Every software manufacturer in the World seems to have a program that will make designing your Web site easier than buttering a slice of bread. Unfortunately, a lot of the programs out there don't live up to their claims. I won't name names here, but this includes some of the major players. One company that has continued to make life on the Web easier and more interesting is Macromedia. Their immensely popular Director and Shockwave products have become Web standards, allowing many multimedia functions to be easily integrated within HTML pages.
Backstage is a visual tool for building database-powered Web sites.
It also includes Macromedia xRes, a very powerful image editor, and multimedia applets for adding animation, sound and graphics to your site. Backstage comes in two editions, Desktop and Enterprise. The Desktop Edition connects to popular desktop databases, including Microsoft Access, FoxPro, Excel, Borland Paradox, and dBase. The Enterprise Edition connects to client-server databases such as Oracle, Sybase, Informix, and Microsoft SQL Server as well as desktop databases. The Backstage Internet Studio features 4 main components.