| Adobe GoLive CS2 buy cheap | | | | around. CSS -based layout was added in the Level 2 |
| The main focus of the Creative Suite applications is | | | | specification which is not yet fully supported by all |
| on commercial print with the one exception of | | | | browsers. It would be better to concentrate, like |
| GoLive which tries to take the same high-impact | | | | Dreamweaver, on the Level 1 typographic capabilities |
| design-rich approach to the Web. As such, GoLive | | | | of CSS and, for example, avoid the use of the |
| has long been interested in the design potential of | | | | deprecated and inefficient <font> tag for sizing |
| CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and with this release it | | | | and colouring. |
| moves centre stage. | | | | Another point to bear in mind is that it is a relatively |
| For CSS -based type handling there are a number of | | | | trivial programming task to implement CSS 2-based |
| new features including the option of converting HTML | | | | layouts, so where's the other new power in GoLive |
| styles to CSS , the ability to specify a default CSS | | | | CS2? |
| stylesheet and greatly improved site-wide CSS | | | | The biggest area of development is in authoring |
| management right down to the ability to see how | | | | mobile content for viewing on handsets. Here |
| many times particular classes and identifiers are | | | | Adobe's commitment to open standards and interest |
| actually used. The biggest practical difference is the | | | | in graphics comes to the fore. A wide range of |
| revamp of the CSS Editor which now lets you view | | | | mobile formats – XHTML, XHTML Mobile Profile, |
| the Definitions and Source views simultaneously. | | | | WML, i-mode and MMS – are each catered for |
| Surprisingly the most fundamental CSS -based | | | | with integrated layout and source view editing, the |
| changes aren't concerned with typography but layout. | | | | support for CSS @media querying enables dual |
| CSS positioning has now been made the default for | | | | targeting and GoLive's Opera-driven Live Renderer |
| Layout Grid designs with the former conversion to | | | | now offers a dedicated small screen view. Most |
| HTML tables now left as an option. The Objects | | | | impressive is GoLive CS2's new support for the web |
| palette has been redesigned to reflect the new | | | | vector SVG Tiny (SVG-t) format which is expected |
| approach with a new tab for dragging on CSS layout | | | | to be big in the near future. Here the tie-in with |
| objects such as the popular 3-column layout with | | | | Illustrator CS2 and a new dedicated SVG-t editor, |
| resizable central column. The palette also now | | | | which integrates code editing, layout preview and |
| provides a new top section providing access to tools | | | | hierarchical object selection, stand out. |
| for drawing text-box style layers, for zooming in and | | | | It's impressive power but, for the moment at least, |
| panning layouts and even a dedicated Object | | | | mobile authoring is very much a minority interest |
| Selection tool for selecting DIV tags, the core unit of | | | | compared to traditional web authoring. And here the |
| CSS -based layouts. | | | | other advances in GoLive CS2 – the ability to |
| The appeal of this approach to Adobe is obvious as | | | | automatically convert an InDesign package to an |
| it makes GoLive look and feel more like the other | | | | XHTML website, support for secure file transfer |
| Creative Suite applications but there's a strong feeling | | | | through Secure FTP and Secure WebDAV via both |
| of padding – for example is a zoom tool capable | | | | SSL and SSH, and the ability to automate the |
| of 1600% magnification really necessary for onscreen | | | | creation of favicons for different browsers - look |
| layouts that will always be displayed at 100%? More | | | | much thinner. |
| importantly Adobe has got things the wrong way | | | | |