Just moved from CS6 after hard drive crashed.

[glen1park]

Found one page that was all over the place so tried to return to ap div so I could move everything back into place. Nothing. What is going on? Am I missing something or is cc17 just garbage as many on the forums say it is. Any ideas how I can download another copy of CS6. Dreamweaver.....yea right!!!!

[pziecina]

Dw 2017, is not garbage, it is not very good because it no longer offers ex-users like me anything that i could not get, (and better) with a free open source program.

As you say you tried to move an ap div, i take it you are trying to layout your page visually which will no longer work reliably for modern rwd layouts, which is why that visual layout tool was removed.

Providing you are not on a trial of the cc apps, you can still download cs6 by going to the cc app, selecting Dw, then if you select the drop-down 'install' button for Dw it will list installing cs6 as an option.

[glen1park]

yes I'm trying to layout the page but its in like table mode and wont revert so I can move the various sections about and there no longer arrears to be a convert function.

[Jon Fritz · Accepted solution]

The APDiv buttons were removed because absolutely positioned elements are not typically flexible enough for modern responsive designs and Adobe wanted to help steer newer developers away from the pitfalls represented by that design method.

The functionality is still there in DW, it's just a couple more clicks to get to it. All you should need to do is click the item you want to turn into a draggable element, then in the CSS Designer, give it a position setting of absolute. From there on out, it will act like the old version's APDivs...

[glen1park]

fine if you are into coding but that's not what Dreamweaver was designed for it was meant to cut across from wysiwyg to code.

[Jon Fritz]

Maybe in Creative Suite versions of the program that was true, but over the years, DW's focus has changed. It is now "for designers who want to work with code" according to Adobe.

Muse is now the software offering by Adobe for designers who want nothing to do with code.

But that's neither here nor there. I didn't give you code above. I'm sorry, I assumed you were familiar with the CSS Designer window in DW.

The instructions I should have given require 3 clicks vs the old 1 click APDiv button and the Code View panel doesn't need to be open...

Click the element in Design View to highlight it

Give the Element an ID in the Properties window if it doesn't have one (ids need to be unique for each item in a page)
Click the + in Selectors of the CSS Designer (if it's not open hit Shift + F11 or go to Window > CSS Designer)
Scroll down to Position under the Properties section of the CSS Designer and choose Absolute

[glen1park]

The table is like a hundred little empty boxes its what we used to call table mode on the convert button which has mysteriously disappeared. so hang on while I put aside a year for adobe screwing up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh if only we still had Macromedia.

[Jon Fritz]

As a paid subscriber, you can get the older CS6 Cloud from your CC Desktop App. That will be closer to what you're used to so the switch isn't so jarring.

You can have all 5 Cloud versions installed on the same machines at the same time, on a single subscription. They just won't run at the same time. To get the older version, follow the instructions here...

http://blogs.adobe.com/adobecare/2015/06/16/how-to-find-and-install-previous-version-of-adobe-apps-i...

From there on out, when/if you want to try a newer version, just make sure to click the Advanced Options link in the installer dialogue window so you can turn off "Remove Older Versions". That way, you can keep CS6 Cloud while learning the newer, more modern methods available in the more recent versions.

[Nancy OShea]

Table based layouts & APDiv Layers.  OMG!  I feel like I've stepped into the way back machine.

Please endeavor to learn the right way to build modern web sites.  The internet will thank you. Your site visitors will thank you.  Google will thank you....

Creating a First Website in Dreamweaver CC 2017

How to make a website in Dreamweaver part 1, site setup | Adobe Dreamweaver CC tutorials

Nancy

[rayek.elfin]

glen1park  wrote

Oh if only we still had Macromedia.

Be careful what you wish for - Macromedia wasn't doing so well at the time Adobe acquired the company. Dreamweaver might have not survived if it hadn't been for Adobe.

[Jon Fritz]

Absolutely positioned elements (APDivs) still function as they always have within DWCC2017. If you're trying to modify an older site with the new version, and you're not able to click and drag your APDivs, you may simply be in Live View.

APDiv handles and drag options aren't available in Live View. Switch over to Design View and you'll see the directional arrows when you mouse over the borders of your AP elements. Click and drag them where you want to from there.

The Live View Editor is relatively new and still incomplete. There are a lot of editing functions that are only available in Design View. If you are in Design View and the AP elements still won't drag to where you want them, it would usually mean there are some html or css errors in your file that the program can't work out. Run the validator under File > Validate > Current Document (W3C) or go to http://validator.w3.org/nu to get a listing.

You can get CS6 Cloud (slightly different from the old perpetual license version) under your paid subscription by following the directions here:

How to Find and Install Previous Version of Adobe Apps in CC 2015 | Adobe Customer Care Team