From: Macromedia Newsflash [newsflash@macromedia.com] Sent: Jueves 15 de Abril de 1999 09:24 PM To: Macromedia Newsflash Subject: Macromedia Web Publishing News, 4/15/99 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MACROMEDIA WEB PUBLISHING NEWS, 4/15/99 Macromedia Web Publishing News is a monthly e-mail newsflash, written exclusively for our registered customers worldwide. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Macromedia customer: Greetings once again! In this April, 1999, Fireworks and Dreamweaver Issue: 1) Techniques: Dreamweaver and Fireworks Designer Spotlights 2) Community: Countdown to the Macromedia User Conference 3) Product Features: FREE Fireworks 2 Styles and Templates 4) Press: Macworld, PC Magazine, and Forbes on Macromedia 5) Customer Spotlights: Macromedia Software at Work 6) Events: Upcoming Seminars, Shows, and Events 7) Reference: New Tech Notes and Books 8) Subscription & E-mail Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1) Techniques: DREAMWEAVER AND FIREWORKS DESIGNER SPOTLIGHTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See how Tim Barber, Creative Director at CircumStance Designs, depends on Macromedia Dreamweaver 2 as "hub central for project development." See his design techniques in our new Dreamweaver Designer Spotlight at: http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/designerspotlight The new Fireworks Designer Spotlight launches with not one but four noted Fireworks designers. Check out how Sandee Cohen uses Fireworks 2 with Wacom tablets to create thousands of different effects in the April spotlight. Then visit the "Techniques" section to see more from Donna Casey, Sandee Cohen, Lisa Lopuck, and Lynda Weinman at: http://www.macromedia.com/software/fireworks/designerspotlight And finally, the experts at Ziff Davis Journals show us how to animate FreeHand graphics in Fireworks at: http://www.zdjournals.com/freehand/article8/article8.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2) Community: COUNTDOWN TO THE MACROMEDIA USER CONFERENCE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are only 40 more days until the 1999 Macromedia User Conference (UCON) kicks off in San Francisco -- May 25-27! With over 100 sessions, training classes, tech labs and a few surprises, UCON '99 can really sharpen your product and design skills. Take advantage of targeted classes like: * Dreamweaver & Fireworks Production Techniques * Advanced Dreamweaver * Dynamic Publishing with Dreamweaver See the full program at: http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/events/ucon99/program To register, visit: http://ucon.macromedia.com, or call (877) 223-9754 (toll free in North America); or (650) 286-2784 (outside North America). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3) Product Features: FIREWORKS 2 STYLES AND TEMPLATES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our library of Macromedia Fireworks 2 styles allows you to quickly apply professional-quality graphical or text styles and effects to any object. It's easy to consistently repeat a look or style across an entire project. If you purchased the boxed version of Fireworks 2, you probably found these styles on the Fireworks 2 CD (in the Goodies folder): * Banners & Combined * Buttons & Button Styles * Effects & Mixed Glows * Frame-like & Miscellaneous * Text & Threads If you purchased Fireworks 2 via download, you can easily get the FREE Fireworks 2 styles at: http://www.macromedia.com/software/fireworks/download/styles/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our new Adobe GoLive templates round out Fireworks 2 support for popular Web authoring software -- including Dreamweaver 2 and Microsoft FrontPage. With the new templates, you can export clean, compact HTML code pre-formatted for Adobe GoLive. The new templates also address requests for specific HTML and JavaScript coding styles. The templates are now available as a free download from: http://www.macromedia.com/support/fireworks/down_index.fhtml ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4) Press: MACWORLD, PC MAGAZINE, AND FORBES ON MACROMEDIA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read why Tom Negrino of Macworld gives Dreamweaver 2 an impressive 4 1/2-Mice rating at: http://macworld.zdnet.com/1999/04/reviews/dreamweaver.html Fireworks 2 is listed as one of Bill Machrone's hot products on ZDNet at: http://www.zdnet.com:80/anchordesk/story/story_3225.html AND, read PC Magazine's "First Looks" review of Fireworks 2 by Luisa Simone at: http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/firstlooks/9903/f990322a.html Macromedia is number 12 on Forbes Magazine's annual list of the top 100 technology companies. Read what industry analysts are saying at: http://www.forbes.com/asap/99/0405/category.asp?category=software ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5) Customer Spotlights: MACROMEDIA SOFTWARE AT WORK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See how your fellow designers at Bozell Advertising, Catepillar, Chevrolet, and other companies are already using Fireworks 2 at: http://www.macromedia.com/software/fireworks/gallery/ Dreamweaver integrates seamlessly with other software products like Oracle 8i, RealNetworks, and Live Picture. See how the Oracle Intermedia Porsche demo relied on Dreamweaver as its development hub while working smoothly with other applications in order to add more excitement about the performance of Porsche cars at Le Mans. Read this in-depth case study at: http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/gallery/case See how SonicNet built their cutting-edge music Web site by relying on the tight integration of all of our Web publishing software at: http://www.macromedia.com/webpublishing/case ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6) Events: UPCOMING SEMINARS, SHOWS, and EVENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HANDS-ON TRAINING: Learn how to use Macromedia Flash 3, Dreamweaver 2, Fireworks 2, and Macromedia Generator in our new, in-depth, hands-on courses. Read the agenda, dates and registration information at: http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/events/hot_seminar OTHER NORTH AMERICAN EVENTS: Visit http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/events OUTSIDE US AND CANADA: Visit http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/international ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7) Reference: NEW TECH NOTES AND BOOKS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check in on the new and updated Fireworks 2 Tech Notes at: http://www.macromedia.com/support/fireworks/ts/nav The "Fireworks 2 Visual Quick Start Guide" is coming. Order now and save at: http://www.peachpit.com/books/catalog/K5915.html The "Dreamweaver 2 Visual Quick Start Guide" is available now. 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