Fireworks 4 or better

[brianh20564749]

I am using macromedia dreamweaver 8 and I want to place an image gallery in a web page, dreamweaver is telling me I need fireworks 4 or better to do it through dreamweaver.

Problem is I can't find it anywhere, does anyone have a link to it online or a version they don't use that I could buy off them

cheers

[Ben M · Accepted solution]

Fireworks was discontinued by Adobe back in 2013. Based on the code that was generated between it and Dreamweaver 8 at the time, I would consider looking elsewhere for a solution. If you have a CMS (Wordpress, Drupal, etc.) there are plenty of plugin options available. If you post back about your specific cms we may be able to provide recommendations.  There are a few php/mysql options I was able to dig up through searches that may also be of use:

https://www.tinywebgallery.com/

https://piwigo.org/

Coppermine Photo Gallery

Or there may be hosted solutions available as well if you don't have the capability to run the hosted script or don't want to manage the complexities.

[Nancy OShea]

Fireworks CS6 (the last version made)  is End of Life and only available as a legacy app via subscription to the Creative Cloud Full Apps Plan.   You can no longer buy Fireworks separately. 

I agree with Ben's assessment.  The code generated by Fireworks was very poor. The last thing you need in a modern website is inferior code generated by a has-been graphics app.   Run away....

Project Seven has some very nice Photo Gallery extensions for DW.  But you would need to ask  ALsp​ if  they are compatible with DW8 which came out in 2005. 

Responsive Web Design Extensions, Apps, Add-ons and Plugins for Dreamweaver

If you're familiar with jQuery plugins, Fancybox3 is a lightbox viewer and slideshow that is responsive and touch enabled for a better mobile experience.    I have a working demo of Fancybox 3 below.

Alt-Web Demo :: Responsive Masonry Gallery

Single license: $29

Fancybox3 - https://fancyapps.com/fancybox/3/

For non-coders, there's Wow Slider.  Unlimited sites: $79

WOW : jQuery Slider w/o Coding : jQuery Slideshow