Adobe Dreamweaver is a proprietary web development tool used to create websites and webpages. It features visual and code editing, integrated previews, multimedia insertion, CSS support, and publishing/uploading via FTP. Dreamweaver originated from Macromedia and was first released in 1996 based on insights from web designers. It allows for creation of static sites to complex databases sites. Dreamweaver provides intelligent coding assistance, comprehensive CSS support, and integrated CMS. It is commonly used by professional web designers for building a variety of websites.

3.  Macromedia Dreamweaver now known as
Adobe Dreamweaver is the software
used for web development.
 Adobe Dreamweaver is a proprietary
web development tool developed by
Adobe Systems.
Dreamweaver

4. DREAMWEAVER
* It can be used to create pages for display
on the World Wide Web[www].
* It is the most popular web design program
among professional web designers.
* The latest version is Adobe Dreamweaver
CS6.

5. In October 1996, Macromedia
decided to create a new web
page editing tool.
Kevin Lynch led the effort,
spending several months
assembling a small team and
talking with web designers
about the challenges they
faced building websites with

6. HISTORY OF DREAMWEAVER
Based on this customer insight, Kevin
wrote document called the ‘19 Dreams’
about what an ideal web editing tool
would do.
Therefore, the project was called
‘DREAMWEAVER’.

7. Features of dreamweaver
O Dreamweaver features an integrated
browser for previewing developed
webpages.
O Integrated CMS Support: One of the
features of Dreamweaver is its
Integrated CMS support. CMS stands
for Content Management Systems.
CMS support that is featured in
Dreamweaver allows us to access any
and all webpage related file.

8. FEATURES OF DREAMWEAVER
 Intelligent Coding Assistance:
Dreamweaver makes it easy to write clean
code. Dreamweaver comes with PHP code
hinting that allows us to learn about popular
PHP methods and functions.
 Comprehensive CSS Support:
Dreamweaver allows us to display the CSS
box model without needing to know how to
code CSS manually.

9. Features of dreamweaver
Editing: It features a good mix of
visual editing and textual editing
which works well for both the Web
Author and one has XHTML
experience.

10.  For creating static or dynamic websites
from a very simple four page sites to a
complex full corporate mega site with
databases and animation.
 It is used for making an array of graphic
and web design software.

11. It can also be extended with
Dreamweaver Extensions” to
customized add to tools and
features.

12.  Dreamweaver can be used to insert
multimedia objects like:
 Adding sound: Several different types of
sound like MP3, WAV,MIDI etc. can be
added to webpage with the help of
Dreamweaver. The audio control will not be
shown in Dreamweaver. All files are
inserted as plug-ins and are represented
inside Dreamweaver.

13. USES OF DREAMWEAVER IN MULTIMEDIA
 Adding Video: Videos can be
added to web page in different
ways and formats. Videos can be
downloaded to user or it can be
streamed so that it plays while it is
downloading. The video formats
commonly used are AVI,MPEG &
MOV. The most common
streaming formats for
transmission of videos are
RealMedia, QuickTime and
Windows Media .

14. Usesofdreamweaverinmultimedia
• Shockwave Movies: Shockwave, the
Macromedia standard for interactive
multimedia on the web is a
compressed format that allows media
files created in Macromedia Directory
to be downloaded and played by most
popular browsers.

15. Dreamweaver work area
O FTP Tool bar: Manages the uploading
and downloading of files.

16. Using Dreamweaver
 Creating document: A new document can
be created using Dreamweaver.

17. USING DREAMWEAVER
 Editing Page Properties: Pages can be edited
using these properties. From page properties
screen, default text, link and background
properties of the pages can be edited.

18. USING DREAMWEAVER
 Formatting Text: Default text formatting
should be defined on the page properties
Windows.

19.  Creating a Table: Table allows us to layout content
and display content in a grid structure. Tables can
be created using Table Window in Dreamweaver.
Table structure should be displayed below the
heading.

20. USINGDREAMWEAVER
 Inserting an Image: Before the image can be
added, the page needs to be saved. The image will
be placed where the cursor will be located. When
the image is clicked, the Properties Panel will
display the properties for the image.

21.  Creating Links: The links can be created in
Dreamweaver using hyperlink window.
First, the text is created and that text is
made into a link using hyperlink window.

22. Other additional formatting can be done.
Changing Link Colors: Link Colors and style
properties can be modified here.

23. Additionalformatting
• Aligning Objects: The following
alignments can be applied to most
objects:
• Left
• Right
• Center.
• Justify(text only)
• The alignment tools are on the right side
of the panel in Dreamweaver.

26. Advantages of dreamweaver
OIt is easy and efficient to
use.
OIt has the ability to create
consistent looking
webpages.

27. ADVANTAGES OF DREAMWEAVER
It can manage and update websites
effectively.
It is easy to upload using FTP.
Users of Dreamweaver can
customize the look of software to
match their requirements.

28. It has a retail price about $600
which is hundred of dollars more
than similar programs.
It has a confusing interface that
may seem intimidating to new
users.

29.  It requires 1.8GB of hard
drive space.
 Blogs can’t be made using
Dreamweaver and neither
can things like Wikis.

30. THANK YOU.