• Rendering and Code Enhancements contain further upgrades to the core functionality to make Dreamweaver better suited to modern Web development techniques. Whether CSS external style sheets, JavaScript libraries, or server-side code, you now have better access to included or linked files through three new interconnected features: Related Files, Code Navigator, and Live View.
• CSS Best practices is the latest evolutionary step in Dreamweaver that brings CSS rule creation and modification to the forefront in the Dreamweaver CS4 Properties panel. Formerly known as the Property Inspector, the Properties panel has been updated and split into two modes: HTML, and CSS. You can use the HTML panel to set common properties, and the CSS panel to handle the formatting controls.
• Photoshop Smart Objects is part of the next level of evolution in the Dreamweaver and Photoshop integration. Now, for the first time you can simply insert a Photoshop PSD file into a Dreamweaver CS4 page to create a Smart Object image. This way any changes to the PSD image, will prompt you to re-sync from within Dreamweaver, and when you do, your image will be updated.
• HTML Data sets now give you ease of use with accessibility. You can now create your data in a standard HTML table, a series of div tags, or an unordered list and then step through a wizard to integrate that data into a dynamic table on the page. This will give you the ability to create sortable columns, a master-detail layout, or other sophisticated display using the Spry framework for Ajax. It also works for XML files to render information from RSS feeds and other sources.
• InContext Editing service from Adobe lets anyone who can use a browser update content easily. First you design your editable pages to retain total control over the look and feel of your sites. Then you designate the parts of your page that you want to let the client change, and all the other sections will be locked and editable only by you.
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