Macromedia Dreamweaver, like Adobe GoLive, provides you with the capacity to lay out Web pages visually in a WYSIWIG environment (`what you see is what you get', in which the Web page in the application window appears as it will in the browser). The application creates the needed HTML and JavaScript code to display the Web site in a browser.

If you're used to using GoLive, you'll find a number of features in Dreamweaver that offer advantages over GoLive and make your workflow faster and smoother. This article focuses on several key features in Dreamweaver that give you maximum control over the Web development process:

	Dreamweaver offers cross-product integration with Macromedia Fireworks as well as with the Flash and Shockwave movie formats, enabling you to streamline the workflow involved in placing graphics, animation, or multimedia on your Web site.
	Dreamweaver templates allow you to create multiple Web pages with consistent layout and design, and instantly update multiple pages by updating the template used to create them.
	Dreamweaver extensibility allows you to customize the application with your own commands, floating palettes, property inspectors, and other functionality, to create a Web publishing tool that fully supports your specific needs.

Working with graphics, animation, and multimedia files

Using templates

Extending Dreamweaver

Mary Burger Mary Burger is a Senior Technical Writer at Macromedia. She specializes in Macromedia Flash documentation. 22 March 2000 animation, cross-product integration, compare, customize, extend, Fireworks, GoLive, graphics, multimedia, template 9322