If I revert from CC to CS6 will my CC site still work?

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November 20, 2018
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I have created a web site using Dreamweaver CC but wish to revert back to CS6 so that I don't have to keep paying a monthly sub. Will my CC sites still work?

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Correct answer Nancy OShea

I think you should test your site in CS6. Ask yourself if you can live with 7 year old software.

Do the pros outweigh the cons?
CS6 is not HiDef aware.
CS6 is not as RWD friendly as CC.
Modern CSS will not render properly in CS6.
CS6 doesn't support modern code hints.

Only you can decide if these omissions are important to you.

Nancy OShea

Correct answer

Community Expert

I think you should test your site in CS6. Ask yourself if you can live with 7 year old software.

Do the pros outweigh the cons?
CS6 is not HiDef aware.
CS6 is not as RWD friendly as CC.
Modern CSS will not render properly in CS6.
CS6 doesn't support modern code hints.

Only you can decide if these omissions are important to you.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

ALsp

Legend

Live View is a waste of time. A competent developer always tests in real devices. That said, CC19 design view is just as flawed as CS6.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

You were a big help in steering the thread off-topic, Nancy. Jon was taking care of things nicely. At most you could have simply asked the original poster what her operating system is. But the question you led with, the one about using 7 year-old software was telling. A very large percentage of our customers use CS6 because it is simpler and far more stable than CC. The features added to CC are less than the features removed. You just like it because you are wedded to Bootstrap, I don't see evidence of any other reason. But I digress. Mary might be sitting somewhere feeling conflicted about using 7 year-old software and perhaps not understanding the rest of your questions, which were tooted with much softer notes.

ALsp wrote
You just like it because you are wedded to Bootstrap, I don't see evidence of any other reason.

Not true. I coded with Bootstrap in CS6, no problem. It served me well at the time. But my vision changed. These days, I must use a dark UI and high contrast code theme to see what I'm doing. I can't get that from CS6. Brackets was my main code editor for a while until CC released its own dark UI.

Stability hasn't been an issue for me in 2014, 2017 or 2019. Maybe I'm just lucky.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Jon Fritz

Community Expert

One additional note, you may need to run the Adobe Cleaner Tool to get CC removed from your system entirely. The perpetual license version of CS6 can get caught up in CC's subscription check, when both are on the same machine, making it appear as if you need a subscription to run your old software.

You don't, but if you see that, you'll need to do some house cleaning to get up and running.

ALsp

Legend

Mary+8 wrote
I have created a web site using Dreamweaver CC but wish to revert back to CS6 so that I don't have to keep paying a monthly sub. Will my CC sites still work?

Yes. The features added to CC are relatively useless. You will not only save money, but you will enjoy a better, more stable Dreamweaver.

Jon Fritz

Community Expert

The pages will open fine in CS6, however, if you used any of the functions that were added in later versions (that don't exist in CS6), you won't be able to edit those items within the dialogue windows that exist in the newer program.

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