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First rate_Tools_for_your_Web_Authoring
| First-rate Tools for your Web Authoring
Indeed, if you want to make your mark in the wide, wide Web, you
would not need an expensive software package to create and post
your very own Website. Even if you don’t have money to spare,
many HTML editors and FTP clients are available that does not
charge much. Some even do not charge at all. With these HTML
editors and FTP clients hanging around, what’s the use of
troubling yourself understanding all the features of web
development software packages?
Well, that’s the scenario if you are simply dreaming of “having”
a Website. But if you are keen on “making” your own mark in the
Web, and really interested in authoring it, brand it with your
very own style and technique, then you need reliable and useful
web development tools.
To help you take your Web authoring to a higher level, we
introduce you to Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX and Adobe's GoLive
6. These are web authoring tools that strive to make data
movement simple within their own suite of products. These two
top notch web development tools also allow Web development team
members to swap tasks with one another more easily.
So, let’s get to know these new tools… With Dreamweaver MX,
Macromedia again placed new interfaces, as it always has done to
its latest products. But, this $399 Web design package (upgrade,
$199) gives option to use the old version4 workspace. It is
enhanced with more integration unlike previous versions which
were separate, disintegrated programs. Thus, it gave way to a
suite-ification with panels that now function in the same way as
the panels in Flash and in Macromedia's Fireworks image editing
program. It has a new look wherein panels are docked instead of
floating on the screen to reduce clutter. A new row of tabs
along the top of the screen places layout, table, text, form,
and other common functions, making it easily accessible.
Dreamweaver MX has Rich CSS Support, Code Editing Support,
Cross-Browser Validation, Secure FTP which full encrypt file
transfers and prevent unauthorized access to data and files and
Built-in Graphic Editors.
Meanwhile, Adobe focuses itself on making the lives of Web
development team members easier. Through GoLive version 6, you
are allowed to convert artwork from other Adobe Software
programs into animation-ready objects while retaining the
ability to edit them in their native application. It is really
quite a family integration since GoLive version 6 is designed to
integrate with other softwares of Adobe, Photoshop, Illustrator,
After Effects, and LiveMotion.
Included in the $399 GoLive 6 (upgrade, $99) package is the
WebDAV-based Web Workgroup Server, which facilitates file
sharing. Other new features are a view that can show code and
layout simultaneously in two windows and full support for
Photoshop source files, text, and vector layers.
No doubt about it, these latest packages offered by Macromedia
and Adobe are high-quality tools that go well with their other
development software. It’s integration at its best. -30-
About the author:
Kay Zetkin discovered the pleasure of writing through her daily
journals as a teen-ager. Writing in it helped sort out her
thoughts, relieve her feelings and record what she observes of
the world.
For her, writing is an effective tool to express your
viewpoints... To write is already to choose, thus, writing
should be done along with a critical mind and a caring soul. She
hopes to become more professional, skilled and mature in her
craft.
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