Adobe GoLive 5.0 Media

Want to design a website? There's 2 ways I can think of doing it... 1. Learn HTML. (yawn) 2. Cheat! Admitedly, coding HTML manually should introduce less bugs, and a lot of people swear it's the only way to do it properly... but it's tortously long winded, -both to learn, and to actually do. So instead you use a bit of software to do all the code for you... A multitude of things now save files in HTML format. (You can do it in Word (huck, spit) and the results are at best random. Don't do it!!) The industry standard bit of software for HTML authoring is Macromedia Dreamweaver, which is an ... more

As Adobe Photoshop is widely looked upon as a standard tool for webdesigners, I thought that I would try out their rival to Dreamweaver, GoLive 5.0. First off I was impressed with the ease of installation, as once I had set the preferences for the browsers, it was ready to go, and just meant that I had to either create a new site or import an existing site. The various toolbars have the Photoshop feel, so there was very little to get used to, and as such it was very easy to get going with. It also allows a more seamless integration of files from other Adobe applications (funny that!). The site ... more