FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GoLive Systems Tackles the Consumer Market
The New Personal Edition Is the First Web Authoring Product to Bring Full
Layout Control and Site Management Functionality to the Consumer Market
Atlanta, GA/Electronic Entertainment Expo (May 29, 1998) GoLive Systems,
Inc., today announced the immediate availability of a $99 Personal Edition
of GoLive CyberStudio, its award-winning, Macintosh-based Web page layout
tool. A free competitive upgrade is also available directly from GoLive.
"For quite some time, we considered how we could offer a product to the
consumer market that provides all the power that anyone needs to create a
viable Web site," said Andreas Poliza, chairman and CEO of GoLive Systems,
Inc. "GoLive CyberStudio Personal Edition is the first product in its price
range that provides the layout tools, integrated site management, source
code control, and usability features missing from all other Web tools. This
one, intuitive program provides everything users need to turn their design
skills loose on a single Web page or on an entire site. It's perfect for
the cost-conscious Macintosh user who demands professional-quality
results."
GoLive CyberStudio has received top honors worldwide from press and
customers for offering its users limitless creative freedom when designing
and managing Web sites. This Personal Edition offers users a complete tool
set for Web site design, layout, and maintenance. It includes powerful
features for visual layout and design, advanced site management, HTML
source code and JavaScript editing, as well as several user-defined
options. Yet, GoLive CyberStudio Personal Edition's intuitive drag & drop
interface makes the software as easy to use as a Macintosh.
GoLive CyberStudio Personal Edition Features
Visual Layout and Design Control GoLive CyberStudio Personal Edition allows
users to visually lay out Web pages with full graphical control. Where
other graphical Web authoring products work much like a word processor,
GoLive CyberStudio works just like page layout software, letting users
place page elements on a grid, and controlling elements' attributes with
pixel-level precision. GoLive CyberStudio lets users see all the elements
on their pages without the cumbersome task of switching back and forth to a
browser. For example, users simply drag & drop the latest multimedia les
onto their Web page and watch them come to life. CyberStudio users can also
visually preview and edit frame sets without switching back and forth to a
browser.
Advanced Site Management GoLive CyberStudio's praised Project Manager
allows users to design, create, import, edit and view entire sites as
complete projects. CyberStudio lets users graphically see a site's
structure, adjust a site's hierarchy, add pages, delete pages, open
individual pagesas well as visually verify, change and update links and
anchors. Unlike other products, CyberStudio Personal Edition can visually
check and repair broken links within a Web page. Its spell checker can
check any single page or an entire site. And with CyberStudio, users can
easily upload or download individual Web pages or an entire Web site via
FTP, as well as quickly open and edit HTML documents on Web servers for
last-minute changes.
HTML Native File Format Unlike other Web site authoring tools, GoLive
CyberStudio Personal Edition always works in an HTML native le format.
Although CyberStudio works visually, it produces good, clean HTML source
code that users can easily view and editat any timein CyberStudio's
full-functioning source code editor. They can even view the HTML backbone
of a Web page in a clear-cut outline view. Of course, GoLive CyberStudio
Personal Edition users can share their HTML files with othersusing any
other HTML authoring tool or text editoron any type of computer.
User-Defined Options GoLive CyberStudio Personal Edition features several
items which allows users to customize the program to their particular
needs. Users can save and name their own colors and fonts within project
files. CyberStudio users can create and easily access HTML pages as
stationery les. CyberStudio also allows users to save elements on a
user-defined palette. Users can control how the folder structure when
publishing and uploading their sites.
FREE Competitive Upgrade
A free competitive upgrade to GoLive CyberStudio Personal Edition is
available directly from GoLive for owners of full versions of the following
products: Adobe PageMill, BBEdit, Claris Home Page, Macromedia Dreamweaver,
Microsoft Front Page, NetObjects Fusion, and Symantec Visual Page. Owners
must provide GoLive with the competitive packages by either mailing them
directly to GoLive or bringing them to the GoLive booth at Web Design and
Development '98 in San Francisco (June 23 - 26) or Macworld Expo in New
York City (July 8 - 10). Users wishing to have a package shipped to them
will need to pay a fulfillment fee. Details are available on the GoLive Web
site at www.golive.com.
Technical Support
GoLive technical support has been praised for its quick response time and
solution-oriented attitude. GoLive continues to offer unlimited free
technical support to all registered users of the full and tryout versions
of GoLive CyberStudio. GoLive Technical Support can be reached at
1-800-554-6638 or support@golive.com.
Availability, Pricing and Systems Requirements
The suggested retail price for GoLive CyberStudio Personal Edition is $99
and is available now direct from GoLive and through retail channels. GoLive
CyberStudio is distributed to resellers in the U.S., Canada and Latin
America by Ingram Micro, Pinacor (formerly MicroAge) and via distributors
in 21 countries worldwide. Educational resellers can purchase GoLive
CyberStudio from Ingram Micro. Customers can find their nearest reseller by
visiting the GoLive Web site. A thirty-day tryout version is available from
the GoLive Web site or on CD-ROM.
GoLive CyberStudio Personal Edition requires a Power Macintosh or 100%
compatible running MacOS 7.5.5 or later and a minimum of 8 MB free RAM.
Complements GoLive CyberStudio 3 Professional Edition
The Personal Edition complements GoLive's recently shipped GoLive
CyberStudio 3 Professional Edition ($299 Introductory Price, $549 Suggested
Retail). An industrial-strength solution for dynamic Web site creation,
GoLive CyberStudio 3 Professional Edition has over 100 advanced features
that will allow design professionals to create sites which include
Cascading Style Sheets and DHTML. Web authors who begin with GoLive
CyberStudio Personal Edition can easily upgrade to GoLive CyberStudio 3
Professional Edition for $199, direct from GoLive via its Web site at
www.golive.com.
About GoLive Systems
Founded in 1996, GoLive Systems, Inc. is a privately held company located
in Menlo Park, California with offices in Hamburg, Germany; Tempe, Arizona;
and Austin, Texas. GoLive's mission is to create software that lets people
use the Internet as an effective medium for professional publishing and
communication. GoLive CyberStudio has won over 25 awards worldwide,
including recent Editor's Choice awards from Macworld magazine (May 1998)
and MacUser/UK (April 1998).
