Co-Author

Included with GoLive is an application called GoLive Co-Author. Using Co-Author, you, the designer, can set up pages that your client, the co-author, can update on his own. Every box of GoLive and every copy of the Adobe Creative Suite Premium comes with one free license of the standalone Co-Author client application for you to try. The Co-Author client is the part you give to your client.

The process goes like this: You design and set up the pages in GoLive and upload any necessary files to the server. Next you export the Site Locator file from the File menu in GoLive, which you can email to your client. The client loads the site locator file into his Co-Author application, which loads the site's publish settings for him. Using the very simple interface in Co-Author, which is similar to using a web form, the client can update pages or create new pages. Those pages then are uploaded automatically when he clicks the Publish button in Co-Author.

The entire Co-Author application is built into GoLive, so it is not necessary to install the standalone client version for testing. In fact, you cannot install both GoLive and GoLive Co-Author on the same computer because one will overwrite the other.

If you try Co-Author and decide you like it, you can purchase additional copies from Adobe's online store. For more information on using Co-Author, visit the Adobe Studio Exchange and check the tutorials in the GoLive section at www.adobestudioexchange.com.