Switching to Dreamweaver
If you currently own Adobe® GoLive® 5.0, 6.0, CS, CS2, or 9 software, consider Adobe Dreamweaver® CS4 software, the leading tool to design, develop, and maintain websites and web applications. A component of Adobe Creative Suite® 4 Design Premium, Web Premium, Web Standard, and Master Collection, Dreamweaver CS4 offers a visual layout interface, a streamlined coding environment, and intelligent integration with related Adobe applications. Free tools and support are also available to help ease your transition from GoLive to Dreamweaver.
"I converted a site with thousands of pages built in GoLive over several years to Dreamweaver CS3 in about 30 minutes."
Seattle Times, June 9, 2007
- Top reasons to switch
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Top new features and reasons to switch include:
New user interface
Work faster and smarter across Creative Suite 4 components with a shared user interface design. Toggle quickly from one work environment to the next with the workspace switcher.
Adobe Photoshop Smart Objects
Insert any Adobe Photoshop® PSD document in Dreamweaver to create an image Smart Object tightly linked to the source file. Make changes to the source image, and update your image in Dreamweaver without opening Photoshop.
Live View
Design your web pages under real-world browser conditions with the new Live View in Dreamweaver CS4 — while still retaining direct access to the code. Changes to the code are instantly reflected in the rendered display.
Code hinting for Ajax and JavaScript frameworks
Write JavaScript more efficiently with improved support for JavaScript core objects and primitive data types. Put the extended coding functionality of Dreamweaver CS4 to work by incorporating popular JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery, Prototype, and Spry.
Adobe InContext Editing
Design in Dreamweaver so end users can edit their web pages without help from you or additional software using the Adobe InContext Editing online service.
Related Files and Code Navigator
Click any included file shown in the Related Files bar to see both its source in Code view and the parent page in Design view. The new Code Navigator feature shows you the CSS source code that affects your current selection and allows you to access it quickly.
CSS best practices
Implement CSS best practices without writing code. Create new CSS rules in the Properties panel, and get clear, simple explanations of where each property fits in the cascade of styles.
HTML data sets
Integrate the power of dynamic data into your web pages without the learning curve of mastering databases or XML coding. Spry Data Sets recognize content in a simple HTML table as an interactive data source.
Subversion integration
Update your site and check in modifications directly from within Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver CS4 integrates with Subversion® software, an open source versioning control system, for a more robust check-in/check-out experience.
Adobe AIR authoring support
Create HTML and JavaScript based Adobe AIR applications directly within Dreamweaver. Preview Adobe AIR™ applications without leaving Dreamweaver. Get your Adobe AIR application ready to deploy with AIR packaging and code-signing features.
- Resources
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GoLive Migration Kit
The GoLive Migration Kit extension helps you convert your GoLive CS2 and GoLive 9 sites to Dreamweaver CS4 sites, including defining a site and organizing assets, snippets, and templates.
Overview Tutorials
Use these introductory tutorials to familiarize yourself with the workspace, tools, and workflow in Dreamweaver CS4.
Dreamweaver Help and Support
Find resources for getting up to speed with Dreamweaver CS4, access well-known community resources, and find troubleshooting tips for known issues.
Dreamweaver CS4 Community Help
Search Dreamweaver Community Help for instruction, inspiration, and support that enables you to find useful answers to your questions, no matter where they are available.
Developer Center
The Dreamweaver Developer Center contain articles, code samples, tutorials, sample projects, and other resources.
