Jon Fritz
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Jon Fritz
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‎Apr 30, 2025
05:39 AM
1 Upvote
As Ben hints at, DW has been in a state of steady decline since 2012. In 2020, Adobe announced that the program would be left in a minimum development status. Basically the only things they plan to update are potential security holes and OS compatibility issues. They also said they would update the third party libraries included in the program, but they're woefully behind on a good number of them, to the point where it's basically not worth it anymore. No bug fixes or new features are planned going forward. I pretty much stopped any kind of web development with DW once they removed the direct downloads for CC2015, the last version before Brackets took over for the Code View. It's being kept on life support for the current userbase. I assume once the subscriptions/downloads hit a pre-determined low, they'll pull the plug completely. Until then, view it as the free web program that comes with a full subscription. There's zero reason to ever pay for a single program subscription to it at this point. There is no replacement from Adobe in their current suite of software and nothing has been mentioned, or even hinted at, taking over for it. It's disappointing to say the least.
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‎Apr 23, 2025
06:23 AM
Re-reading your post, I have to wonder if you simply don't have the interface set up the way you're used to in CC2015. If the Properties window were missing, for example, it would lead someone to believe there are no options for size, font, or alignment. The properties window can be opened under Window > Properties, or Ctrl + F3. Once open, clicking the CSS button on the left will give you all the options you mentioned...
Inserting tables is available in a few places. Under Insert > HTML > Table or in the HTML tab of the Insert Window under Window > Insert. In my screenshot above, the Insert Window has been dragged to the top of the document window to dock as a toolbar (all those little icons). It's not normally there by default, so if you were used to those options being there, I could see how the program would feel very bare bones and almost code-only.
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‎Apr 23, 2025
05:42 AM
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In all honesty, not much has really changed, functionally, between CC2015 and the latest version. There were massive growing pains when they first added the Live View Editor, and replaced the Code View engine with Brackets, but most of the issues were worked out over the years between then and now. I wonder if your difficulties stem from attempting to use the "new" Live View Editor (massive difference between versions) as if it were Design View (nearly identical)? Making sure there's a check by Window > Toolbars > Document will give you the ability to switch between Design View and the Live View Editors. The former should be very, very familiar as Adobe has done next to nothing with it in at least 15 years. If that doesn't get you back on track, maybe if we knew more about your workflow, we could help you with specific issues and get you up and running.
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‎Apr 22, 2025
05:27 AM
Duplicate post locked.
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‎Apr 14, 2025
11:28 AM
Design/Live View going blank tends to be code errors, however when both Code View and the Design/Live Views show as blank screens, there's usually something corrupt in the program itself. Have you tried Restoring Preferences yet?
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‎Apr 11, 2025
09:57 AM
3 Upvotes
It started collapsing around 2012, when Adobe decided not to update the database functionality and removed it from the program, leaving extension developers to make that functionality available for an additional cost. They then scrapped DW's Code View engine and added the open source Brackets code engine to it, losing a ton of functionality and personalization settings in the process. It's been pretty much down hill ever since, with odd bolt-on whizbang feature additions, followed by almost all of it being removed again. Adobe announced in 2020-21 that DW was going to be put into a Minimum Development Status, no new features, no bug fixes, just updates to third party bolt-ons and potential security and OS compatibility patches. Design View hasn't been updated since before you stopped using it, though they made some real strides with the Live View Editor before giving up on the program and leaving it to wither on the vine. It's much closer to an actual browser, but no emulator will ever beat the real thing(s) when it comes to browsers. Personally, I'd collect my things and ask for a refund from any school "teaching Dreamweaver" as anything other than a coding tool at this point. It's disappointing.
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‎Apr 11, 2025
05:58 AM
2 Upvotes
This post is 7 years and several versions out of date. In the intervening years, Adobe has added simple checkbox preferences to toggle the auto-completion of braces and quotes. It's in the same location I gave originally (Preferences > Code Hints). Now unchecking them will turn off the functions, making a modification to the same file as the manual instructions I gave previously...
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‎Mar 31, 2025
06:43 AM
1 Upvote
Obviously Adobe will never say how much the program is worth to them on a public forum, but their long history of letting programs die and vanish, versus selling them to potential competitors, should tell you everything you need to know.
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‎Mar 25, 2025
09:08 AM
Sorry, Adobe no longer offers a way to activate that software. They removed it several years ago and no longer support it in any way.
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‎Mar 17, 2025
06:28 AM
3 Upvotes
It's a bug, and it has been ignored for years by Adobe. In external stylesheets, all kinds of more advanced CSS methods are flagged by DW as errors, within a <style> tagset, inside an html page though, it's not. That's probably why Nancy wasn't able to reproduce it. It immediately shows as an error in a .css file for me and DW's perfectly content with it in an html page. When in doubt, use the css validator here: https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ With DW being moved out of active development in 2020-21, the liklihood they'll ever fix it is very low.
