Macromedia HomeSite 5

Macromedia HomeSite 5 is the first version of the HomeSite HTML editing tool to released by Macromedia, after it had absorbed Allaire Corporation in a merger that was completed on March 20, 2001.

HomeSite+
Macromedia HomeSite+ was a variant of HomeSite 5 that was included with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX. It included the functionality of ColdFusion Studio 5 for application development with Macromedia ColdFusion MX.

Version 5.2
Macromedia HomeSite 5.2 was released in January 2003 as a free update. A version of HomeSite+ based on 5.2 fixed bugs and known issues from version 5.0.



Version 5.5
Macromedia HomeSite 5.5 was released in September 2003. It was available as a paid upgrade, which was discounted only for HomeSite 4 or 5 users. A version of HomeSite+ based on 5.5 was included with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 for development with Macromedia ColdFusion MX 6.1.

Discontinuation
Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems on December 5, 2005. Adobe announced that development on HomeSite was being discontinued on May 26, 2009 and offered Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 as a substitute. On March 22, 2010, Adobe introduced Adobe ColdFusion Builder as their new integrated development environment (IDE) for dedicated ColdFusion development.