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February 1, 2023
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What is planned for Dreamweaver Development

  • February 1, 2023
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I would like to know what the plans are for developing Dreamweaver?  There a several reasons we continue to develop our website, which is now well over 4,000 pages, which 10s of thousands of assets.  Moving to another platform where I cannot have the control we do with Dreamweaver is something I am not looking forward to if we are forced to go there.  But, I would like to see some improvements made to the platform.    Where can we gain some visibility on the development cycle that is planned for Dreamweaver?  Is there a way to upvote new feature sets that are planned or being considered?  Thanks,  Jason

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      Nancy OShea
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      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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      February 1, 2023
      quote Where can we gain some visibility on the development cycle that is planned for Dreamweaver?  Is there a way to upvote new feature sets that are planned or being considered?

      By @jasonr42881881

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      No path, no feature requests. Dreamweaver is in minimal status mode.  The only updates are security and compatibility patches.  That said, there is nothing precluding you from continuing to use Dreamweaver for site management and code editing alongside other tools.

       

      A 4,000 page site is unsustainable without a database driven solution and CMS.  A business with 10,000 assets would definitely benefit from a Data Assets Management (DAM) system like Adobe Experience Manager.

      https://business.adobe.com/products/experience-manager/adobe-experience-manager.html

       

      Hope that helps.

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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        jasonr42881881Author
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        February 1, 2023

        Thanks Nancy for the reply.  We are reviewing Adobe AEM, that would be the ultimate goal, but the price tag is 50k USD annually.  It would be great to get to that at some point, but the timing is just not there yet.

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        osgood_
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        February 1, 2023

        Sorry but there are no plans to extend or add new features to Dreamweaver at this point in time. Adobes official line is  - it's being 'minimally maintained', mainly bug fixes. Reading between the lines its reached 'end of life' unless Adobe would like to expand on the meaning of 'minimally maintained'. No-one from Adobe will officially tell you when end of life is going to be announced. Currently Dreamweaver is a good enough editor for most amatuers that have no requirements to keep up with new evolving trends, so I suppose it still has a few years left in it for them and is why its being 'minimally maintained'. Professionals, well most have deserted Dreamweaver.

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          jasonr42881881Author
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          February 1, 2023

          Thanks Osgood.  We have looked into using CMS tools, but haven't found anything yet that is as efficient or as flexible as using Dreamweaver.   We have a very solid foundation of strong SEO strategies that we cannot afford to mess up as it drives more than 60% of our inbound quote requests.  We are a global brand that is expanding every year.   

           

          Do you have any CMS solutions that you would recommend we consider? What are your favourite go to solutions?

           

          Thanks,

           

          Jason

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          osgood_
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          Do you have any CMS solutions that you would recommend we consider? What are your favourite go to solutions?

           

          Thanks,

           

          Jason


          By @jasonr42881881

           

          Well I'd probably use Wordpress if I was going to choose an off-the-shelf CMS. But in the past I've written most CMS's myself as I only deal with small local companies, not global brands, so maybe they need something more substantial. However if you are currently using DW to produce and maintain 4000 pages, without any database, then Wordpress would be far superior to manage the amount of information you have. I cant believe that though, you must be using some kind of CMS already?

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