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‎Mar 12, 2025
12:29 PM
CS3 can't be activated any longer, the activation servers have been gone for quite a while now. I believe the Bootstrap Accordion function would likely do what you need. That's what's now built into DW instead, but your entire page would need to be restructured using the Bootstrap Framework in order to get it going.
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‎Mar 12, 2025
09:27 AM
Spry was removed from DW back in 2012. If you still have your activation info from your old software (CS5.5 or 6) you should still be able to activate and use it. Use legacy software for legacy sites that have no updates planned. In DW CC, there's no interface for working with Spry. You'd have to do it manually, in Code View. There are no plug-ins that I know of to add Spry back to DWCC. Not that it would be a very good idea, Spry wasn't mobile friendly, and the majority of the internet is viewed from mobile devices now. A final alternative would be to bite the bullet and update the site using current methods, knowing that at some point, those methods may not be current methods either.
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‎Mar 12, 2025
06:43 AM
The font size in Code View is controlled under View > Code View Options > Increase/Decrease/Restore Font Size (Ctrl + +, Ctrl + -, and Ctrl + 0 for keyboard shortcuts)
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‎Mar 10, 2025
12:02 PM
I can't recommend "learning Dreamweaver" at all. The program hasnt had any significant changes since 2020 when Adobe put it into a mimumum development status. The only things they've updated are a couple of the bolt on third party libraries. No new features and no bug fixes are planned going forward. DW is essentially on life support for the current userbase.
Instead, spend your time learning how to code html, css and javascript. That way, when Adobe pulls the plug on DW, you'd be able to use really any web development program to create sites.
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‎Mar 07, 2025
05:37 AM
Have you recently changed any site settings, like unchecking the Enable Cache box in your site's Advanced Settings, or moved your files to an external drive? If nothing has changed as far as the site's location, or the Enable Cache option, personally I'd try rebuilding the Site Definition. Sometimes a corruption of the defined site makes weird things happen, even though all the settings are the same. 1. Choose Site > Manage Sites click the site you're working on and click Export (folder with arrow icon) to create a backup .ste file. 2. Then, under Site > Manage Sites again, click the site you're working on and click Delete (- icon) to remove the site definition from DW 3. Now you can either create a new site definition from scratch, telling DW to use your existing root directory and re-entering your ftp info, or go to Site > Manage Sites > Import Site, then browse to the .ste backup and bring it back into DW
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‎Mar 06, 2025
09:46 AM
1 Upvote
It'll take some playing around with the CSS, but moving the .menu <div> inside the .hamburger <div> as a third sibling to the .top-bun and .meat elements seems to make the X and slide in functions work. There are a few lingering CSS issues that should be fixable, coming in from the ".hamburger div" settings that should be easy enough to override.
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‎Mar 06, 2025
07:00 AM
1 Upvote
CSS is funny sometimes. I honestly don't know why this works, it was just a hunch, but I moved things around a little, putting the hidden <input> immediately after the opening <body> then changing the CSS slightly to target the right spots. The X appears and the slide in works...
<body> <input type="checkbox" id="checkbox_burger" class="checkbox_burger visuallyHidden"> <div class="menu_container" id="toggle"> <label for="checkbox_burger"> <div class="hamburger"> <div class="top-bun"></div> <div class="meat"></div> </div> <div class="menu">menu</div> </label> </div>
Then change the CSS to...
.checkbox_burger:checked + div > label > .hamburger > .top-bun{
position:fixed;
left: 62px;
top:41px;
width: 30px;
transform: rotate(45deg);
-webkit-animation: burger-hover 0s infinite ease-in-out alternate;
animation: burger-hover 0s infinite ease-in-out alternate;
transition: all 400ms ease-in-out;
height: 1px;
}
.checkbox_burger:checked + div > label > .hamburger > .meat{
position:fixed;
left: 62px;
top:41px;
margin-bottom: 12px;
width: 30px;
transform: rotate(-45deg);
-webkit-animation: burger-hover 0s infinite ease-in-out alternate;
animation: burger-hover 0s infinite ease-in-out alternate;
}
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‎Mar 05, 2025
11:30 AM
1 Upvote
It appears to be a CSS/HTML problem. The CSS of the working page is mirrored in the class callouts in the very specifically structured HTML of that page. That's not the case in the broken page. In order for the css of the broken page to do the same thing as the working page, all those class callouts need to be part of the html structure. Look at your class names on the working page, then look where they appear in the HTML. You need to mirror that structure identically, if you plan to use the same CSS (albeit with slightly different class names).
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‎Feb 25, 2025
11:35 AM
Just a wild guess or two... All assets being called into a secure page need to be secure. Secure and insecure content can't be displayed on the same secure page. That would cause a graphic from an insecure site to remain unloaded on a secure page. Overzealous, sticky browser, or possibly even server, caching could do it. Accidental home page duplication (index.html and index.htm for example), reaching one via a specific link on the site and another by server default. ...or gremlins... ...or wombats...
