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Dreamweaver CS3 stopped working [CS3 IS DEAD]

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January 8, 2017
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I have been using Dreamweaver CS3 for many years, I know its out of date! It has suddenly decided it cannot connect via ftp or sftp to my server. It connects and loads fine in Filezilla. Dreamweaver server test says connected. Attempts to upload hangs, while green line creeps across background file activity and just before the end it says timed out cancelling. GRRR!! Sometimes it retrieves from remote server other times that times out also. I have tried the solutions found on this forum but without success. It is definitely Dreamweaver that is causing the problem.

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B i r n o u

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if you like the DW IDE approach (windows, tools, palet and so on), and if you have CS3, that do mean that you should have de CR-Rom... so probably that on the goodies, and extras, you could find Homesite... Homesite was the wood from where DW was made... and for sure no activation code will be required

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WOLF24093673w02u

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Thank U much,

Will look at disk(s) later, after doing a job first.

Sounds like a joke though. But then: Ya nevah know...

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angelae3626380Author

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This is no help. The package tells me that. It makes no difference. ticked not ticked, blank, it does not do what it used to do without any problems.

Nancy OShea

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Keep using Filezilla then. CS3 is way beyond its sell-by date. It's no longer supported or updated.

With each new update you receive to your operating system, your computer grows further & further away from what it was when you purchased it. It's not same device anymore. Eventually legacy software stops working reliably at which point you may have to bite the bullet and join the Creative Cloud.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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WOLF24093673w02u

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@WOLF24093673w02u

Well you got your money's worth, I'll say that much.

Unfortunately, CS3 from 2007 is officially dead. The aged out activation servers don't exist anymore. And there is no possible way to re-activate those products today. Also Adobe quit supporting Creative Suite in 2017. It's a discontinued product line.

If you don't have the site files on your local computer or backup drives, use free Filezilla FTP client to transfer files from your remote server to your local computer HD.

https://filezilla-project.org/download.php

MODERN 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/
-- Wappler ~ Visual Web App Builder - https://wappler.io/

"Officially dead"..? Apparently. In my case, the officials neglected to give me a holler. They could even have

corrected the sw via many of the update alerts we got over the years. Just have a look at the attached JPG...

Hilarious in its deficiency.

Did I get my money's worth..? Certainly not. Not anymore. The stress from this experience, the downtime

plus the eventual cost of getting things going again, outweigh the benefits.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

In your site definition settings, try toggling Passive FTP on/off.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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