SoftQuad Ships HoTMetaL Pro 5.0; New Version of Award-Winning HTML Authoring Tool Delivers New Power, Speed, Flexibility to Professionals and New Users.TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998-- Leading Editor Offers Improved Performance, Three Editing Views, Innovative Resource Manager SoftQuad Inc. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :SKI), a leading provider of content publishing tools for the Internet, Monday announced that is has begun shipping HoTMetaL PRO An earlier, popular Windows-based Web authoring program from SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Ontario that provided both a visual development capability as well as HTML editing. In 2002, SoftQuad was acquired by Corel. 5.0, the most powerful version yet of the company's award-winning 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. development tool. Aimed at empowering both professional Web developers and people new to HTML, HoTMetaL PRO 5.0 now offers users expanded features and an integrated suite of authoring and site management tools in one application. For professional productivity unmatched by any other Web authoring tool, HoTMetaL PRO 5.0 offers users three editing views: a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Pronounced "wiz-ee-wig." It refers to displaying text and graphics on screen the same as they will print on paper or display on a Web page. view for quickly prototyping pages, a source code view for total control over a page's HTML, and SoftQuad's unique Tags On view for the precision of source editing with the convenience of WYSIWYG. In addition, HoTMetaL PRO 5.0's advanced site-management tools are completely integrated within the application and include powerful link-checking and management; sitewide search and replace for text, tags, URLs and meta data; easy site navigation; and an FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to client for one-button publishing to single or multiple servers. "HoTMetaL PRO 5.0 is designed to help users quickly and easily develop modern Web sites," said Roberto Drassinower, general manager, SoftQuad. "Professional Web developers will find HoTMetaL PRO 5.0 faster and more powerful than ever, speeding up the process of authoring and maintaining complex sites." HoTMetaL PRO 5.0's new professional features include expanded source code editing capabilities like soft text-wrap, line numbering, and syntax coloring; accurate WYSIWYG display; an integrated browser preview; and a unique Resource Manager, for drag-and-drop access to all your Web assets -- including JavaScript codelets -- providing the ultimate in productivity and customizability. For new users seeking to be productive without delay, HoTMetaL PRO 5.0 offers a powerful Site Maker wizard. Users simply choose page types, a layout and a graphic theme; Site Maker will automatically customize the entire site, ready to accept text and graphics. "HoTMetaL PRO 5.0 is perfect for users new to HTML," Drassinower said. "You can easily progress from creating a site with Site Maker to developing pages from scratch using our three-view approach and the comprehensive HTML resources we provide. Because the product is designed for both experienced Web developers and new users, you can never outgrow outgrow verb To change the relationship with a condition or structure by dint of ↑ age or size; while children outgrow clothing, and certain behaviors, they rarely outgrow diseases–eg, asthma HoTMetaL PRO." HoTMetaL PRO 5.0 also includes the HoTMetaL Power Pack, a complete off-line development and testing solution for HoTMetaL Application Server. Using the easy-to-master, tags-based Miva Markup Language markup language Standard text-encoding system consisting of a set of symbols inserted in a text document to control its structure, formatting, or the relationship among its parts. The most widely used markup languages are SGML, HTML, and XML. , developers can quickly create secure, interactive Web applications, like an e-commerce storefront, a bulletin board or an online survey, directly within HoTMetaL PRO 5.0. HoTMetaL PRO 5.0 is available now for the Windows 95/98 and NT 4.0 operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , at a special introductory price of $99 with an upgrade price of $49 to registered users of HoTMetaL PRO. The list price for the full product is $129.00 (US). System requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. include a Pentium processor, 16MB of RAM, 256 color/SVGA display with minimum 640 x 480 resolution, and a CD-ROM drive A device that holds and reads CD-ROM discs. CD-ROM drives generally also play audio CD discs by sending analog sound to the sound card via a 4-pin cable. For specifications of 10x, 20x, etc. drives, see CD-ROM drives. See CD-ROM, CD-ROM changer, CD-ROM server and CD-ROM audio cable. . About SoftQuad SoftQuad is a leading provider of standards-based content publishing tools for the Internet and corporate intranets. Based in Toronto, SoftQuad is a founding member and active participant in the World Wide Web Consortium, the Internet Engineering Task Force (c/o Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), Reston, VA, www.ietf.org) Founded in 1986, the IETF is a non-membership, open, voluntary standards organization dedicated to identifying problems and opportunities in IP data networks and proposing technical solutions to the and Editorial Review Boards. SoftQuad is a division of SoftQuad International Inc., which also owns Alpha Software Corp., of Burlington, Mass. SoftQuad HoTMetaL PRO and SoftQuad HoTMetaL are trademarks of SoftQuad International, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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