TopStyle Support and Development has Ended

TopStyle has been discontinued and support is no longer available. The forum is read-only. NOTE: TopStyle was not developed by the makers of CSS HTML Validator.
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TopStyle Support and Development has Ended

Post by Albert Wiersch »

Unfortunately, the developer of TopStyle, Stefan van As, told me on 2015-10-09 that he is phasing out TopStyle. Therefore, TopStyle support and development has now ended.

This does not affect CSS HTML Validator.

TopStyle page with hot-fixes:
https://www.htmlvalidator.com/topstyle/
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Re: TopStyle Support and Development Ending

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To bad.
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Any recommendations on a replacement?
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Re: TopStyle Support and Development Ending

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This really is bad news! :(

Now I suppose I'll have to look again at the opposition:

Webuilder ($)
CoffeCup HTML Editor ($)
Notepad++ (free)
Brackets (free)

There are others, but these seem to be the best.

Bring back HomeSite is all I can say.
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RoyReed wrote:This really is bad news! :(

Now I suppose I'll have to look again at the opposition:

Webuilder ($)
The RapidCSS editor from the above looks interesting. I don't need all that PHP and javascript stuff.
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Re: TopStyle Support and Development Ending

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This is bad news indeed. I find it a bit harsh, that you have to deliver the "death notification", no official statement from the developer whatsoever. At least he should pass this project on.
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TopStyle 5 will continue to be a very productive editor for many years, even without official support. There's no urgency to find a replacement :D
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Re: TopStyle Support and Development Ending

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A shame that Stefan could not contact all of the valid licence holders about this.

Is he just abandoning it or will he offer it up to another developer to continue its development?

I had been waiting for news on the newsgroups, even asking where he was but nothing until I checked today.
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What is this?
I bought a Topstyle license on november 11. Not one single Word about this on the home page.
So extremely unethical. :(
Wasted Money.
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I don't think it's wasted money. The editor is extremely useful and versatile and should remain so for years. I've used it for several years, having been a Homestyle user and i haven't found anything to tempt me away. Even the flash new JavaScript/HTML 5 Visual Studio Code and Brackets can't match (in my view) TopStyle's ease of use. You bought a good piece of software.
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Correct, it is not wasted as it is STILL a very good developer tool However since it is NO LONGER supported the price should be halved and details about it being unsupported clearly displayed.

I recall not that long ago an advertisement about Topstyle, thinking it was about the non support information, but nothing about that at all.
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I use TopStyle all the time, ever since it was an addon for HomeSite. I still use vs 2 lite for quick stuff and even forced HomeSite 4 to keep using it. Don't ask me how as I have totally forgotten. Even have HomeSite running on Win 10, hehe.
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I'm afraid TopStyle has been discontinued. We stopped selling TopStyle a couple of weeks ago. I will keep the web site up for a few more weeks. Should someone then need to re-download TopStyle, then you can do so here: https://archive.org/details/topstyle50
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Re: TopStyle Support and Development Ending

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Good news. Albert has generously offered to keep hosting a TopStyle web site, plus these great TopStyle forums. Also, we're working on a hotfix. When it is ready, I will then announce the hotfix here. Thanks!
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Re: TopStyle Support and Development Ending

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TopStyle 5.0.0.105 is available! Please download the latest TopStyle hot-fix here: https://www.htmlvalidator.com/topstyle/
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