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"Define site" crashes [UltraDev]

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August 31, 2017
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I'm new to Dreamweaver UltraDev. When I try to define a site, it starts scanning the folder, gets about 2/3 of the way through, and then each and every time I try tells me the program is closing. What's wrong?

While I'm here, I wonder if there are easy ways to modify default tags. If I hit Ctrl-i, it gives me the i rather than em tag, which I prefer (unless I'm using the cite tag). If I ask to insert an em dash, it gives me 151 rather than 8012. I'm sure there are more behaviors like this. But anyway, so far I can't really even begin! Oh, and I'm not sure what "Debug in browser" does, but if I select it, it tells me to choose a browser, but clicking to choose one just shows that browsers are already chosen, as visible in "View in browser." Lots strange to me, I guess! Thanks.

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Correct answer Nancy OShea

Frankly, I'm amazed it runs at all.

Try Brackets. It's a modern code editor that supports HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript very well.

<em> tags are not a problem in Brackets.

pziecina

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I agree that you would be better advised using a modern program.

I do however have ultra dev installed under windows 10, (original instalation done under windows 7) and providing you only use code, know modern html and css, the editor can be used. The ftp and site managment features do not work, but if you know how to use filezilla and know how to correctly write any links, then using ultra dev is possible, (not recommended, but possible).

Given the above restrictions, using a free editor would still be better than using ultra dev as programs like Brackets and visual studio code, offer extensions and support modern html and css code hinting and completion.

jhaber3Author

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Thanks, everyone. I do appreciate the confirmation that site management wouldn't work.

jhaber3Author

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Thanks, Nancy. I'll take a look when I get a chance. A shame, as I've heard so much about Dreamweaver, but a monthly fee is just beyond my budget. I did pay for an upgrade to Photoshop when I moved to a Windows 10 computer and things were no longer working well, but it was a fixed fee I could afford. Homesite is not WYSIWYG, but I'm used to that way of thinking after so long. I just may have to give it up, as it, too, is running into problems in Windows 10.

BenPleysier

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Just to add to Nancy's answer, you can find Brackets here Brackets - A modern, open source code editor that understands web design.

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Nancy OShea

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jhaber3 wrote
I'm new to Dreamweaver UltraDev.

Egads! Where on Earth did you find it?

Macromedia Ultra Dev 4 came out in 2000. If you could get it installed on a modern computer, it would be like working with stone tablets in the digital age.

A subscription to Dreamweaver CC 2017 (the current version) is only USD $19.99/mo,

Creative Cloud pricing and membership plans | Adobe Creative Cloud

If you can't handle that, use Brackets instead.

Brackets - A modern, open source code editor that understands web design.

Nancy

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jhaber3Author

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Thanks for your comments. On the first, what I mean by crashes, I get "Dreamweaver UltraDev has stopped working," with the only option to close program. On where I found it, I actually paid for it at the time, but out of habit going back to 1994 I have kept using an even more dated program, HomeSite, then published by Allaire (later bought out and discontinued).

I'm not inclined to pay a substantial amount every year in order to keep doing what I have already been doing and paid for, so that's out. I'm sorry they're so expensive. I don't pay per month for anything, least of all software I've already bought. (Incidentally, I got the Properties window to open, but it doesn't have em or strong rather than i and bold either. But I realize it's a dated program.) I guess maybe I should just give up on Dreamweaver?

Nancy OShea

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Frankly, I'm amazed it runs at all.

Try Brackets. It's a modern code editor that supports HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript very well.

<em> tags are not a problem in Brackets.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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