Comments on: Dreamweaver CS4 Review

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:54:20 +0000

Although timelines and site map features are turned off, you can turn them back on in Dreamweavers preferences. For timelines you may need to get a copy of the behavior/actions timelines folder from CS3:

Restore the timelines feature in DW CS5.

Go to your user folder > Library > Preferences
Open “Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 Prefs” in a Texteditor
Search for [FEATURE MANAGEMENT]
set timeline=TRUE

Put the timline folder from configuration of any version that has it (cs3 does) here:

/Users/YOURNAME/Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver\ CS5/en_US/Configuration/Behaviors/Actions/

Restart Dreamweaver and you should have timelines again. Just add a selected div from the Modify:Timelines menu and the timelines window will appear.

Also, you can get the window toggle command back by editing your Menis.xml from:

/Users/YOURNAME/Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver\ CS5/en_US/Configuration/Menus/Menus.xml

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By: larry

larry — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:19:16 +0000

I don’t get it… why remove a feature and NOT replace it with an alternative….

“Site map & timelines ” 2 great features that none of the other competitors have.

By: Stefan Mischook

Stefan Mischook — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:00:01 +0000

Hi,

A couple of points:

1. If you want to get into ASP.NET, then you want to go with Visual Studio or maybe Web Expression.

2. If you want to build Flash based front ends, you will have to fight a little with Microsoft products because they have a Flash competitor – Silverlight.

3. If you want to build Flash front ends and keep Dreamweaver, then go with PHP. Check it out: http://www.killerphp.com

Stefan

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:48:35 +0000

WOW My Head is Spinning with Mixed Emotions after reading all of these reviews. Here is my deal I am currently using Dreamweaver MX (Yeah I know get with the times buddy) Anyways I had Dreamweaver MX and a book that teaches me it so I decided to learn it. I am a VB programer and I love the Easy of front end design that DW offers while still being able to also code back end database and logic for the sites I want to build.
I figured I should upgrade my WYSIWYG dev software because I really want to start getting into ASP.NET as that seems to be where it is at for any kind of advanced site that has any kind of backend coding logic and database. I am working towards building Flash based Web Browser Games (Advanced ones) and I was considering upgrading to CS4 but after finding out that CS4 has dropped ASP.NET I am wondering if I should consider leaving Dreamweaver and going to MS Visual Studio I am torn because I love the DW WYSIWYG Design Enviroment Because I am not one of them hardcore types who code there entire site in Notepad (Dorks) I think that is extreamly time consuming and why bother walking when you can drive right.

Anyhow I guess my question is Should I go with MS Visual Studio or Should I go with CS3(but CS3 only has support for ASP.NET 1.1) or should I go with CS4 and if I do go with CS4 does CS4 Would I have the ability to do my ASP.NET stuff in a different program like Visual Stuido and than the design part in CS4 and be able to combine the two halfs into a whole rich flash based web browser game site with ASP.NET as the back end ?

err so stressed over this cause I do want to use ASP.NET 2.0 and higher and CS4 but don’t know if there is a way to have both come together

Please help with some advice

Dan.

By: Stefan Mischook

Stefan Mischook — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:00:59 +0000

I haven’t heard of TopStyle 4, so I have no comment. That said, I mainly use Dreamweaver’s text editing, FTP and file management tools.

… These days, the wysiwyg features are much less important because the technology behind web pages is much improved – I’m talking about HTML, CSS and the web browser themselves.

Stefan

By: Pat OBrien

Pat OBrien — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:48:55 +0000

When I bought my macromedia MX academic version it was only a couple of dollars more than the academic Homesite. I never really learned the Dreamweaver, but now it is time to upgrade, and the upgrade is for TopStyle 4. It designed by the original Homesite inventor, is now a HTML editor very comfortable for Homesite users.

I’ve been playing with it for a couple of weeks, and I do not see any reason to upgrade the Dreamweaver. Maybe if I had used it a little more in the past, then maybe I might want it.

Any other TopStyle 4 fans out there?

I’d like to see a video on some of the new stuff on it.

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?