Using Smart
Objects and Smart Links, you can now edit Photoshop, LiveMotion,
and Illustrator objects on the fly from within GoLive. This
will save you a lot of time. When I double-clicked on a LiveMotion
file that was added to the Tech Books test site, the program
brought the file automatically to LiveMotion for modifications.
I did have a little trouble, however. At one point, the software
responded with an error message and would not launch one of
my Photoshop files. Adobe tech support was not sure why this
happened.
The Objects palette in GoLive
5
GoLive 5.0
comes loaded with objects that you can add to your Web creations.
It took seconds for me to drag and drop a Modified Date object,
which required no additional modifications, to several pages
of the Tech Books test site. Other additions include URL pop-up
menus, browser switches and rollovers.
It also
took me only a few seconds to add a nicely formatted table to
the Tech Books test site. After I dragged the table icon from
the Objects palette to the Web page Document window, I imported
a text file with tabbed content by selecting the file with the
Inspector's Browse/Select File option. I then quickly applied
a style by selecting the Styles Tab and choosing a look from
the list of predefined styles. GoLive displays a preview of
each style.
The page inspector
One minor,
though annoying, glitch occurred when I tried to apply multiple
styles to a table. If a table has black text and you apply a
style with white text, and then a style with black text, the
text remains white. To make the black text stick, you have to
select the Clear button before applying the new style. You can
modify styles or add your own by clicking on the Capture button
and assigning your style a name. You can also apply settings,
such as vertical or horizontal alignment, to multiple selected
cells and apply the Table Sort command to rows or columns if
you want to list items in alphabetical order.
The HTML view includes pull-down
tabs for viewing tag content.
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