Macromedia Dreamweaver is a very known software for most of the website designers/ website design company. In simple words, it helps to create webpage contents for a website design. As like every other software Dreamweaver has also gone through several changes through its upgraded versions. There are many basic changes of Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 from its previous version. They are:

# The biggest utility that Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 brings in is that now it works on with CSS. This thus helps in the perfect website design. Css helps to make the webpage look very consistent all throughout the website. the previous version of dreamweaver has CSS of older version.

# Another important feature of Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 is to include secure FTP transfer. Simple image editing like cropping and tonal adjustments without leaving the program. Thus this will make website design easier and faster.

# Support for data-driven, interactive Web pages with coding extensions such as JavaScript, Microsoft's Active Server Pages, and Macromedia's ColdFusion. These services let you easily build dynamic components such as order forms, user authentication, and database queries into your pages without requiring an advanced degree in HTML coding.

# Enhance productivity with tighter integration with Macromedia Flash, Fireworks, and other design and development tools in the Macromedia Studio MX 2004 suite.

# Copy and paste from Microsoft Word and Excel documents directly into Dreamweaver while preserving fonts, colors, and CSS styles. Use, render, and save any font and encoding supported by the operating system, including double-byte character sets.

These are some of the essential features of Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004