WebAssist Professional – SuperSuite Adobe Dreamweaver
Extensions
Reviewed by Robert Pritchett
Introduction
“Crafting
an online store is a big task: bring it down to size with eCommerce solutions
from WebAssist. If you're just starting out and looking for the ultimate
all-in-one solution, Super Suite is the best value going. Just want to
integrate shopping cart functionality into your custom site? Take a look at
eCart. Hoping to break into the world's biggest marketplace? Don't miss eBay
StoreBuilder. Make money the new-fashioned way – with WebAssist's
eCommerce solutions.
Site
builder, file upload/download, site importer, shopping cart: get it all –
and more - in one super package, Super Suite from WebAssist. Build any kind of
site you need in Dreamweaver and add sophisticated Web functionality, without
coding. Super Suite gives you both the power tools and the knowledge needed to
put them to work.”
If you do website development or maintenance, wouldn’t you
like a set of tools that made the job easier?
Getting Started
Since I started reviewing this suite of applications a year
ago, Adobe updated their program and WebAssist has tried very hard to keep up
with their Dreamweaver extensions. I liked what they are doing so much that we
became an affiliate on our site (see Bazaar - http://www.maccompanion.com/bazaar/computersoftware.html).
Inside Dreamweaver, I have all the tools in the menus listed
in the chart along with the free extensions such as those created for Google
support.
To get a flavor of what is going on with WebAssist apps,
jumping into the Forum makes a lot of sense - http://www.webassist.com:8119.
Understandably, there seems to be a lot of traffic in the Website Development
and ECommerce sections and fewer in the Web Design section – and there is
a job board for folks looking for work and those who are experts in their
fields willing to offer their services for a fee.
Joseph Lowery wrote the book, “Dreamweaver CS3 Bible” and he
is a VP at WebAssist and monitors the Forum. http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470122145.html
Can you build a website business using WebAssist extensions?
Yes, but it is a cutthroat environment and it is a good idea to outsource to
experts that do a great job, because businesses do not want to pay for “on the
job “ training.
These extensions help turn around website development quickly
and there are a great bunch of folks that are willing and able to help get over
those coding hurdles that inevitably show up in any project.
Conclusion
If you do website development for a living and use
Dreamweaver as the tool of choice, WebAAssist’s SuperSuite really is the way to
go for getting in, getting it done and getting out.
Recommendation
If you have Dreamweaver CS3, go through the tours and
feature sets and try out the test drives for each of the apps at http://www.webassist.com
If they work for you, pay the price and get the tools that
help get the job done. |
