features in Dreamweaver 6.0 (MX) to be more on par with HomeSite, the company continued to produce both products separately, stating that "both products are excellent for their specific purposes." Macromedia was then acquired by Adobe in 2005. In May 2009, Adobe elected to cease development of HomeSite, and no longer supports the product, though they still maintain a forum for active users . Instead, existing HomeSite users are asked to consider switching to the newest version of Dreamweaver. Versions Homesite 1.x (September 1996) Allaire Homesite 2.0 Allaire Homesite 2.5a (1997) Allaire HomeSite 3.0 (November 1997) Allaire HomeSite 4.0 (November 1998) Allaire HomeSite 4.5 (1999) Macromedia HomeSite 5.0 (2001) Macromedia HomeSite 5.2 (January 2003) Macromedia HomeSite 5.5 (September 2003) There was also another version called HomeSite+ which was included in Dreamweaver MX 2004 and greater. HomeSite+ had additional functionality for ColdFusion application development, and was generally comparable to the version of HomeSite formerly called ColdFusion Studio. HomeSite+/CF Studio versions parallel standalone HomeSite versions. Features Customizable interface that includes dockable toolbars with custom buttons, a snippet manager with "tag snippets," and custom dialogs and wizards written in the VTML language. Extensively script-able to automate tasks or to perform advanced tasks using JavaScript or VBScript Macro recorder can record a series of actions to create scripts for later playback Enhanced code snippets save time by creating and saving reusable blocks of code, and can prompt for variable replacement when used. Customizable syntax color-coding for ASP, CFML, CSS, HTML, Java, JavaScript, JSP, Perl, PHP, SQL, VBScript, VTML and XHTML. Syntax-coloring parser syntax and examples are available to help users to extend or write their own. Search and replace utility CSS editing via the included TopStyle Lite, or via integration with the full version of TopStyle, if available Check your code with the built-in Code Validator, or use CSE HTML Validator with UI integration Customizable code formatting formats your code to standards with Code Sweeper or HTML Tidy. Integrated help browser shows installed help docs or HTML-format document sets added by the user. Useful for local, searchable copies of standards, tutorials, language references, etc. Project management and built-in FTP help manage and upload websites Built-in tools for page link-checking, document weight and spell-checking Works with source and version control software that supports SCCI, and with other packages via custom toolbars Assign keyboard shortcuts to almost any function, or to your own scripts or code