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athos002
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December 3, 2021
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Dreamweaver 8 installation

  • December 3, 2021
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Dreamweaver 8 installation
I have used DW 8 for years with satisfaction.
I changed PC and now I can't install it. I am not interested in new versions.

I ask if it is possible to find the DW 8 installation EXE files.
Thanks

 

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    BenPleysier
    Community Expert
    BenPleysierCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 3, 2021

    As @Nancy OShea  has stated, you will need to find an alternative to your antique Dreamweaver version. As far as free software is concerned, Visual studio would be my first choice.

     

    I have gone for Wappler. 

     

    Wappler is the DMXzone-made Dreamweaver replacement and includes the best of their powerful extensions, as well as much more!
      Nancy OShea
      Community Expert
      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 3, 2021

      @athos002,

      DW 8 (aka CS2.3) from 2003 is obsolete & discontinued.  Even if you could install it on a new computer (which is very doubtful), I don't think it's possible to activate the software anymore.  Macromedia and Adobe's old activation servers no longer exist.

       

      New software may be your only option.


      CODE EDITORS:
      -- Adobe Dreamweaver CC - https://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html
      -- Atom (free) - https://atom.io/
      -- 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/

       

      ============
      ONLINE SITE BUILDERS:
      -- Squarespace - https://www.squarespace.com/
      -- Webflow - https://webflow.com
      -- Without Code - https://www.wocode.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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        athos002Author
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        December 4, 2021

        Thanks @Nancy OShea Your information is very useful.
        I used DW8 (very old indeed :-)) because I needed it as a visual editor to edit the CMS (Wordpress) and LMS (Moodle) code I use.

        I don't need special functions but I'm looking for a WYSIWYG Editor for the code or to do some work in the visual area.

        Atom seems interesting to me but it doesn't seem like a visual editor.

        If Dreamweaver had a more attractive price I would buy that. 😞

         

        Thanks

        B i r n o u
        B i r n o u
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        December 4, 2021

        @athos002 are you looking for an EXE file, or a way to run it on your new computer ?

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