Free Dreamweaver Tools for Google Inserts Maps, Checkout and Search
The San Diego-based Web development shop is announcing today a free extension for Adobe Dreamweaver that lets you plug Google Maps, Google Checkout and Google search into your site designs. I installed the extension over the weekend. It's super easy to use. With Maps, you can plot multiple data points and add custom markers and messages. Checkout integration allows you to drop in one of the four required Checkout buttons. The extension automatically encrypts your code and catalog item data and passes the values to Google when the button is pressed. As for Google search, you just plop the search bar right into the page design. This is the old flavor of Google search, not Google Custom Search Engine. But WebAssist CEO Eric Otts, who used to be a Dreamweaver product manager at Macromedia, said the company is dutilfully working on enhancements and extensions for the future. WebAssist currently offers 15 commercial Dreamweaver extensions.
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Comments (6)
I wish it was just a download. It seems like you have to signup and check out. May be worth it, but I'm not convinced just yet. ;)
Posted by Thomas | November 1, 2006 9:32 AM
Its only an email man, well worth the spam to a free gmail account in my view
Posted by John | November 1, 2006 11:52 AM
Is the Google Checkout portion the same as PayPal that WebAssist currently offers? I created a PayPal "add to cart" button for each item. Than created a checkout button to complete the sale. Do I have to create another add to cart or can I use PayPal's and just create a Google Checkout button?
Posted by Ralph | November 1, 2006 11:55 AM
I'm so glad you posted this! Thanks. I love extensions for dreamweaver. I'll check it out.
Posted by M_Just_M | November 1, 2006 11:56 AM
Sounds nice indeed! Are there any tutorials on how to use it? If so, please ad some URL's.
Posted by Erick S. | December 7, 2006 4:55 PM
Works well for US data, but so far it shows difficulties with Canadian addressess. I'm also having problems with this tool and successful integration with pages controlled through templates.
Posted by JmC | March 6, 2007 4:34 PM