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angelae3626380
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January 8, 2017
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Dreamweaver CS3 stopped working [CS3 IS DEAD]

  • 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I have been using Dreamweaver CS3 for many years, I know its out of date!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
B i r n o u
Legend
April 19, 2022

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
Known Participant
April 21, 2022

Hello Birnou,

Went through all available suitcases on the disk, especially 'Goodies',

to no avail. Also, I'm not much interested in doing steps back. For the

time being I ordered a new copy of CS5, in the hope that Adobe will

grant me an activation. Info on that subject not quite clear.

B i r n o u
B i r n o u
Legend
April 23, 2022

Sorry @WOLF24093673w02u I missed your comment. well, the folder was goodies or extras, it's true that Adobe acquired DW two versions before CS3... and that probably Adobe didn't maintain this addons on the CD (because of Nick Bradbury / Allaire Copyrights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Bradbury)

was CS3 was the only publication that you bought ? no other previous version from the Macromedia era ?

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angelae3626380Author
Participant
January 13, 2017

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
Community Expert
Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 13, 2017

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
Known Participant
April 18, 2022

O well, Nancy...

Up until a week ago my Dreamweaver CS3 worked as it has for some 20 years on my G5 classic. 4 websites, all via FTP to Server Co. All built with Photoshop CS4. No other connection to the web from that PC. How I could suddenly get a 'boxed' message from ADOBE, asking me to re-install the sw (for "repair"), if not it would function no longer, beats me... 2 phone #s were given to get the required Authorization Code. Alternative: "retry activating over the Internet". How does one do that without a working Browser..? I could fresh install CS4, but there again I would not be able to communicate with Adobe for activation. Bummers galore.

Now, if I subscribe to Weaver on the cloud, how do I get access to my CS3 local & remote files that have been

made invisible..? They sure don't make it easy on us.

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 8, 2017

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

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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