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Will Macromedia HomeSite continue
to be sold as a separate product, or do I need to buy Macromedia
Dreamweaver MX and use Macromedia HomeSite+?
Macromedia HomeSite 5 will continue to be sold as a separate
product after the Macromedia Dreamweaver MX release. There
are no plans at this time to stop sales of the stand-alone
Macromedia HomeSite.
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Does the company care about Macromedia
HomeSite and its developers?
We love Macromedia HomeSite. In fact, we've included
Macromedia HomeSite with every copy of Dreamweaver since
its first release—long before we merged with Allaire.
We also care about the needs of hand coders and are doing
our best to meet them through all our development tools.
We know we still have a lot to learn from you, so please
continue to send us your feedback
on all of our products (including Macromedia HomeSite
and Dreamweaver).
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Why isn't there a Macromedia HomeSite
MX?
Last fall, we shipped Macromedia HomeSite 5, which was
the first new release of the product in two years. It's
still too early yet for another release of Macromedia
HomeSite.
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Is Dreamweaver MX supposed to replace
Macromedia HomeSite?
We can understand why Macromedia HomeSite users would
be concerned, because they notice that we've added features
to Dreamweaver that might seem to impact the future of
Macromedia HomeSite as a stand-alone product. While we've
managed to make Dreamweaver MX a lot better for hand coders
than it was, we don't see it as a replacement for Macromedia
HomeSite, since both products are excellent for their
specific purposes. That's why we continue to sell Macromedia
HomeSite as a separate product, and continue to include
its functionality with every copy of Dreamweaver.
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What is the future of Macromedia HomeSite?
We don't comment on future products. However, all of
our product planning is based on customer feedback and
the needs of developers like yourself. We're learning
a lot about what the hand-coding community expects and
wants, and your input is coming through loud and clear.
We think hand coding is an essential part of web design
(which is why we've added so many hand-coding features
to Dreamweaver) and we want to continue to build great
products that make you happy. However, at this time we
cannot comment when and if a future version of Macromedia
HomeSite will be available.
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Macromedia announced that in the long
term, Macromedia ColdFusion Studio is going away. Doesn't
that mean that Macromedia HomeSite is going away, too?
The merger of Macromedia and Allaire gives us a great
opportunity to bring unprecedented interconnection between
our development tools and application servers. This integration
allows developers to build applications much more easily
and rapidly than ever before. This integration continues
to bring unprecedented power to application developers,
but does not mean that Macromedia HomeSite will be discontinued
as a product.
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What exactly is Macromedia HomeSite+?
Macromedia HomeSite+ is a separate product included with
Dreamweaver MX that combines the functionality of Macromedia
HomeSite 5 and ColdFusion Studio 5, while adding support
for the newest ColdFusion MX tags through new tag editors
and tag insight menus. Macromedia HomeSite+ is not sold
as a separate product and is only available with Dreamweaver
MX.
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Can I upgrade from Macromedia HomeSite
5 to Dreamweaver MX?
There is no upgrade pricing available for Dreamweaver
MX for Macromedia HomeSite 5 stand-alone customers. You
can still purchase Dreamweaver MX for the full retail
price of $399.
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What features from Macromedia HomeSite
are in Dreamweaver MX?
You can view
an article at our Designer & Developer Center on just
that subject by an independent Macromedia HomeSite user.
A comparison of the main features from Macromedia HomeSite
included in Dreamweaver MX is also shown below:
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