Adobe GoLive 6.0 [Old Version]

by Adobe

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00005V7GL
• Item model number: 13200324
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,616 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #26 in Software > Web Development > Web Page Editors > WYSIWYG
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Adobe has taken GoLive, its Web design and management tool, and improved its integration with other applications, adding a number of useful extras in the process. In addition to the design elements of the program, GoLive 6.0 includes sections devoted to Web site management and maintenance, as well as team collaboration.

The main working area of the program deliberately looks much like other Adobe applications, making it easy to move between them. The main editing windows float on the GoLive worktop, with palettes of functions controlling the tools. Users can now drag and stash palette tabs individually at the edge of the screen.

The key new features of GoLive 6.0 can be divided into three areas. Under the design-and-develop category comes greatly improved table handling, with new editing features--particularly selection--and increased control of HTML code. Adobe has also integrated GoLive more closely with Photoshop, Illustrator, and LiveMotion.

Manage functions govern how several people working on same aspect of a site handle different versions and revisions. The revision list is a good example, as it offers full details of who made certain changes to what, along with the time the changes were entered.

Finally, there's the deploy function, for when you finally launch your site. This feature offers new and improved support for WML authoring, writing for display on WAP devices, XML, QuickTime, and more of the growing family of Web standards.

Overall, GoLive is a worthwhile improvement if you're thinking about upgrading from a previous version. For newbies, make sure you're serious about Web site management, as this is a heavyweight tool. --Simon Williams

Product Description

User Manual for Adobe GoLive 6.0 is a powerful application for Web site design, development, and management for novices and professionals alike. The program provides easy-to-use site design tools, site-building tools, editors, and site-management features. It allows you to work seamlessly with other Adobe programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe LiveMotion. You can create rollovers and animations easily and add Macromedia Flash files and QuickTime movies. GoLive has come a long way from its conception as GoLive CyberStudio and has matured with each new version. With GoLive 6.0, we see a sophisticated program, rich in tools, and robust in abilities. It includes new and enhanced features for workgroups, wireless developers, and Photoshop and Illustrator users, and has added interface and wizard improvements that make starting out easier for Web-building neophytes. -- includes Quick reference card for MacOS

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Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb release with server add-ons -- a bargain, February 25, 2002

By 

Glenn Fleishman - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adobe GoLive 6.0 [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

This latest release of Adobe GoLive adds two server pieces: a workgroup server for collaborating on sites over a network or the Internet (and storing backups of each file uploaded to the site); and database integration with ASP, JSP, and PHP sites, including a prefabricated database system shipped with GoLive for testing or production use.

GoLive 6 also has its full set of tools familiar to users of previous editions, but cleaned up to be less frustrating and more optimized. Many irritations from previous releases were smoothed away, while most features were extended to provide more utility and information.

The site mapping feature, for instance, is now optimized for printing or export as a vector file (PDF or SVG) that could be used as a clickable site map.

The Table palette now offers exact pixel dimensions of all cells and rows and a tool to resolve bad dimensions. (This might seem small, but most people spend lots of time building and revising tables.)

GoLive 6 is a strong release, and for the price it's offered, you're getting a package of thousands of dollars worth of software. Compare GoLive 6 to Macromedia's UltraDev Studio, and you'll see the value here.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great web application for designers, June 12, 2003

By 

Stephen Farone (Olympia, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adobe GoLive 6.0 [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

If you love photoshop, illustrator, InDesign... you should use GoLive for your webs. Some will say this application is difficult to learn and overburdened with adobe-style tool palettes, and this is fair criticism. If you are a photoshop user and have spent the many hours and weeks it takes to become proficient at using Adobe's GUI, then move to GoLive and you will quickly find yourself at home.

If you consider yourself more a designer than coder, and you like designing with Adobe software, then GoLive will let you work the way you like to work. Also, from version 5.0 to 6.0, the coding compatibility has improved, particularly javascript.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Much too much of a good thing, October 23, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Adobe GoLive 6.0 [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

If you're a Mac user I presume you have little interest in unneccessary complexity--and GoLive delivers a level of complexity & difficulty that would make Microsoft proud.

If designing web pages is your life this may be what you need. And believe me, it WILL be your life for months after you start using this application. You'll get to know every member of the GoLive support team on a first-name basis.

For the rest of us, please, Adobe, make a GoLive Elements program or bring back PageMill.