Folks, I am new to web development but learning fast and have a basic question. I have a website that used “Dreamweaver CS6” to build the site and there have been several Dreamwaeaver “Extensions” used in the development of the site. Additional information (if it helps)Languages used are HTML, PHPthe query language used is MYSQL along with a little javascript. The styling used is “Bootstrap 3.2” (CSS).There is a custom CSS style sheet that sets some styles that bootstrap does not cover (public view pages).Styling in the administration area is stored in custom built CSS files My questionI have been advised by the original developer (non IT expert - learned by himself) that I need Dreamweaver 6 to carry on maintaining the code. Can someone confirm for me if that is correct and if so where I can get this version as I suspect it is very old. Or which readily available version provide backwards compatibility?

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Compatibility with Dreamweaver CS6

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Folks, I am new to web development but learning fast and have a basic question. I have a website that used “Dreamweaver CS6” to build the site and there have been several Dreamwaeaver “Extensions” used in the development of the site.

Additional information (if it helps)

Languages used are HTML, PHP
the query language used is MYSQL along with a little javascript.
The styling used is “Bootstrap 3.2” (CSS).
There is a custom CSS style sheet that sets some styles that bootstrap does not cover (public view pages).
Styling in the administration area is stored in custom built CSS files

My question

I have been advised by the original developer (non IT expert - learned by himself) that I need Dreamweaver 6 to carry on maintaining the code. Can someone confirm for me if that is correct and if so where I can get this version as I suspect it is very old. Or which readily available version provide backwards compatibility?

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Nancy OShea

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WebAssist's MySQLi extension for DW CC

http://www.webassist.com/dreamweaver-extensions/mysqli

DMX Zone's Database Connect 2

https://www.dmxzone.com/go/33136/dmxzone-database-connector-2/

Another option is to re-build the backend with Wappler visual app creator.

https://wappler.io/

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Nancy OShea

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CS6 is no longer available from any vendor, retailer or country.

The deprecated server-behavior panels in DW CS6 produced outdated and non-secure code. The site must be rebuilt to modern code standards in MySQLi (improved) or PDO. I also recommend upgrading to the latest Bootstrap 4 and jQuery but that's not nearly as essential as the PHP and MySQL connections.

You can manually re-code the site or purchase 3rd party extensions from WebAssist or DMX Zone to assist you.

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@Nancy O'Shea, thanks for your answer and we are putting funding together to this upgraded but we need to maintian the site and basic code in the meantime. I just need a basic code capability to maintain minor tweaks and corrections. Can you not recommend a version of DreamWeaver that will cover the basics please?

Nancy OShea

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Any version of DW can help you tweak the code. But you won't have support for deprecated features like Spry or Server-Behaviors.

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