don said:
You could try what is arguably the most widely used html editor/platform for non-techies - the WordPress.blog engine. Besides it's default mediocre sorta-wysiwyg UI, you can get adapters to input markdown, RST, textile, etc.
you've been experimenting with that for a while now, don. something tells me that if it really worked, you would have some things that you would be willing to show us by now...
Pure, unadulterated HTML.
oh, it's .html, to be sure, but i wouldn't call it "unadulterated" in any way, and describing it with "pure" is simply laughable... evidently you haven't really looked at it, or its .css stylesheets. oh, and just for the record, wordpress doesn't actually _save_ content as .html files, but rather saves it in a mysql database. because saving content as .html files would be _very_messy_... *** but hey, let's say someone wants to give wordpress a whirl... i would suggest that that person check out pressbooks.com. i believe the site, which i have suggested before (but when do my first few suggestions ever get traction on this list?), is now out of beta... if not, it will be, soon, so check back... my guess is that you will find it unsatisfactory, but if not, please come back here and tell us. i like to be surprised. -bowerbird