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Garry Maclean
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January 21, 2023
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Can I migrate a Dreamweaver CS6 website to CC ?

  • January 21, 2023
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Having lost access to my Dreamweaver CS6 website - due to various issues after reformatting my iMac Hard Drive and finding myself unable to reinstall CS6 - I am now forced to either abandon my website or consider upgrading my iMac and subscribing to CC.

 

Can anyone advise me as to any technical problems I might/will encounter if I was to purchase an up to date iMac and choose to go the Adobe CC subscription route ?

 

It's not a cheap option for me but the nightmare scenario is that I invest in an up to date iMac and then find I cannot migrate my existing CS6 website to an operational one in CC.

 

As things stand, without Dreamweaver, I currently have no way of accessing my website.

 

On the plus side my host has all my web files backed up for me to access and download when required. I also have all my web files, images etc., backed up on an external 2TB SSD accessible via Time Machine and also on my iMac.

 

Regarding the difficulties of starting afresh in Dreamweaver CC and downloading my web files from my host (MacAce) and connecting my Time Machine web files to get up and running again can anyone advise how hard this might prove to be ?

 

Might it be impossible ?

 

Many thanks.

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    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 21, 2023

    Assuming your computer meets the system requirements to run Creative Cloud (Big Sur or higher), get a 7 day free trial BEFORE you buy.

     

    Create a folder for your site files on your primary hard drive volume.  C:\MySite\

    Use Dreamweaver CC or free FileZilla FTP client to download the site files from your hosting server.

     

    Once the site files on your hard drive, you can edit them with Dreamweaver CC or any other plain code editor.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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      Garry MacleanAuthor
      Inspiring
      February 11, 2023

      Many thanks for reply Nancy !

       

      I've pretty much decided - after much deliberation, to follow your advice - given elsewhere - bite the bullet and upgrade my 2013 iMac to one capable of running an OS earlier than Big Sur allowing me to move over to Dreamweaver CC.

       

      Hopefully, by following your above advice, I will manage the transition.

       

      When it is said that Adobe supports CC as opposed to no longer supporting CS6, can you tell me what this "support" with CC actually consists of ?

       

      Does Adobe actually advise regarding "problems" I may encounter regarding coding issues due to my lack of knowledge or does it remain the case that my best port of call is here on the community forum ?

       

      Kind regards,

       

      Garry.

       

       

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      osgood_
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      February 11, 2023
      quote

      When it is said that Adobe supports CC as opposed to no longer supporting CS6, can you tell me what this "support" with CC actually consists of ?

       

      Does Adobe actually advise regarding "problems" I may encounter regarding coding issues due to my lack of knowledge or does it remain the case that my best port of call is here on the community 

       

      By @Garry Maclean

       

      I think what it means is Adobe are open to listening to CC issues which might be encountered on your operating system but they won't advise on coding issues, not that l know of anyway.

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      osgood_
      Legend
      January 21, 2023
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      As things stand, without Dreamweaver, I currently have no way of accessing  my website.


      By @Garry Maclean

       

      Unless you have used code which is specific to Dreamweaver you can use any editor to access your website, maybe try Pinegrow editor if you want a visual interface, it will be much cheaper.

       

      Have you used Dreamweavers .dwt templating option which is stopping you from exploring alternative editors?

       

       

       

       

       

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        Garry MacleanAuthor
        Inspiring
        January 21, 2023

        Cheers for reply,

         
        Negative regarding using Dreamweaver templates however I am really tied in to Dreamweaver and it’s style of “interface" for want of a better description.
         
        I had a brief look at Pinegrow but I reckon I’d really struggle outside of Dreamweaver as it’s what I’m accustomed to and changing to something new at this late stage would most likely just fuddle my head - more than my head is already fuddled ;o)
         
        I’m not particularly tech savvy and it's over 10 years since I started my website - it's just a hobby I've worked on sporadically - and in all that time I’ve only worked on just this one website.
         
        It’s good to know however that I can edit CS6 in CC along with other alternatives.
         
        Many thanks, much appreciated.
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