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dominiquel64116249
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July 17, 2017
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Comment ouvrir les fichiers.site avec Dreamweaver quand on n'a plus la CS 5?

  • July 17, 2017
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I am on Mac OS 10.12.

I have websites with the fichier.site who runs the site created with CS5.

I can't open them with Dreamweaver CS 2017 and CS 6. Does anyone have a solution?

Thank you

Je suis sur Mac OS 10.12.

J'ai des sites internet avec le fichier.site qui gère le site créés avec la CS5.

Je n'arrive plus à les ouvrir avec Dreamweaver CS 2017 et CS 6. Quelqu'un a-t-il une solution?

Merci

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Correct answer pziecina

Since DWCS6 and later no longer offer any kind of import functionality for the GL .site files, there's no sense in making the file "readable" in DW by adding its extension to the list. It would only open as code, not in any "meaningful to Dreamweaver" way.

You'll have to create a Dreamweaver Site Definition manually from your existing website files.

Define a site


To add to Jon's reply and Preran's explanation of what the .site file contains, and a quick read of the .site file definition. It apears that it is a parameter file, and looking at the output from the example you posted it is saved in a binary format which would require a specific program that interpretates the file into a readable format.

Even if Dw did interpretate the file, This would not help you to work with the site in Dw, as it is nothing more than a site manifest file listing all files and assets associated with the site, and how go-live should display them. As Dw would never update this list, it would become outdated after the first site edits.

Your best solution would be to create a new site definition in Dw, (follow the instructions in the link posted by Jon) then 'get' the actual web files from the server in order to work with them. It will not be simple to convert the files created by go-live to that of a W3C spec site, as go-live created and used a lot of go-live specific code for many of its features, that are not editable without using go-live.

If you do not know how to code, or wish a more visual method of creating a site, then Muse would be a better option than Dw.

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dominiquel64116249
Participating Frequently
July 17, 2017

I try to explain the best possible (I'm french) so if I make a mistake, please be indulgent.

Preran
Legend
July 18, 2017

No problem with the language, we will do our best to help. You can post in French here, and we have translation tools that allow us to translate to English.

About your question, are you trying to open fichier.site from Golive in Dreamweaver CS5? If so, can you try looking at the solutions in this forum discussion? Open GoLive CS2 Site Files in Dreamweaver CS5

Thanks,

Preran

dominiquel64116249
Participating Frequently
July 19, 2017

Thanks, Preran

This thread is about Golive => DW CS5. My problem is file.site from DW CS5 => CS6. It doesn't work (no more with CS 2017!)

pziecina
Legend
July 17, 2017

The posts in this discussion should help -

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1397030

BenPleysier
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 17, 2017

The question is a bit confusing because the OP talks about CS5 yet has a .site extension.

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pziecina
Legend
July 17, 2017

I can't remember when go live was discontinued, so i thought that maybe the OP was talking about Creative suite 5, and not Dw CS5

BenPleysier
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 17, 2017

The Server Behaviours panel was dropped by Dreamweaver because the code that it generated is outdated. If you want, you can use the extension offered by DMXzone (free of charge) for a version of Dreamweaver less than 2017.5 as the latest version doesn't support its use at all.

See here https://www.dmxzone.com/go/21842/enable-server-behaviors-and-data-bindings-panel-support-for-dreamweaver-cc/

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dominiquel64116249
Participating Frequently
July 17, 2017

Thank you

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