How to edit site in DW21 when I don't have the .ste file it asks for importing?

[BoppyW]

I have seen a similar post from October but it's locked which is why I'm posting a new one on a similar topic.

My hobby sales site was orginally created in DW CS6 in Bootstrap and I last edited it in 2018. Since then I've replaced my PC and no longer have CS, but I do have the whole CC suite including DW 21.2. But it's like a whole new creature to deal with and I can't even get started with a small edit because it's asking for the .ste file which I can't create as I no longer have the old version of DW to export from.

Is anyone able to step me through what I need to do to import and re-upload my site files? They currently exist on my web server and also on my hard drive. But I can't figure out how to connect to my webserver without creating a site. Aaargh.

[BoppyW]

Update: I have connected the local folder and FTP account so I can see the content but there is no way to edit in Design view or code view. What is the trick to getting the site editable please?

[Nancy OShea]

HTML code is still HTML code.

• Did you define your local site folder? 
• Do your site assets and files all reside on your primary hard drive?
• Are you opening an HTML file and it is error-free code, denoted by a green checkmark in a circle?
• Are you in Code | Live or Design view in the document toolbar?
  To toggle between Live & Design view, use Ctrl + Shift F11.  From Live view, double-click to edit. A gold box will appear around the element.  See screenshot.

[BoppyW]

Thanks for your reply.

I have got a bit further along and made the most important edits. I'm going to have to spend a bit longer tidying up the site structure as things are not updating as they should when I save the template file.

[Nancy OShea]

Validate code in Template (.dwt) files and child pages.  Fix reported errors.

https://validator.w3.org/

Templates must reside in the local site folder within the TEMPLATES folder.  Otherwise, they don't work.  No other files should be in TEMPLATES though.  Only the .dwt files.

[BoppyW]

It's strange because the pages were being updated when I updated the template, but Dreamweaver wasn't putting them up to the server. I've now done it manually with FileZilla.

[Nancy OShea]

File sync information is probably incomplete or corrupted.

Restore Preferences.

https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/restore-preferences-dreamweaver.html