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Bob15A817587813
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June 18, 2022
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Download Contribute 6.5 [Contribute is DEAD]

  • June 18, 2022
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I am registered for Contribute 6.5, but can not find a download file to install it. I tried download it from your account, and it shows that it is registered, but there is no download link. 

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Correct answer Nancy OShea

Adobe Contribute is DEAD for more than 6 years now.  You wouldn't want to use it anyway.  It never worked right after 2012.  Contribute hobbled along on life support for few years before Adobe finally pulled the plug on it. 

 

Use Webflow or WordPress or any other content managment system (CMS) platform.

If you need to maintain old Contribute websites and can work with code, use Dreamweaver or Visual Studio Code.

 

 

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Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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June 19, 2022

Adobe Contribute is DEAD for more than 6 years now.  You wouldn't want to use it anyway.  It never worked right after 2012.  Contribute hobbled along on life support for few years before Adobe finally pulled the plug on it. 

 

Use Webflow or WordPress or any other content managment system (CMS) platform.

If you need to maintain old Contribute websites and can work with code, use Dreamweaver or Visual Studio Code.

 

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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Audrey249241388smb
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June 19, 2022

Oops! The Adobe Contributor was more like an HTML editor than a Content Management System (CMS) like WordPress. WP is an open-source platform for building blogs. Just for plain HTML editing, I would rather go for notepad text editor on Windows or maybe use another free program known as "Brackets" that gives direct facilities to watch a preview of the source through a web browser. 🙂 

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Audrey249241388smb
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June 19, 2022

Moreover, WordPress is just used to build professional websites and blogs like <link removed>. It is never intended for testing HTML codes or people just don't prefer it as it requires installation on a server, although we can install it on localhost such as the C drive of windows, making our own computer act as a server for learning purpose. We can still use the online compiler applications for testing our codes. 🙂

John T Smith
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John T SmithCommunity Expert
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June 18, 2022

I don't use it, so I have NO idea if that program is included here

 

I do not know how far back this process will go, but try this link
-NOTE that you will have to search the site for your specific download
Direct Download Links https://prodesigntools.com/tag/ddl MAY help
-you MUST do what it says in Note: Very Important Instructions
-https://prodesigntools.com/adobe-cc-2015-direct-download-links.html#download-instructions
-the prodesign links go directly to Adobe's file server, so this process will
--only work until Adobe completely removes the old version(s) from the server
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IF/When you do have a download, be sure to copy it to AT LEAST one external device
-since Adobe does sometimes remove old versions from the server
-a usb flash drive or external hard drive, or write to a DVD
-plus a text file containing your serial number if you have a serial number program

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Bob15A817587813Author
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June 20, 2022

I went to the link you provided, chose CS6, which took me to https://prodesigntools.com/adobe-cs6-direct-download-links.html but could not find a link there for Contribute.  I have used Contribute CS3 for many years to modify and edit my small business web site, and has worked perfectly well for me. The only problem was that after changing computers, it would no longer reactivate, Adobe shut down their server for that.  So they were nice enough to give me a new serial number to use with CS6, or Contribute 6.5, but the download link they gave me would not work, and they told me to come to the Support Community here for help.  

All I need is a download of the new version, or, I would consider using a similar type of WYSIWYG program (I'd rather not use HTML code) that I can get without spending a lot of money (<$100) nor yearly subscription.  Please help, thanks.

Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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June 20, 2022

Contribute is not an option.  There is NO download to be had.  Contribute is beyond dead.  Adobe pulled it off their shelves forever. 

 

Use one of the code editors below.  Or switch to an online site builder with a CMS you can use.  I'm sorry but those really are the only options left.

 

Do code exercises and take quizzes at the end.
- https://www.w3schools.com/html/
- https://www.w3schools.com/css/
- https://www.w3schools.com/js/
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CODE EDITORS:
-- Adobe Dreamweaver CC - https://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html
-- Codespaces (free, browser-based) - https://github.com/features/codespaces
-- Nova (Mac only, formerly called Coda) - https://nova.app/
-- Pinegrow - https://pinegrow.com/
-- Sublime Text - http://www.sublimetext.com/
-- Visual Studio Code (free) - https://code.visualstudio.com/

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ONLINE SITE BUILDERS:
-- Squarespace - https://www.squarespace.com/
-- Webflow - https://webflow.com
-- Wix - https://www.wix.com/
-- WordPress (open source) - https://wordpress.org/

Hope that helps.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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