ANN: Dreamweaver 1.2 update available

[John Dowdell]

This is a bit off-topic to the group, but if you're using Dreamweaver, then

the 1.2 updater is now available on the Macromedia website.


Biggest change is likely the table/layer interconversion. You can design in

layers and then save out a table-based version of the page. Or you can open

an old table-based layout, and convert it to layers for animation. There's

also the ability to devolve stylesheets to chunk-level formatting, so that

older browsers will see the text as you wish.


When combined with the new browser-detection behavior, it's easy to design

for 4.0 browser and yet still give a good experience to those on older

browsers.



Link-checking has been added, on both page and site levels. You can

identify or fix broken links quickly, and it will also identify orphaned

files for you too.


Dreamweaver 1.2 is doublebyte aware. Firewalls can now be negotiated in the

site management window. The HTML Inspector is colorcoded. There's improved

communication with external text editors. You can also designate an

external image editor which will automatically open the graphic, and

Dreamweaver will display the changes when done. The behaviors and API have

been improved, such as a really nifty drag'n'drop behavior for objects on

the screen.


Many, many more small tweaks and requests, too. It's significant, and free.



Note: The Dreamweaver 1.2 trial version is also available, and it uses a

different clock than the Dreamweaver 1.0 trial version. This means that you

can use Dreamweaver 1.2 free for a month, with all its abilities, even if

you already used the Dreamweaver 1.0 trial version on that machine.


Have fun!


jd



John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San Francisco CA US


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