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‎Feb 25, 2025
06:06 AM
2 Upvotes
I would definitely second the notion of learning how to work with Server Side Includes. You'll never go back to DWTs, plus you'll be futureproof when Adobe pulls the plug on DW. SSI's allow you to make a change to, and upload, one file that updates your entire site. Working with them is dead simple... The basics (using PHP) 1. Your site's pages will use the .php file extension instead of .html 2. Include files will contain only the code you want to repeat, they're not a full page. So just the menu, or footer, or special effect card, etc 3. You place your cursor where you want the include to appear on any given page of your site in DW and go to Insert > PHP > Include 4. Add the location of the include to the Filename field in the Properties window (hit the folder icon to browse to it in your defined site) 5. Once set up, to make sitewide changes, you just modify the include file (footer, header, navigation, etc) and upload, done and done For example, a menu include: Let's say you need to add a Facebook button to your menu. No problem, you open the menu include file in DW, add the image and link, save, then upload it. Every page on your site that references that menu include will automatically show the new info on your pages when a viewer pulls them up. The server writes the code from the include file over the include snippet in the page when the page is sent by the server, so whatever you put into the include file is written verbatim into the page where the include was placed. You don't have to lift a finger to update the individual pages themselves, just the include file. The best part is it's not using a proprietary DW function. All editors worth using (even some that aren't) understand PHP includes.
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‎Feb 25, 2025
05:26 AM
1 Upvote
Adobe discontinued their extension manager, the free DMX Zone version should work fine with PVII extensions though.
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‎Feb 21, 2025
05:37 AM
"2. Not needed because this happens with a local file, so there is this option not available" Are you saying you don't have a Site Definition set up in DW for the files you're working on? That could be the problem. Even if you don't set up any server information within DW, it still needs a Site Definition in order to function correctly. I'll even set them up when creating HTML emails, so the program won't glitch out on me. If you haven't defined a site, it may be worth a shot.
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‎Feb 19, 2025
05:48 AM
1 Upvote
The option under Form > Select Menu is not the same as the Jump Menu from previous versions of Dreamweaver. The actual "Jump Menu" option has been removed from the Insert Window entirely. However, you can still create a Jump Menu with it... 1. Open the Behaviors Window under Window > Behaviors (or Shift + F4)
2. Insert the Form > Select Menu item
3. Click the Select Menu in Design View 4. Click the + in the Behaviors window and select Jump Menu from the options there 5. Click the + icon, and fill in the "Text" and "When selected, go to URL" fields for as many links as you want
6. Hit "OK" The Jump Menu Behavior will automatically choose to be "OnChange" so it will push your viewer to the link without the need of a <form> tag or Form > Submit button being added. All necessary scripting will be written by DW into a <script> tag the <head> of the page. Though archaic, it should still function correctly in all browsers.
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‎Feb 18, 2025
06:13 AM
Any suggestions for the fix? There is no transparent hex color to adapt the white (#ffffff)
By @r_tist
Is there a reason you're using border instead of padding and/or margin settings in your CSS? Both alternatives would be transparent by default.
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‎Feb 14, 2025
12:02 PM
1 Upvote
The issue in the test site is coming from the border settings here...
<td style="border-right: solid 15px #ffffff; border-bottom: solid 2px #ffffff" >
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‎Feb 14, 2025
05:34 AM
1 Upvote
I think you're confusing the old girl with the multiple calls for a white background. The default background is white, there shouldn't be a reason to specify it, unless something else in your code, that you're not showing, us makes it necessary. What happens when you remove bgcolor="#ffffff" style="background-color:#ffffff;" from everywhere?
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‎Feb 12, 2025
05:56 AM
If the .dwt Template uses .lbi Library Items, they can be found under Window > Assets > click the open book icon on the bottom of the left menu of the Assets Window, then double-click the Library Item to edit...
If the company who created the files you're using simply didn't use .lbi items, you will most likely need to modify the navigation system within the .dwt Template directly, then save, tell DW to update all Child pages, then upload everything that's changed to your server.
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‎Feb 07, 2025
05:45 AM
2 Upvotes
Using anything less than 2-factor authentication for security is on par with having no security at all. It's just too easy for the bad guys to get ahold of UN/PW info, mom's maiden name, and the name of your first pet. At bare minimum messing up an account, and at worst causing total financial ruin. AI isn't just being used to make naughty pics of celebrities who never bared it all for the camera, write essays for lazy high school kids and undergrads, or fix terrible emails for luddite coworkers. Criminals are getting more and more sophisticated as the technology changes. The bad guy's jobs are getting far easier the longer people stay with UN/PW as their only security. Everything that can have 2-factor set up on, needs it.
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‎Feb 07, 2025
05:32 AM
There is no such thing.
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‎Feb 06, 2025
05:41 AM
2 Upvotes
Just an idea, without seeing the page itself... Another possibility: It may be functioning as the designers of the framework intended... When using Split View in DW, if you have the Code and Live set to Split Vertically under View > Split (instead of Split Horizontally), the window may be too narrow to show your full screen column behavior as it does in a wider browser window. Essentially showing you something more like what you'd expect to see on a mobile device within DW. If you have your Split set to Vertically, there may simply not be enough room available.
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