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  • June 21, 2018
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I currently have Adobe CS6. Has this been superseded and, if so, what is the latest version?

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    pziecina
    Legend
    June 21, 2018

    If you wish Bootstrap in CS6 then try the dmxzone extension -

    https://www.dmxzone.com/go/21759/dmxzone-bootstrap/

    A much better solution with a much smaller file size then you could write your own layouts using flexbox, or use the PVII extension, (which also uses flexbox) -

    http://www.projectseven.com/products/tools/hmy/

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 21, 2018

    It all depends on what you need DW for.    You can keep using CS6 for as long as your operating system supports it.  But it is not receiving updates nor does it help you with  modern code hints i& auto completion in  HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, PHP, SVG, XML, Bootstrap or responsive web design workflows.

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    pziecina
    Legend
    June 21, 2018

    https://forums.adobe.com/people/Nancy+OShea  wrote

    It all depends on what you need DW for.    You can keep using CS6 for as long as your operating system supports it.  But it is not receiving updates nor does it help you with  modern code hints i& auto completion in  HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, PHP, SVG, XML, Bootstrap or responsive web design workflows.

    CS6 does support 95% of html5, and about 80% of css(3), all of svg 1.1 and I would argue has better support for xml.

    As for responsive design, CS6's media-query support is good enough for 99% of cases, (as much as bootstrap version 4 anyway).

    Edit - Just thought I would add that the % values are when compared to all CC versions, for which the latest, (2018) only supports a fraction of html5 and about 80% of css.

    Legend
    June 21, 2018

    lizd11069924  wrote

    I currently have Adobe CS6. Has this been superseded and, if so, what is the latest version?

    Some would say yes and others would say no.

    The latest version is CC2018, youre some versions behind........its a lot different from CS6.

    Jon Fritz
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 21, 2018

    Yes, several times over.

    CS6 was the final Disk/Perpetual License version of the program, released in 2012.

    Over the years since CS6, Adobe has released the Creative Cloud subscription service with CS6 Cloud, CC, CC2014, CC2015, CC2017 and the latest CC2018.

    There's no way to get "update" pricing to move from your version, you would just purchase a subscription from Creative Cloud pricing and membership plans | Adobe Creative Cloud

    Participant
    June 21, 2018

    Many thanks for your helpful reply. Gosh, I am behind. I had suspected that the “new” version is subscription only, which is a shame.

    My main reason for wondering about an upgrade is that I would like to use Bootstrap to do mobile friendly websites. Are there any plug-ins available for CS6 and, if so, at what cost?

    Legend
    June 21, 2018

    osgood_  wrote

    A better way is just make sure the total column widths+margin add up to 100%. I think Bootstrap and many frameworks confuse the issue by using silly numbers like col-md-3 when really it would be more explicit to use col-md-25% or col-md-6 should be col-md-50% Responsive design using percentage widths and few media queries is about as simple as it gets....anyone can learn how to do it in an afternoon.

    Maybe, but how does one use a grid system to layout too the golden ratio?

    If you look at this codepen css -

    https://codepen.io/Rplus/pen/JWNEOO

    the css values, (I would use calc) cannot be replicated as far as I can understand using a framework or any design grid for the web.

    css code example -

     

      grid-template-columns: 61.8% 9.02% 5.58% 23.6%;

      grid-template-rows: 61.8% 9.02% 5.58% 23.6%;

      grid-template-areas:

        "A B B B"

        "A E F C"

        "A E G C"

        "A D D C"; 

    }


    pziecina  wrote

    osgood_   wrote

    A better way is just make sure the total column widths+margin add up to 100%. I think Bootstrap and many frameworks confuse the issue by using silly numbers like col-md-3 when really it would be more explicit to use col-md-25% or col-md-6 should be col-md-50% Responsive design using percentage widths and few media queries is about as simple as it gets....anyone can learn how to do it in an afternoon.

    Maybe, but how does one use a grid system to layout too the golden ratio?

    If you look at this codepen css -

    https://codepen.io/Rplus/pen/JWNEOO

    the css values, (I would use calc) cannot be replicated as far as I can understand using a framework or any design grid for the web.

    css code example -

     

      grid-template-columns: 61.8% 9.02% 5.58% 23.6%;

      grid-template-rows: 61.8% 9.02% 5.58% 23.6%;

      grid-template-areas:

        "A B B B"

        "A E F C"

        "A E G C"

        "A D D C"; 

    }

    I believe Bootsrtap in DW does have a way to use percentage layouts instead of the normal  3 3 3 3/   4 4 4 /  6 6 / 7 5 / 8 4 / kind of set up. Not as precise as the percentages you posted, from what I remember. At least it did at some stage, maybe that feature  has been remove since. Unless I was dreaming.

    But yeah I design something which I feels/looks right, if it needs to be 73.3% because my professional design instincts says it looks better, then that's what I'll use. I dont stick to some restrictive grid.