Compatibility with Dreamweaver CS6

[AS147]

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?

[Nancy OShea]

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The deprecated server-behavior panels in DW CS6 produced outdated and non-secure code.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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[AS147]

@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]

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

[Nancy OShea]

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/