier to link the selected text using the right click menu. It can also filter out special characters so you can create safe plain text links, optionally with ID / NAME attributes.

Need a little break from listening to music on your iPod? Listen to (and watch in color/picture models) what this HTML-Kiter :), who shall remain nameless, created using iTunes and a few HTML-Kit plugins. After downloading the *.m4b file, play it in iPod, iTunes or QuickTime 7+. Warning: you'll be wasting valuable 1:36, at least.

Spending too much time looking for text and code in open files? See how much easier it can be by test driving HTML-Kit's SearchExt add-on. No need to create complex expressions to find multiple lines or simple variations -- use plain-text with wildcards instead. It also makes it easier to find values inside HTML / XML attributes. If you need to use regex, pick from ready-to-use regex snippets or create your own.

Ignacio has made many contributions to HTML-Kit including his popular plugins. He's also an experienced PHP developer. Wonder which plugins Ignacio picked to work on PHP and CSS files? You can read about his picks in hkSetupPlus.

Remember the 'old' days of the Web when you didn't have much control over how your pages looked? These days most sites use stylesheets, but content is still the king. This plugin makes it easier to preview your pages with and without CSS.

If you're editing text and HTML documents that have extra spaces at the end of lines, the process of trimming such lines can take some time. This plugin can help by automating the removal of end-of-line whitespace.

Need to convert blocks of text or HTML to htp.p() statements? This plugin makes it easier to create htp.p lines and convert them back to text / HTML. It also provides options for commenting / uncommenting lines and inserting related tags.

Still installing plugins the old-fashioned way? The new Updates tab can be used to install plugins more quickly and easily, while avoiding incomplete downloads.

Looking for a quick way to copy a part of a page and paste it with HTML tags? This FAQ describes how you can drag and drop browser content as HTML or plain text in HTML-Kit.

Thank you for using HTML-Kit and showing your support. Special thanks goes to plugin authors for helping others who use HTML-Kit by adding new possibilities and personalities.

hkSetupPlus makes it easier to use hundreds of optional tools written for HTML-Kit, even if you're just getting started, by automating the installation of most additions and updates.

Prefer plugins that can perform multiple functions? This plugin adds several options for working with comments and for using the selected text to generate hyperlinks, tables, numeric entities and file names.

If you like having information on paper, you can make a handy print out of your favorite plugins. Booklets that contain information about plugins, categorized by plugin author and topic, are also available as PDF files.

Find, select and insert custom snippets using the keyboard with this TagsReminder-inspired interface. You can now test drive the beta version and send your feedback.

So you've installed dozens of plugins and wondering if any of the plugins have been updated since. hkDLPlusHelper makes it easier to check if there are any updates for the currently installed plugins.

New plugins interface, with support for Windows and Macs . . .

View and create tutorials with this newest addition to HTML-Kit. Whether you're interested in creating tutorials or presentations for your clients, hkTutorialViewer can be used to quickly create simple audio visuals.

Now you can read HTML-Kit Frequently Asked Questions in Dutch, thanks to Gerard. He also wrote the Dutch main menu plugin. If you get a chance, please visit his page and drop a note to show your support.

Prefer to get your information from real-world questions and answers? Now you can read 300+ handpicked answers to common questions posted on HTML-Kit support forums through this index page.

This entry is not related to HTML-Kit, but I can't curb my enthusiasm. What a great and exciting moment!

Looking for a quick way to test mailto addresses or even send email to addresses in your HTML files while editing? This plugin makes it possible to right click and send email to the address at the cursor.

This FAQ describes how to quickly toggle word-wrap on and off using the main menu, keyboard or a mouse click.

Need to flip lines? With this plugin you can simply highlight and click to move lines at the bottom to the top in reverse order.

Spending too much time trying to find text in open files? HTML-Kit's new SearchExt makes it easier to just search. No need to create complex expressions to find multiple lines or simple variations -- use plain-text with wildcards. It also makes it easier to find values inside HTML / XML attributes and words that sound-alike. If you have to use regex, access to ready-to-use regex snippets is a click away.

