Adobe Dreamweaver vs. Contalog (discontinued)

One of the issues I've had is our company newsletter. I use MailChimp to send it but the template I chose does not work well in MailChimp. My work-around is that I host the template in Adobe Dreamweaver and then code the new newsletter content in the tool. This allows me to choose the "Code Your Own" option in MailChimp. I simply paste in the code, make any tweaks, and then I can send it to my subscribers.

Incentivized

Contalog easy to understand and does not require additional training at all. The inventory management system works fine and now we are able to track our stock levels across multiple channels.

• Website Organization/File Management
• FTP Deployment
• Design/Preview Mode

Incentivized

• Inventory Management
• Product Information Maintenence

• very complex system
• it is costly
• setup file is big

Incentivized

• POS
• Knowledge Base

Adobe Dreamweaver is probably the best software for students because you don't need to know HTML, or CSS to use it. However, once you learn it, it fits like a glove. The interface is comfortable, the options, the ability to edit webpages live, and the error tracking ability are great. When you move on to JavaScript it's still a great interactive software. Of course, there are far better JavaScript editors. There certainly are areas to improve, and there's free software out there along with some browser-based ones. I'm not married to Dreamweaver, but it's easy to become content with it.

• Negative impact due to lack of ColdFusion support
• FTP Deployment is a nice feature to have for legacy sites

Incentivized

• Better Customer Service