Dreamweaver is a complete website development and site management program. It works with web technologies like HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP.
Its CSS support lets you create fast-loading, easily modified pages, while its unique “Spry” technology provides one-click access to complex, interactive layout options like drop-down menus.
Dreamweaver also includes plenty of tools for managing websites once you build them. You can check for broken links, use templates to streamline site-wide page changes, and reorganize your site in a flash with the program’s site management tools.
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If you’re not already familiar with the acronym CSS, it stands for Cascading Style Sheets—a set of rules you write that dictate the look of your pages. Dreamweaver includes advanced tools to create, test, and edit CSS in your pages.
If you’ve built one or more sites without Dreamweaver, you don’t have to start over again. The program happily opens web pages and websites created in other programs without destroying any of your carefully handcrafted code.
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