Comments on: Dreamweaver CS4 Review

By: Stefan Mischook

Stefan Mischook — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:49:44 +0000

Hi Sigh,

This is a classic problem people new to web design discover: that using Dreamweaver does not solve for the lack of basic web design skills. In the end, it is still important you understand basic web design!

You solution is to learn HTML and CSS basics so that you can pop into Dreamweaver’s code view and make your changes. My beginners course will do the trick:

http://www.killersites.com/web-design/

Stefan

By: Sigh

Sigh — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:13:01 +0000

I have been struggling with Dreamweaver CS4 links. In Windows Explorer some work and some go to codes. Could you tell me if I can find workarounds for this problem? Could I find ways of identifying and fixing bad codes? Could you suggest any book or resource which tells me about such pitfalls and the ways of getting out of them? Please send me an email at cyruspak@sbcglobal.net.
Many thanks,
Sigh

By: Stefan Mischook

Stefan Mischook — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:41:23 +0000

Hi,

I would say Dreamweaver is easy enough to learn … especially with the help of my videos!

http://www.killersites.com/dreamweaver/dreamweaver-cs3-videos.php

Stefan

By: steve

steve — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:44:35 +0000

I am looking for a new web designer program. I am looking for something simple that still gives you a professional look with a number of feature options. I currently use Kompozer but it doesn’t give me all the design options that I see on a lot of web sites. Can you tell me if Dreamweaver is easy enough to learn for someone that has made web pages but is not up on every different feature and doesn’t have all the latest tech knowledge?

By: Stefan Mischook

Stefan Mischook — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:14:38 +0000

Hi,

This is just too easy … shameless even!

Check out my Dreamweaver CS4 videos:

http://www.killersites.com/dreamweaver/dreamweaver-cs4-videos.php

Check them out.

Stefan

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:50:20 +0000

You make it sound easy….just bought the program and, for me, it’s way above my learning curve. Bought, “Dreamweaver CS4 for Dummies” hoping that I could figure out a way to get started….I have domain names for websites I want to create. Some have already seen the light of day on Blogspot and some, hopefully, I can develop without spending a ton of $$$. Is Wizard the solution for a simple site with more than 100 links or can you point me to a video that a “simpleton” can understand!

By: Stefan Mischook

Stefan Mischook — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:48:17 +0000

Hi Yuri,

I can see how that would be a major let down.

If it’s any consolation, Dreamweaver CS4’s adoption rate has not been stellar.

… I think there is still life in CS3.

Stefan

By: Yuri

Yuri — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:45:33 +0000

We developed JSP server extension package as a part of our commercial product to enable our clients quickly generate custom JSPs based on project’s dynamic data.

Now, when the support for this feature is dropped, we are stuck. We cannot advise our potential customers to procure older CS3 version in order to use our extensions.

What a letdown…

By: lebisol

lebisol — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:23:08 +0000

I have to agree with masterDeveloper and find myself in the same situation as SC Webmaster. After all the years (MM_crowd owes me a check for free support and promo I have done for DW ) it feels as if it is good time to start porting snippets into alternative editors.
It is a shame but code view is all I really have left to appreciate from DW and for the price tag of $399 hardly can call this a ‘value’.
Even installing CS3 I just about fell asleep waiting for it to install.

Spry…big deal, bag full of code easily replaced with any other JS frameworks such as slick jquery.
View or related files…please, if you are not aware that you have external JS and CSS then you have bigger issues.
File management = here is a newsflash…how about calling them ‘folders’
FTP – tons of free apps out there
Templates (.dwt) only relevant in DW world…nothing that SSI or simple ‘find & replace’ can’t do.
Need I go on about my sadness over ‘Adobe effect’ on this ones < v.4.0 app?

However, I do appreciate what DW has done over years for the community and non-designer-coders being able to quickly convey their ideas over the web. It is also a great learning tool for those who ARE interested into code being generated behind the scenes; unfortunately many web hobbyists are not. It still is a good tool and it CAN produce nice valid code if users take time to configure it correctly before jumping onto quick PSD-to-HTML approach. It still is a good tool when it comes to ‘rapid development’…but ‘rapid’ comes at the costs.

I think CS3 is where it stops for me and looking forward I am more likely to move over to something in the line of TopStyle,PSPad,NotePad++ or UltraEdit for a min. $ investment…which have always been my ‘backup/quick’ editors even with DW loaded on the machine.
Perhaps Adobe should consider making more versions of Dreamweaver…
one – fully loaded 1/2 of GB app for designers and novices while giving the second – ‘bare bones’ for coders so it doesn’t burn such a whole in its followers budgets and habits developed along with this application.

Stay strong my people of HTTP world…as someone said it better than I could:
“only fools admire tools”.

By: Stefan Mischook

Stefan Mischook — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:46:09 +0000

Hi,

You can find my new Dreamweaver CS4 videos here:

http://www.killersites.com/dreamweaver/dreamweaver-cs4-videos.php

Thanks,

Stefan