The sweet, sweet caress of Dreamweaver extensions | October 1st, 2007
We just put out the latest release of Complete UI and it includes, among other things, the new Nitobi Dreamweaver Extensions! I’ve been working on them for a little while and they’ve changed quite a bit since I last wrote about them a few months back.
Insert Bar Objects
The preview release I blogged about earlier had a really simple interface for adding components to a page. We opted to defer customization of the component until after its declaration has been inserted into the page. Well, after some deep thought, and a couple chats with the friendly folk at WebAssist, we decided to expose more options before the component is inserted. For example, in the Tree insert form, we can create the entire tree structure before the Tree is inserted:
Rendered Tree:
Callout and Spotlight
I really like the additions made for Callout and Spotlight in the final release of the extensions. I sort of neglected these components in the preview release opting to simply insert a sample Callout panel and a sample Spotlight tour. The final version gives these components the sweet, gentle lovin’ they deserve.
Other cool beans
I can’t remember if the preview release had DW 8 support, but we’ve got it in the final version. We also added better support for templates and added items in the insert menu bar.
Well, I hope y’all enjoy them. We’ve got bunch of articles up in our knowledgebase and I made some video tutorials too. Check ‘em out at http://www.nitobi.com/kb/?catid=96
I’d love to hear feedback from anyone with the time to give some. Feel free to email me at [email protected]