Focus on Dreamweaver MX 2004

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 provides more powerful visual design tools, application development environments, and code editing support. Developers and designers can quickly create code-standard applications with a high degree of integration, and the development environment is simplified and efficient, developers can use Dreamweaver and their server technologies to build powerful network applications that connect to users' data and network service systems.

Dreamweaver MX 2004 provides powerful standard management to ensure high-quality design. The design environment provides a simple and professional site for CSS rapid and efficient code development.

The new features of Dreamweaver MX 2004 are described as follows:

1. Combine the world-class "design" and "code" editors into refined source code in the design window, so that you can customize your own user interface as needed.

2. Use rich CSS style sheets to build complex and standard websites. A variety of tools are provided for quick selection and style attribute control.

3. Cross-browser validity check
When saved, the cross-browser validity (compatible) of the current document is automatically checked ), you can specify which browser is used for testing. The browser automatically checks whether the page contains the tags or CSS structure not supported by the target browser. The dynamic cross-browser validity check function automatically checks whether the tags and CSS rules are applicable to the current main browser (compatibility ).

4. Use the built-in graphic editing program to save development time
Cropping, scaling, and other auxiliary image editing functions can be completed without leaving dreamweaver. The editing tool is embedded with Macromedia Fireworks technology.

5. Create a more suitable user interface
In the design mode, developers can preview real-time Data by using the Live Data window without having to preview Data in a fixed browser.

7. More CSS support functions, CSS visual design CSS check tool:
Use the re-designed Tag check tool in the design window to check which CSS rule is applied to the current selection. It is very easy to create layout design configurations in CSS. In the design window, select divs and other block elements and use the CSS criterion checking tool to modify their attributes, click any CSS rule to view detailed descriptions of its attributes (such as border style, margin, padding, or text size ). The instant editing feature allows you to instantly view changes in the design window while editing CSS.

9. Improve the visual effect of CSS applications: the enhanced design window allows you to directly see the effects of complex CSS settings to achieve more precise and practical visualization operations.

 

10. Improved CSS panel:
Use the enhancement panel to define styles directly within the code, and you can intuitively see where the styles are defined.

11. Improved CSS checking tools based on text attributes:
You do not have to switch the editing mode to select the CSS style directly. The style drop-down list contains a preview of all available styles.

12. New CSS based on page attributes:
You can use the page Properties dialog box (modify> Page properties) to obtain more improved page control attributes, such as the title and connection.

13. CSS code prompt:
In the code window, you can quickly view the manually written CSS style prompts or call up the code prompts by pressing Ctrl/Space.

14. Use a complete integrated development environment to develop HTML, XHTML, XML, ASP, Microsoft ASP. NET, JSP, PHP, and Macromedia ColdFusion sites. With Macromedia plug-in center, you can obtain more than 800 free plug-ins to customize and expand your development environment.

15. FTP security protection: all transmitted files are completely encrypted, and unauthorized access to your information, file content, user name, and password is prevented.

16. Seamless integration of external documents/code
Copy and paste from Microsoft Word and Excel to Dreamweaver to save the font, color, and CSS style at the same time. Supports Unicode and any font and encoding (including double-byte characters ).

17. Enhanced integration with other MX software products, including Flash, Fireworks, and other Macromedia Studio MX 2004 design and development tools.

18. Microsoft ASP. NET Form control object: use the improved ASP. NET object and attribute check tool to build Microsoft ASP. NET web forms.

19. For more information, see:
On the dreamweaver MX 2004 reference panel, you can obtain Oracle's SQL and PHP related information.

20. PHP server behavior:
Rewrite PHP syntax and server behavior, including the Master-Detail page setting module and user ID card verification module.

21. Support for Macromedia Flash elements:
With the built-in Flash component, Dreamweaver MX 2004 increases page interaction, and importing a Flash component is as easy as creating a custom tag.

22. mx html component:
Use MX components (including buttons and templates) to quickly create an effective user interface

23. Improved table editing tools

24. More reliable and practical FTP client programs

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