Converting HTML4 to HTML5

Report · May 19, 2020

Past releases (CSS5) of Dreamweaver had a quick conversion to HTML 5 from previous versions. I can't find a similar function in Dreamweaver 2020. Can anyone sterer me in the right direction please?

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Report · May 19, 2020

HTML5 code syntax is different from HTML4 and so are the tags.

https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp

There hasn't been a plugin yet that could magically convert deprecated HTML4 to valid HTML5 code. That's a task that requires human intervention. Or start over with a fresh new HTML5 document.

Go to File > New > HTML and hit the Create button.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
</head>

<body>
PAGE CONTENT GOES HERE...
</body>
</html>

Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator

Report · May 19, 2020

Thanks for the response. I found this short tutorial of YT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyi33oN5nes

Report · May 19, 2020

Your video from 2013 is almost as outdated as your code. That CS5x extension is gone. Adobe pulled it back when Creative Cloud came out. Happy coding!

Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator

Report · May 19, 2020

I don't think there's been such a tool in Dreamweaver .... Way back (before Dreamweaver had native support for HTML5 and CSS3 there was A HTML5/CSS3 extension whch added the ability in very old versions of Dreamweaver to create HTML 5 and CCS 3 pages from scratch. But converting an existing page is a different thing.

See here migration info, which may be helpful

Paul-M - Community Expert

Report · May 19, 2020

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