Adobe PageMill
{{short description|HTML editor software}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Adobe PageMill
| developer = Adobe Systems
| released = 1994
| latest release date =
| operating system = Mac OS and Microsoft Windows
| discontinued = yes
| genre = HTML editor
| license = Proprietary
| website =
}}
PageMill is a WYSIWYG HTML editor developed by Adobe Systems in 1994. After PageMill 3.0, it was discontinued in favor of GoLive.
History
Ceneca Communications Inc. developed the original PageMill and SiteMill products.{{cite book
| url = https://archive.org/details/insidepublishing00pfif/
| url-access = registration
| title = Inside the publishing revolution: The Adobe Story
| date = 2003
| pages = 160,170
| isbn = 0-321-11564-3
| first = Pamela
| last = Pfiffner
| publisher = Peachpit Press
}} During open beta testing, Adobe acquired the company and rebranded the product with their own logo.{{citation needed|date=September 2010}} Adobe released PageMill 1.0 in late 1995.{{cite magazine | title = Pipeline | magazine = InfoWorld | volume = 17 | issue = 45 |pages=58 | publisher = InfoWorld Media Group | date = November 6, 1995 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YTgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58 | issn = 0199-6649}} Adobe began shipping PageMill for the Macintosh priced at $99. It was considered revolutionary at the time, as it was the first HTML editor that was considered user-friendly, cited as the "PageMaker of the WWW".{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927093134/http://www.soc.org.uk/bulletin/pagemill.htm |archive-date=2007-09-27 |url=http://www.soc.org.uk/bulletin/pagemill.htm |date=1995|title= Review of Adobe PageMill 1.0 |publisher=Society of Cartographers Bulletin |access-date=2010-08-25}}{{sfn|Pfiffner|2003|p=171}} This first version, however, was also criticized for lacking items such as a spell-checker and support for creating HTML tables.{{sfn|Pfiffner|2003|pp=171-175}} Adobe acquired Ceneca in October 1995 for US$15 million.{{sfn|Pfiffner|2003|p=160}}
Adobe PageMill 2.0, which was introduced in early 1997, corrected these issues with a package that, according to one review, "adds more features than I have fingers and toes… PageMill with its tables, frames, graphics, and support for form interfaces, makes it easy to lay out a page".{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620021417/http://www.soc.org.uk/bulletin/pagemil2.htm |url=http://www.soc.org.uk/bulletin/pagemil2.htm |archive-date=2008-06-20 |title=Review of Adobe PageMill 2.0 |publisher=Society of Cartographers Bulletin |date=1997 |access-date=2010-08-25}} PageMill 2.0 was also the first version for Microsoft Windows.{{cite magazine | magazine = InfoWorld
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9zsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA15 | title=PageMill 2.0 to ship | first = Jeff
| last = Walsh | date= 12 May 1997 |page=15 | volume = 19 | issue = 19 }}
Adobe PageMill 3.0, released in early 1999, supported embedded font commands and a site-management feature.{{cite magazine
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=41EEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62
| title = Adobe adds adaptability to PageMill 3.0
| magazine = InfoWorld
| page = 54
| date = 9 February 1998
| first = Jeff
| last = Walsh
| volume = 20
| issue = 6
}} It was discontinued in February 2000, due to the acquisition and promotion of Adobe GoLive.{{cite web |title=Adobe PageMill Discontinued |publisher=Adobe.com |date=2005-01-05 |url=http://www.adobe.com/support/salesdocs/1000592.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050307094733/http://www.adobe.com/support/salesdocs/1000592.html |archive-date=2005-03-07 |access-date=2010-01-02}}{{sfn|Pfiffner|2003|p=175}} A later patch, still available from Adobe, fixed a problem with FTP upload.{{cite web |url=http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?hexID=6032 |title=PageMill 3.0.1 Update for Windows |date=February 25, 2000 |publisher=Adobe |access-date=2010-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509175745/http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?hexID=6032 |archive-date=9 May 2011}}
PageMill was often bundled with other products such as scanners or promotional CD-ROMs, rather than sold as a stand-alone product.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110111145900/http://webdesign.about.com/od/pagemill/Adobe_PageMill.htm Adobe PageMill], About.com
- [http://ed.fnal.gov/lincon/tech_web_editor.shtml Writing and Editing Your Web Pages], Fermilab National Laboratory LInC Online
- [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Pagemill Internet archive software library including Pagemill 2 & 3 for mac and windows]
- [https://archive.org/details/page-mill-site-mill-brochures Original product brochures for Ceneca's and Adobe's PageMill / Sitemill products.]
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