Adobe GoLive 6.0 Upgrade

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Summary: Truly improved, powerful with the new Web Workgroup Server!!
Review: I stepped over GoLive a few years back, don't remember which version, but didn't get into it then.
I decided to get into it now during version 5 however, with the free upgrade to version 6, since I couldn't be bothered waiting for it to reach the market!
However the user-friendlyness has been improved a lot with GL6 and it is now not only a lot stronger and yes, slower, but also a bit easier to get around.

Oh, dear I forgot to mention the diagrams when I submitted this review the first time!! They have appered to me as the best thing yet with GL - just because I find them very useful. When you first start a site up (you can do it later too of course), you have the ability to create a site diagram, OK that might not be that revolutionary.. What is so great about them is that you can create them with different symbols from the objects palette; database, PDF, page etc and once you've set them up GL actually creates a site with all the pages you've specified in the diagram. Further more you can show the diagram as a PDF or SVG file to your client online! Of course you can use the diagram as a reference throughout the design process.

I was recommended GL years ago by fellow webdesigners in London who told me that it would be good for me since I don't know html and that way I would learn it. My London co-workers couldn't have been more right - I have learnt a lot since I've gotten GL and I am still learning. Now with version 6 I also find that I am learning ASP, JSP etc as well and I mean I learn it practically, there is only so much you can read yourself to!!

Web Workgroup Server 1.0 that comes with this version is also something that I've started to enjoy, especially with consideration to that it now makes it a whole lot easier for me and my collegues worldwide to check pages etc in and out of a website, without me having to do, way too much supervising either - it saves time for me and that is valuable!!
It's got a weblog with it, but I still haven't been able to figure out whether or not that shows who has been trying to log into the server and who had problems, or who got in straight away.
The other bad thing is that I was reading the instructions for how to set it up and while I was doing that, I missed the few seconds I had to change the "system" and "password" -> I found myself locked out of the server and the only way I saw, was that I had to re-install the whole thing and fill in the password before time-out. That was annoying, but of course it is very likely that I missed something, since I had to do that, considering the server is a whole new program and part of GL..
After I got in, it was however fairly straight forward to configure the website, publishing server and users.
I find that Adobe is best for me since there are so many resources over at Adobe Studio for one, you can find free actions and new templates and just get so many great ideas from other users on how to do things quickly. It's great because there is so many ppl around who you can ask for help if you need it.

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Summary: Excellent time to switch from FrontPage
Review: I've been a dyed-in-the-wool FrontPage fan for the past few years. I bought GoLive 5.0 thinking I'd make the switch to a product that's a bit more os, platform, agnostic. While that was the case with GoLive 5.0, I found it to be too cluttered and difficult to "pick up", so I stuck with FrontPage. The upgrade to 6.0 is truely a wonderful thing for those of us using FrontPage who are looking to migrate to another tool for web dev. GoLive 6.0 is now much more organized and easier to understand for those used to working in a FrontPage environment. I'd definately recommend giving it a try.