Adobe Dreamweaver 20.2 running on macOS Catalina | |
| Developer(s) | Adobe Inc. (2005–present) Macromedia (before 2005) |
|---|---|
| Initial release | December 1997; 23 years ago[1] |
| Stable release | |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Windows 10 version 1703 and above, macOS 10.12 Sierra and above |
| Type | HTML editor, programming tool, integrated development environment (IDE) |
| License | |
| Website | www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver |
Macromedia Dreamweaver Description. Macromedia Dreamweaver is a web development application and provides web designers and coders with support for web page creation from designing. Adobe occasionally discontinues the sale, development of, or support for a product or technology as a result of changing market conditions and impact to customers. Adobe honors all paid technical support contracts until they expire. Related information. Adobe support policies: Supported product versions; Adobe Getting Started Support.
Adobe Dreamweaver is a proprietaryweb development tool from Adobe Inc. It was created by Macromedia in 1997[1] and developed by them until Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems in 2005.[2]
Adobe Dreamweaver is available for the macOS and Windowsoperating systems.
Following Adobe's acquisition of the Macromedia product suite, releases of Dreamweaver subsequent to version 8.0 have been more compliant with W3C standards. Recent versions have improved support for Web technologies such as CSS, JavaScript, and various server-side scriptinglanguages and frameworks including ASP (ASP JavaScript, ASP VBScript, ASP.NET C#, ASP.NET VB), ColdFusion, Scriptlet, and PHP.[3]
Features
Adobe Dreamweaver CC is a web design and an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) application that is used to develop and design websites. Dreamweaver includes a code editor that supports syntax highlighting, code completion, real-time syntax checking, and code introspection for generating code hints to assist the user in writing code.
Dreamweaver, like other HTML editors, edits files locally then uploads them to the remote web server using FTP, SFTP, or WebDAV. Dreamweaver CS4 supports the Subversion (SVN) version control system.
Since version 5, Dreamweaver supports syntax highlighting for the following languages:
- Active Server Pages (ASP).
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- EDML
- Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML)
- Extensible Markup Language (XML)
- Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT)
- HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
- Visual Basic (VB)
- Visual Basic Script Edition (VBScript)
- Wireless Markup Language (WML)
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Support for Active Server Pages (ASP) and JavaServer Pages was dropped in version CS5.[4][5]
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Users can add their language syntax highlighting.Code completion is available for many of these languages.
Internationalization and Localization
Language availability
Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 is available in the following languages: Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean (Windows only), Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.[6]
Specific features for Arabic and Hebrew languages
The older Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 also features a Middle Eastern version that allows typing Arabic, Persian, Urdu, or Hebrew text (written from right to left) within the code view. Whether the text is fully Middle Eastern (written from right to left) or includes both English and Middle Eastern text (written left to right and right to left), it will be displayed properly.
Version history
| Legend: | Old version, not maintained | Older version, still maintained | Current stable version | Latest preview version | Future release |
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| Developer | Major version | Minor update | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macromedia | Old version, no longer maintained: 1.0 | 1.0 | Dec 1997 | First version. Mac OS only. |
| 1.2 | Mar 1998 | First Windows version | ||
| Old version, no longer maintained: 2.0 | 2.0 | Dec 1998 | ||
| Old version, no longer maintained: 3.0 | 3.0 | Dec 1999 | ||
| UltraDev 1.0 | June 2000 | |||
| Old version, no longer maintained: 4.0 | 4.0 | Dec 2000 | ||
| UltraDev 4.0 | Dec 2000 | |||
| Old version, no longer maintained: 6.0 | MX | 29 May 2002 | ||
| Old version, no longer maintained: 7.0 | MX 2004 | 10 Sep 2003 | ||
| Old version, no longer maintained: 8.0 | 8.0 | 13 Sep 2005 | Last Macromedia version. Included with Adobe CS2.3.[7] | |
| Adobe Systems | Old version, no longer maintained: 9.0 | CS3 | 16 Apr 2007 | Replaces Adobe GoLive in Adobe Creative Suite |
| Old version, no longer maintained: 10.0 | CS4 | 23 Sep 2008 | ||
| Old version, no longer maintained: 11.0 | CS5 | 12 Apr 2010 | ||
| Old version, no longer maintained: 11.5 | CS5.5 | 12 Apr 2011 | Supports HTML5. | |
| Older version, yet still maintained: 12.0 | CS6 | 21 Apr 2012 | A perpetual license (download without ongoing payments) version and a cloud (subscription) version exist with differing menu structure. | |
| Older version, yet still maintained: 13.0 | Creative Cloud | 17 June 2013 | The perpetual license option is dropped in this version.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14] | |
| Older version, yet still maintained: 14.0 | CC 2014 | 18 June 2014 | DOM visualization tool, Live View upgrades, CSS Designer upgrades. | |
| Older version, yet still maintained: 15.0 | CC 2014.1 | 6 Oct 2014 | Ability to view and extract design info and images from Photoshop documents (PSDs), new templates, Live View upgrades, and 64-bit architecture. | |
| Older version, yet still maintained: 16.0 | CC 2015 | 16 June 2015 | Responsive design capabilities with visual media query bars, direct integration with the Bootstrap framework, ability to preview and inspect content on mobile devices, and improvements to the code editor. | |
| Older version, yet still maintained: 17.0 | CC 2017 | 2 Nov 2016 | Adobe release notes - Redesigned code editor, e-processor support, real-time preview in browser, quick editing of related code files, changes to UI | |
| Older version, yet still maintained: 18.0 | CC 2018 | 19 Oct 2017 | Adobe release notes - URL Test Button, Save Credentials, Search Bar support, Conflict icon is now displayed | |
| Older version, yet still maintained: 19.0 | CC 2019 | 15 Oct 2018 | Adobe release notes - JavaScript refactoring, ECMAScript 6 support, New CEF integration, Security enhancements | |
| Older version, yet still maintained: 20.0 | CC 2020 | 4 Nov 2019 | Adobe release notes - Seamless Live View editing, Japanese default font, Code hinting improvements | |
| Current stable version:21.0 | CC 2021 | 31 Oct 2020 | Adobe release notes - Feature Summary, Dreamweaver (October 2020 release) |
See also
References
- ^ ab'Dreamweaver system requirements'.. Retrieved on 2013-07-21.
