Allaire announces HomeSite 2.5, a major upgrade to the award-winning HTML design tool.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 1997-- Newest Upgrade Extends Product's Leadership Position in the HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. Tools Marketplace Allaire Corp., makers of Cold Fusion cold fusion or low-temperature fusion, nuclear fusion of deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen, at or relatively near room temperature. Fusion, the reaction involved in the release of the destructive energy of a hydrogen bomb, requires extremely , today announced the availability of HomeSite 2.5, the award-winning HTML design tool for professional Web developers and designers. With version 2.5, HomeSite has gone from being the dominant grassroots HTML design tool to being a major player in the commercial Web tools marketplace. This latest release adds significant features geared towards solidifying so·lid·i·fy v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies v.tr. 1. To make solid, compact, or hard. 2. To make strong or united. v.intr. the product's status as the tool of choice for HTML-centric Web developers. On the market for less than a year, HomeSite has quietly emerged as the preferred tool for professional Webmasters and Web developers. HomeSite's previous release, version 2.0, has received rave reviews, including multiple five star ratings, from nearly every major online shareware Software on the "honor system." The concept is that users try a product, and if they like it, they voluntarily pay a set registration fee or make a donation to the program's creator. There are tens of thousands of shareware programs; some fantastic, some awful. and software site. The product was nominated nom·i·nate tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates 1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election. 2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor. as Best HTML Design Tool for CNet's Awards for Internet Excellence. An estimated 100,000 Web developers now use HomeSite as their primary Web design tool. Entrepreneur and cartoonist Nick Bradbury created HomeSite because he found available products for serious HTML design to be inadequate. Bradbury launched HomeSite entirely on the Web, and within six months HomeSite established itself as the leading editor for professional Web developers world-wide. The product was recently acquired by Allaire Corp., where Bradbury continues to lead HomeSite development as the Director of the HomeSite Product Line. "HomeSite originally came out of my own frustration with the lack of decent tools for editing HTML pages, but ever since the first release was available for download, the design has been driven by the needs of a growing community of Web developers," said Bradbury. "This new release marks a turning point for the product. In HomeSite 2.5 we've added the editing, project management, and application development functionality that serious Web developers are going to need to stay competitive." Release Extends Support for Site Management and Cutting-Edge Web Technologies HomeSite 2.5 extends product's strong editing foundation with new features aimed at professional HTML programmers This is a list of programmers notable for their contributions to software, either as original author or architect, or for later additions. See also: Game programmer, List of computer scientists : -- Best-of-Breed Editor. HomeSite brings together a rich visual editing environment with a range of HTML-centric programming features, including customizable color-coded editing, drag-n-drop file and image handling, HTML Validator Software that checks the validity of tags in an HTML document. Browsers treat errors such as open tags (start tag without an end tag), lack of quotes, extra quotes, etc. differently, and unless an HTML page is tested using both IE and Netscape as well as some of the minor browsers, the support, inline preview, multiple document editing, customizable drop-down menus See pull-down menu. drop-down menu - pull-down menu and extended search and replace functions. -- Site and Project Management. HomeSite offers a full project management framework for developing complex sites including, visual project management, link and image validation, document weight analysis, remote file open and publish, and reusable re·use tr.v. re·used, re·us·ing, re·us·es To use again, especially after salvaging or special treatment or processing. re·us templates for common pages and routines. -- Web Application Development. Support has been added for a range of popular client and server-side Web application development technologies, including JavaScript wizards and object-view, extensive support for Cold Fusion's CFML (ColdFusion Markup Language) See ColdFusion. CFML - ColdFusion Markup Language , and Microsoft's Active Server Pages. HomeSite also supports code-reuse through customizable code insertion menus. -- Cutting Edge HTML Support. HomeSite provides rich support for HTML 3.2 extensions from Microsoft and Netscape, and cascading style sheets. It also includes support for using Java and ActiveX controls A software module based on Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM) architecture. It enables a program to add functionality by calling ready-made components that blend in and appear as normal parts of the program. . Price and Availability HomeSite is available immediately for evaluation from the Allaire Web site at http://www.allaire.com and as a Premiere Product on CNet's Download.Com online service. The product is available for a special promotional price of $39.95 until July 1, 1997 and can be purchased directly from Allaire sales by e-mail, sales@allaire.com, or phone at (888) 939-2545. The product will also be available through a wide range of channels, including OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and , VARs, retail and online direct. About Allaire Corp. Allaire Corp. is a leading provider of Web development tools. Allaire's products include Cold Fusion Professional, HomeSite and Allaire Forums. Customers include Fortune 500 firms, small and medium sized business, major universities, government agencies, and Web presence providers worldwide. Allaire was founded in 1995 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. . For more information contact Allaire Corp. directly at (617) 761-2000, by e-mail at info@allaire.com, or visit Allaire's Web site at www.allaire.com . -0- Cold Fusion is a U.S. registered trademark and Allaire and HomeSite are trademarks of Allaire Corp. All other company names, brand names and product names are trademarks of their respective holder(s). CONTACT: Allaire Corp. Allaire Corp. Adam Berrey Nancy Blum (617) 761-2000 (617) 761-2000 aberrey@allaire.com nblum@allaire.com |
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