The early versions of HTML-Kit provided the first graphical interface to Tidy and the Editor+Output split view that's in use today. The latest Tidy plugin makes it easier for plugin authors to build new features around it.

For over 8 years, HTML-Kit and hundreds of related tools have been available free of charge under its Personal License. If it has helped your business and if you'd like to show your support, you can contribute by registering.

If you liked the X-Ray control on the HTML-Kit Find dialog, this plugin takes it to the next level. With this plugin you'll be able to see through editors and the HTML-Kit window.

If you still haven't tried adding a favicon to your page, you can generate, preview and validate a favicon using this tool.

The tiny Workspace icon on the bottom left corner of the HTML-Kit window can be used to toggle the Workspace window on and off. This document describes how to create and use a keyboard shortcut to do the same.

If the labels on the Actions Bar appear too small on your system, the default tab font can be changed as described in this FAQ.

Need more screen space? HTML-Kit's full screen view can be used to preview web pages in a kiosk-like mode or to dip into more lines in the editor.

The default white background used by the editor windows can become too bright to look at over time, but it's easy to change it to a more comfortable color.

Did you know that you can create your own plugins? The Plugins Generator's drag-and-drop graphical interface makes it easier to design plugins, even if you're just getting started with HTML-Kit. Translations available in Dutch, French, German and Spanish.

Relative paths make it easier to move pages from the local computer to a web server or from one directory to another. HTML-Kit's image wizard can calculate the relative path for you.

The F6 keyboard shortcut can be used to repeat the very last HTML-Kit plugin action. The Recall Menu takes this feature to the next level by providing direct access to the recently used actions from a single location.

If the auto-detect feature didn't add Firefox to the list of browsers accessible from HTML-Kit, this FAQ describes how to make sure that it's listed. Optionally, you can preview in IE and Mozilla/Gecko side by side.

There are several ways to perform some of the common functions in HTML-Kit. This FAQ describes more than a dozen ways to open files.

The MarkUp Validation Service provided by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is one of the most used validators on the web. HTML-Kit makes it possible to validate the current HTML / XHTML file in the editor with a single click.

A single clipboard isn't enough to keep up with your Ctrl+C? Let the Pick and Paste feature maintain a history of copied text for you and forget about it!

Interested in writing HTML-Kit plugins in Delphi? Check out this small demo and extend it with your own code.

Generate VBScript code for appending a block of text to a string variable, create multiple versions of output statements and quickly comment / uncomment code with this plugin.

Want to double check the favicon on your web page? In addition to making it easier to check the favicon files and tags, this first comprehensive favicon validator can provide suggestions on how to improve compatibility.

Need a little help invoking your favorite DOM tool? This plugin makes it easier to open external programs for viewing the Document Object Model, such as the Mozilla DOM Inspector.

So you want to check how your browser settings related to cookies are working? This page can be used to test if cookies are getting accepted or rejected as configured.

Is the extra space in front of </TD> tags creating problems? This plugin can remove any spaces in between the content and the closing TD tag.

Looking for a way to test your favicon before uploading it to your web site? The HTML-Kit User Assistant provides a temporary test bed for you favicon. Once you login, select "Services" for details.

About to start a task that use LI, P, IMG, TABLE or other particular tag? Don't forget to take a quick look at the plugins page for that tag; a plugin written for that task just might already be there.

HTML-Kit can be used to edit Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) files. This FAQ describes how to install the plugins and add the file extensions that can make it easier to edit SMIL files.

Need more than display-only soft wrapping? This plugin can be used to wrap the selected text at a specific column. It also provides an option to preview the wrapped text in the Output window.

Check out what others have to say about FavIcon from Pics or create a favicon for your page in seconds.

Create favicons for address bars, favorites and tabs, from pictures, logos and other existing graphics.

Online image splitter for creating navigation bars and image grids.