From: Macromedia Newsflash [newsflash@macromedia.com] Sent: Viernes 14 de Mayo de 1999 05:54 PM To: Macromedia Newsflash Subject: Macromedia Web Publishing News, 5/14/99 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MACROMEDIA WEB PUBLISHING NEWS, 5/14/99 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 May, 1999, Fireworks and Dreamweaver Issue: 1) Techniques: Dreamweaver Designer Spotlights 2) Community: Join Us at the Macromedia User Conference (UCON '99)! 3) Support: New Fireworks Technotes 4) News: Dreamweaver Integration 5) Reviews: Webmonkey, Macworld, and Internet World 6) Events: Upcoming Seminars, Shows, and Events 7) Programs: Developer Support Network (DSN) 8) Awards: Honors from CNET and Publish 9) Subscription & E-mail Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1) Techniques: DREAMWEAVER DESIGNER SPOTLIGHTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In our Designer Spotlight, read our latest interview with Web guru Taylor, aka Captain Cursor, on Dreamweaver and Flash. Following the interview is a step-by-step example of how Taylor extends the Dreamweaver object palette; visit: http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/designerspotlight ~~~~~~~~~~~~ AND, in this month's Publish, Janine Warner of the Miami Herald writes "Get on the Fast Track with Dreamweaver." See her techniques for time- saving templates, tracing, style sheets, library items, and dynamic design at: http://www.publish.com/features/9905/dreamweaver/dream.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2) Community: JOIN US AT THE MACROMEDIA USER CONFERENCE (UCON '99)! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are only 10 more days until the 1999 Macromedia User Conference (UCON '99) kicks off in San Francisco -- May 25-27! UCON '99 is the premier event for anyone hoping to ADD LIFE TO THE WEB! UCON '99 gives you access to: * Inspiring speakers like Internet pioneers Tom Jermoluk, Chairman, President, and CEO of @Home Network; Marc Andreessen, Chief Technical Officer at Netscape; and Lynda Weinman, renowned Web author and educator extraordinaire; * Detailed instruction for all of Macromedia's newest products; * Advice from the experts on Web publishing, online learning, and Web commerce; and * A chance to share and network with your peers from around the world! TO REGISTER NOW, visit: http://ucon.macromedia.com/ OR, call (877) 223-9754 (toll free), or (650) 286-2784 (outside of the US). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3) Support: NEW FIREWORKS TECHNOTES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read our NEW Fireworks Technical Support documents to help you master Fireworks 2 faster. Get the handy quick tips at: http://www.macromedia.com/support/fireworks/ts/documents/quick_tips.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read this week's top three technotes at the Fireworks "Support and Developers Center:" * Exporting Transparent GIFs from Fireworks * Fireworks Installation of Dreamweaver Bits * Help When Copying JavaScript from Fireworks to Other Applications ...visit: http://www.macromedia.com/support/fireworks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4) News: DREAMWEAVER INTEGRATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read the latest product news about Dreamweaver 2 and its integration with leading back-end and middleware solutions -- like Tango Objects: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/990414/tx_pervasi_1.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5) Reviews: WEBMONKEY, MACWORLD, AND INTERNET WORLD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dreamweaver wins this year's Web authoring roundup on HotWired's Webmonkey, beating out competitors like Adobe GoLive & PageMill, Microsoft FrontPage, Net Objects Fusion, SoftQuad HotMetal Pro, and Symantec Visual Page. Read the full rematch review for "The New WYSIWYG Editor Shootout" at: http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/99/19/index1a.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Macworld editor Jason Snell compares Fireworks with other Web graphics packages in his current article, "Getting the Picture." He sums up by advocating, "I heartily recommend that you check out the Fireworks demo -- in my mind, it's your best bet". Read more at: http://macworld.zdnet.com/1999/05/02/jason.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fireworks wins the Automated Graphics Tools category in the Internet World round-up, beating out ImageStyler and NetStudio. From the Internet World article: "We're only now seeing the first graphics image editors built from the ground up for Web applications, and the early front runner is Macromedia Fireworks 2." Get the whole story at: http://www.iw.com/print/current/iwlabs/19990510-automated.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6) Events: UPCOMING SEMINARS, SHOWS, and EVENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "HANDS-ON TRAINING" COURSES: In three days, learn how to use Macromedia Flash 3; Dreamweaver 2 with Fireworks 2; and Macromedia Generator in our NEW, in-depth, Hands-On Training (HOT) courses. Macromedia is coming to a city near you (for three days, between now and July 1st) to teach you state-of-the-art Web graphic design and production. Sign up for one 1-day class or all three. The next set of three 1-day classes begins May 18-20 in Houston, Texas; and then in New York City, June 1-3. Read the agenda, dates, and registration information at: http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/events/hot_seminar ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "ADD LIFE TO THE WEB" SEMINAR: Develop compelling Web sites and create fast-loading graphics and animations with tips from this FREE seminar series -- coming to a city near you (between now and June 29)! Read the agenda, dates, and registration information at: http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/events/alwseminar ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "GENERATING CONTINUOUS WEB GRAPHICS" SEMINAR: Save time and increase efficiency by automating your site's Web graphics -- even personalize your site for each visitor -- with techniques at this FREE seminar series (coming to a city near you, between now and June 30)! For your convenience, this second-day Generator seminar follows directly behind our day-1 "Add Life to the Web" seminar. Read the agenda, dates, and registration information at: http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/events/genseminar ~~~~~~~~~~~~ OTHER NORTH AMERICAN EVENTS: Check out all the events at: http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/events ~~~~~~~~~~~~ EVENTS OUTSIDE U.S. AND CANADA: For international events, visit: http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/international ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7) Programs: DEVELOPER SUPPORT NETWORK (DSN) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Macromedia has developed a comprehensive support program for individuals and companies using our Web publishing software. Developer Support Network (DSN) members receive four hours of high-end consulting services from Macromedia, priority e-mail, technical support, and client referrals via a listing on our Web site. Members also receive access to our members-only extranet and monthly online newsletter, plus a 30% discount on the price of attending Macromedia's international and regional user conferences. For more details on the DSN program, or to find a developer to work on your next project, please visit: http://www.macromedia.com/support/programs/developer.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8) Awards: HONORS FROM CNET AND PUBLISH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Macromedia's development team was recognized for the second consecutive year during CNET's Web Innovators Award. CNET recognized that, during the past year, Macromedia has developed a "comprehensive suite of Web tools, which covered graphics, animation, and multimedia." Read more kudos at: http://www.builder.com/Business/Innovators98/ss05.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Macromedia's new packaging has been getting rave reviews since our dramatic redesign by Neville Brody and his Research Studios in London. Read about our big win in Publish's Annual Design awards at: http://www.publish.com/features/9906/design/design-5.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9) SUBSCRIPTION & E-MAIL INFORMATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To UNSUBSCRIBE to this monthly newsflash, please do not reply to this message; instead, send an e-mail to: mailto:newsflash@macromedia.com Then, cut and paste the following words into the SUBJECT line (the exact syntax is critical): unsubscribe essentials-newsflash Then, type (at the end of the same SUBJECT line) the e-mail address that you want removed from our mailing list. 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