Update 2015 Dreamweaver

[ricka59407662]

I am NOT a web designer, but somehow, with the help of the local library and templates I managed to create a website back in 2008. I updated DW till 2015 & was very happy with it, but now it is sluggish and I am ready to update. I'm an old fart with a pitiful memory. So I downloaded the 2020 DW version and I stared at a blank screen, went to site manager and I had a brain freeze. I just don't remember. I guess I thought when I updated my old 2015 version the new version would be automatically populated. My site has over 400 pages so I can't afford to screw it up. Is there a way to get it from the cloud or download from server and populate the 2020 version? If not, can you share a link for old dummies?

[Ben M]

If you have the old site file (ste) that will give you the data to connect to your server and pull the site back to your newer computer. The files themselves are just HTML/text files so unless you had them they won't just appear.  Do you know where the files are hosted online? If so, do you have the FTP or connection details to connect to the server?  If you don't then you will need to contact your web host to get access to your account and then setup the site again.

Once you have access you can proceed to setup a new site and if you need help from there you can post back.

https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/how-to/define-a-dreamweaver-site.html

[Nancy OShea]

Site files do not reside inside Dreamweaver.  They reside on your computer's primary hard drive.  For example, C:\mySiteName\

Simply go to Site > New Site and tell DW where to find your local site folder.

If this is a new computer, you could use FileZilla to download files from your remote server. 

If you didn't write down your server's log-in credentials, contact your web host.

[ricka59407662]

Thanks. Sorry for ignorance.

[BenPleysier]

Please do not apologise, we have all been there.