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Summary: Review for Dreamweaver 5
Review: -This review is for Dreamweaver 5- I absolutely love this software. I had Adobe Go Live but I never seemed to take to it like I did with Dreamweaver. Once it was installed within a day, I had made several webpages. As I continued to use it I learned more and more intuitively without needing much guidance from the manual. As a user you can create your webpages visually or in code mode, this makes it a great option for anyone no matter what your skill - it can be adjusted to suit your needs. You can learn and develop your webpage skills as much or as little as you like. You do not need to be intimidated by it's high price. You can learn it and the cost is well worth the output. ...
I don't have to look for anything else, I have hit paydirt with this program! If you are using Front Page or any other visual interface for ease, you know that you are trapped into a forced format, get this program and you will understand the freedom of control without fear!
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Summary: As a web designer...
Review: ...no two pieces of software make my job easier than Dreamweaver and Fireworks. Managing multiple large sites is a breeze with these two, and allows me to all but give up hand coding (and focus more on design). Older versions required much more tweaking of the code in order to get some results, but with version 4.0, Macromedia has succeeded in making DW generate such good code, that I rarely have to fiddle with it. The features and ease of use are top of the line, and out do GoLive and other competing software in many areas. Fireworks is a must for easily creating great navigation and slicing up images in a fraction of the time it used to take. I still rely on Photoshop for many things, but most all other work is done in these two apps.IF YOU ARE A BEGINNER: I HIGHLY reccomend purchasing this package, as you will be creating semi-complex sites in no time. While it helps to know HTML/JavaScript, you don't need to know much about them with this software. IF YOU A PROFESSIONAL: Whether you are still hand coding (waiting for WYSIWYG editors to write better code), or using a competing product like GoLive, you must get your hands on these two. They are the best in the industry, and are must haves. Especially for designers/developers who work alone or in a small crew and are responsible for multiple sites and need to make updates quickly. Software rarely is made this well.
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Summary: [Great] Development Tool
Review: Bar none, DreamWeaver is simply the best tool in its class. It's easy to use, intuitive, and if you buy the suite that comes with Fireworks, you've got a killer combination! DreamWeaver has been a spectacular tool since it first came out and it continues to improve with each successive release. When you think web design and development think DreamWeaver. Period. Its great for beginners and experts alike, however, the interface may be a little overwhelming when first starting out. It's great for designing search engine friendly pages and there are no proprietary DreamWeaver extensions your host needs to have to host sites built with DreamWeaver. If you want to save a few bucks, shop around; there are some discounts/package deals available from time to time.
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Summary: The ultimate in web design software
Review: Being a web developer just got a whole lot easier thanks to Macromedia. Dreamweaver and Fireworks are both excellent programs in-and-of themselves, but together they make a lethal combination.
Packed with features for anyone ranging from the most inexperienced beginner to the mightiest webmaster, Studio 4 is very versatile. This package is fun to use because it takes the headache out of web design--all you have to do is actually design, and Studio takes care of all the technicalities. Fireworks is easy to use and, while not quite Photoshop, a very capable program. The graphics, animated gifs, and buttons you create are fully compatible with Dreamweaver, making it easy to use them on your site.
Dreamweaver is very user-friendly. All you have to do is organize the components of your site and Dreamweaver will build it for you. The result is a very attractive website.
This is the only web design software an amateur will ever need, and provides a good groundwork for professional designers too.
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Summary: Exelent Web Designing software
Review: Dreamweaver 4 has layout view as well as standard view facility. This software makes you create web sites with hundreds of possibilities like animation, showing and hiding pictures, many java script's behaviurs and that too withou writing single line of script. If you have used FrontPage 2000, initially the interface of Dreamweaver look different and little confusing. But keep on trying, you will be master of this product in no time. My suggestion is to go to "tutorial" folder of this software and complete "Compass" site available with the product. This site gives you confidence of using Dreamweaver 4. Best software among all web designing tools available in the market. If you are quite familiar with FrontPage, you will be surprised to learn that with Dreamweaver you can not create Forms/Frames as easily as FrontPage. Specially form need much configuration....
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Summary: Great combo
Review: Dreamweaver 4 is awesome as a WYSIWYG HTML editor, but it lets you get under the hood and fix code manually, too, if that's your bag. The HTML it generates is actually not that bad, either, if you know what to look for, so it can be a great time saver. The price may be prohibitively steep for novices or home users, but it's unquestionably worth the investment if you're buying for the office. Fireworks 4 is...um...interesting. I'm a Photoshop and Illustrator power-user, and must admit that I've been intrigued by Fireworks. If you're designing straight for the web, it's a great tool for the extra few bucks, but if you're doing print work too, stick with Photoshop. That being said, Fireworks does lots of cool stuff that neither Adobe program can do. A word of warning, though: Fireworks is a very full-featured application, and it may be a little overwhelming or confusing for novices. On the other hand, the robust feature set is balanced by an excellent help system and tutorials. Even Dreamweaver comes with an entire HTML reference book accessible from a palette in the interface. Nice touches like this really make this package shine.
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Summary: The best WYSIWYG Webdesign program available
Review: Dreamweaver has possibly one of the easiest interfaces that you could ask for in a webdesign program. I have been using DW since version 3 came out and i have not had one complaint about it. This program is leaps and bounds ahead of MS Frontpage 2002. If you still have doubts you are in luck because this is a macromedia product and as with almost any macromedia product you can download a full version as a 30 day trial to see if you like it.
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Summary: Generally Good
Review: Dreamweaver provides a good environment for "painting" pages and seeing the html behind. Sometimes its a little goofy trying to select the object you want - especially tables within tables. But once you get accustomed to it, its fine. Working directly with html is fine too. The management tools were a nice plus - syncronizing with the web host and keeping project notes with the components. You start to appreciate this more once you have to support several sites you haven't touched in a month. The only real annoyance is the FTP connection locking up. It seems like if the connection times out the program goes ape and consumes 100% of the cpu for a few minutes. I try to remember to manually cut the FTP connection after my transfer completes and this seems to avoid the problem.
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Summary: Simply THE best web dev combination
Review: DreamWeaver Rocks. Fireworks Rocks. Together they make for a spectacular web design/development combination. Dreamweaver is packed with features for the beginner through advanced web developer; it's easy and intuitive to use. It may take you a while to learn all the capabilities, but with each successive feature you discover and master, the development process becomes easier and faster. Fireworks is the best in class web graphics software. It integrates very well with DreamWeaver. Creating animated GIFs is a snap, as is image optimization (file compression), image map creation, and exploring full tables (HTML and all!) for use in DreamWeaver. You simply cannot go wrong with this package. Photoshop still has its place, but if you focus exclusively on the web and don't need to do exquisite image editing this bundle is all you need.
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Summary: Simply THE best web dev combination
Review: DreamWeaver Rocks. Fireworks Rocks. Together they make for a spectacular web design/development combination. Dreamweaver is packed with features for the beginner through advanced web developer; it's easy and intuitive to use. It may take you a while to learn all the capabilities, but with each successive feature you discover and master, the development process becomes easier and faster. Fireworks is the best in class web graphics software. It integrates very well with DreamWeaver. Creating animated GIFs is a snap, as is image optimization (file compression), image map creation, and exploring full tables (HTML and all!) for use in DreamWeaver. You simply cannot go wrong with this package. Photoshop still has its place, but if you focus exclusively on the web and don't need to do exquisite image editing this bundle is all you need.
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