- ^'Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia'(PDF). Press Releases. Adobe, Inc. Archived from the original(PDF) on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^'Learn to build dynamic websites and web applications'. Dreamweaver Developer Center. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/402/kb402489.html
- ^https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/using/whats-new-cs5-5.html
- ^'Adobe Dreamweaver CS5: System Requirements and languages'. Adobe Systems Incorporated. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
- ^'New Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional Enhances Adobe Creative Suite 2.3'. Adobe Systems. 18 September 2006. Archived from the original on 23 March 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Premium also bundles Dreamweaver® 8
- ^Adobe's Subscription-Only CC Release Carries Obvious Upside But Big Risk | Forbes
- ^Adobe exec: Creative Cloud complainers will love us once they try us (interview)Archived 2018-08-02 at the Wayback Machine, VentureBeat
- ^Adobe's Move to the Cloud Incites Anger and Other Top Comments, Mashable
- ^'Adobe Creative Cloud: Reactions, responses and reassurance | Macworld UK'. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2014-11-27.
- ^Neil Bennett (15 May 2013) Analysis: The real reason Adobe ditched Creative Suite for Creative CloudArchived 2017-07-03 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on 2013-07-21, www.digitalartsonline.co.uk
- ^Adobe’s Creative Cloud Sparks Thunderous RevoltArchived 2017-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, 25 May 2013, truth-out.org
- ^Some Artists Give Adobe's Cloud Switch a Critical ReviewArchived June 16, 2013, at archive.today, Fox Business
- 'Adobe Unveils Milestone 2015 Creative Cloud Release', News Release, Adobe Systems, 16 June 2015.
- 'New features summary: Adobe Dreamweaver CC (2015 release)', Dreamweaver Help, Adobe Systems.
External links
You can download Dreamweaver from the Creative Cloud apps catalog. You'll need to sign in with your Adobe ID and password to complete the download. For more information, including how to install older versions or check for updates, see Download your creative cloud apps.
For solutions to a 'failed to install' error, see Error: 'Failed to install' Creative Cloud desktop app. To resolve other download, installation, and update issues, see this download and install troubleshooting guide.
Yes! You can download trial versions of any Creative Cloud app from the Creative Cloud apps catalog. You'll need to sign in with an Adobe ID and password to download a trial. For detailed instructions, see Download and install a Creative Cloud trial.
Read these simple solutions to common Adobe ID and sign in issues to regain access to your account.
You can install Dreamweaver and other Creative Cloud apps on up to two computers. If you want to install it on a third computer, you'll need to deactivate it on one of your previous machines. Learn more about activating and deactivating Creative Cloud apps.
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Sign in to your Adobe account. Under the Password section, select Change for Current Password, and then follow the onscreen instructions.
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Follow these update your credit card and billing information.
Switching Creative Cloud plans is easy. Follow these step-by-step instructions to upgrade or change your plan.
Converting your trial to a paid membership is easy. Follow these step-by-step instructions to upgrade and start your membership.
If you stop your membership, you still have access to Creative Cloud member free benefits and any files you saved to your device. You won't have access to apps or most services and your cloud storage will be reduced to 2 GB. Learn how to Cancel your Creative Cloud membership and understand the Adobe subscription terms.
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Learn how to set up an FTP connection between Dreamweaver and your web server.
Learn how to import and export all site settings, including FTP connection settings, from one machine or installation of Dreamweaver to another.
Learn how to create several different types of links.
CSS Designer lets you visually create CSS styles, files, and media queries.
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Watch this video tutorial to learn how to use Bootstrap templates to quickly build a responsive website. You can get more details about creating Bootstrap documents in this article.
Yes! This video tutorial teaches you how to use the Device Preview feature. This article provides more details, including prerequisites and supported devices.
Try the solutions in this troubleshooting guide for Device Preview to resolve the issue.
Use Real-Time Preview to get the most accurate depiction of what your page will look like in a web browser. Learn more in this article on previewing pages.
Read this troubleshooting article if Real-Time Preview does not work in Dreamweaver.
Click here to learn how to unblock Dreamweaver's access to other apps in macOS 10.14 Mojave release.
Restoring the preferences files can often resolve unexpected behavior and errors. Also, try the solutions in this troubleshooting guide for Dreamweaver, which can help resolve various issues.
You could have an issue with the SSH passphrase not being supported while cloning a repository or maybe you're facing an Xcode popup issue if you're using a Mac.
Learn how to resolve the SSH passphrase repository cloning issue or work around the Xcode popup.
Follow the solutions in this troubleshooting guide to resolve JavaScript errors in Dreamweaver.
Try the solutions in this DIY troubleshooting kit to resolve common issues with Dreamweaver.
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You can install extensions and add-ons for all Creative Cloud apps through the Creative Cloud destop app.
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