What is New in Dreamweaver 8?
Three key themes and features for Dreamweaver 8 emphasis on best practices of the web, integrate the latest technologies into their workflow, and simply get more done in less time. Here are some of the most important ones:
- Visual XML authoring
- CSS
- The Paste Special Command
- Presenting Video with the Flash Video Component in Dreamweaver 8
The extensive New features in Dreamweaver 8 package:
Visual authoring with XML data |
Get up to speed with XML using powerful, visual tools to integrate valuable feeds into work and remove the mystery from XML to HTML translation. Integrate XML-based data, such as RSS feeds into web pages using a simple drag-and-drop workflow. Jump to Code view to customize the transformation, using improved code hinting for XML and XSLT. |
New, unified CSS panel |
The new, unified CSS panel provides a one-stop shop for learning, understanding, and working with the CSS styles applied to pages in a visual way. All the CSS functionality is consolidated into one panel set and enhanced to make working with CSS easier and more productive. The new interface makes it easier to see the cascade of styles applied to a specific element and easily identify where attributes are defined. A property grid allows for quick edits. |
Style rendering toolbar |
View content the same way end-users will see it, no matter what the delivery mechanism, with new support for CSS media types in Dreamweaver 8. Use the style rendering toolbar to toggle to Design view and see how it will look in print, on a handheld, or on a screen. |
CSS rendering improvements |
Match how complex CSS layouts will render in most browsers, with substantial improvements in Design view accuracy. Dreamweaver now fully supports advanced CSS techniques, such as overflow, pseudo-elements, and form elements. |
Improved WebDAV |
WebDAV in Dreamweaver 8 now supports digest authentication and SSL for secure file transfer and offers improved connectivity with a wider array of servers. |
Zoom |
Get great control over design with zoom. Pan in and inspect an image or work with a complex nested table layout. Zoom out to review how a page will look overall. |
Coding toolbar |
The new code toolbar surfaces common coding operations in a gutter bar along the side of the coding surface. No more hunting through menus and panels to find code snippets. New coding features include comment/uncomment. |
Workspace layouts |
Customize and save workspace configurations. Dreamweaver 8 ships with four different configurations that are tailored to the needs of designers and coders. Pick and choose, or easily build a custom workspace. |
New starter pages |
Get started with web design in a snap. Beautiful new layouts and designs allow users to go from installation to full site in no time flat. |
Improved site synchronize and check in / check out |
Manage sites with increased reliability and confidence. Improved site synchronization features help ensure that the file in use is the latest version. Prevent accidental overwriting of others’ work with improved check-in/ check-out functionality to track who is working on which files. |
Compare files |
Quickly compare files to identify what has changed, whether it is two local files, a file on the local and remote, or two files on the remote server. Dreamweaver 8 now integrates with diff utilities on both the Mac and Windows platforms. |
Paste special |
Spend less time wrestling content from e-mail and Microsoft Word into formats. With new pasting options in Dreamweaver, retain all the source formatting created in Microsoft Word, or just take the text and apply the CSS already attached to the page. |
Support for ColdFusion MX 7 |
Updated support for ColdFusion MX 7 includes new server behaviors and code hinting. To match the code hinting and debugging with the correct version of ColdFusion, Dreamweaver automatically detects the server version the first time the tool connects to the site. The tight integration between Dreamweaver and ColdFusion allows users to add and remove databases directly from the database and components panel in Dreamweaver to show only CFCs defined in the current site—making navigating CFCs a snap. |
Support for PHP 5 |
Take advantage of updated support for PHP 5, including server behaviors and code hinting. |
Flash Video |
Adding Flash Video to sites is simple. Add and customize the presentation of video on sites using an easy, five-click, dialog-driven process. |
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