A .css file crashing DWMX - Mac OS9

[scottdye webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Last week I built a 'standard' .css file, along with a standard folder structure and files, to use as a starting point for any new sites I do. The plan is to duplicate this folder, rename it, and then use it for my new site in dreamweaver, saving me some grunt-work.

However, when I start a new project this way, the.css file will cause DW to crash! I can get it to repeat quite consistently. If I restart DW and open the css file, and then click the close box to close the file, DW crashes. If I try to change a style through the CSS styles palette from a linked page, DW will crash at some point while the style dialog is open.

If I go back to the original 'template site' folder, that .css file works with no problems, but as soon as I make a duplicate folder & css file, the same behavior repeats. I even duplicated the folder, opened the original css file in a text editor, copy/pasted into a new document, deleted the 'duplicate' css, and replaced it with the new file. It still crashes.

Is there anything in the actual css code that I mistyped that could possilby cause this? or is it a fluke? I don't want to recreate the whole css, but simply copying the text out doesn't seem to 'clear out' the behavior.

I am using OS 9, and have experienced no problems with DW up to this point. Any ideas?

[Murray *TMM*]

Scott:

Can you post the code in the CSS file?

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"scottdye" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Last week I built a 'standard' .css file, along with a standard folder

structure and files, to use as a starting point for any new sites I do. The
plan is to duplicate this folder, rename it, and then use it for my new site
in dreamweaver, saving me some grunt-work.

>
> However, when I start a new project this way, the.css file will cause DW

to crash! I can get it to repeat quite consistently. If I restart DW and
open the css file, and then click the close box to close the file, DW
crashes. If I try to change a style through the CSS styles palette from a
linked page, DW will crash at some point while the style dialog is open.

>
> If I go back to the original 'template site' folder, that .css file works

with no problems, but as soon as I make a duplicate folder & css file, the
same behavior repeats. I even duplicated the folder, opened the original css
file in a text editor, copy/pasted into a new document, deleted the
'duplicate' css, and replaced it with the new file. It still crashes.

>
> Is there anything in the actual css code that I mistyped that could

possilby cause this? or is it a fluke? I don't want to recreate the whole
css, but simply copying the text out doesn't seem to 'clear out' the
behavior.

>
> I am using OS 9, and have experienced no problems with DW up to this

point. Any ideas?

>
>

[scottdye webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Here you go. It is somewhat of a work in progress. I've also discovered that it crashes DW in OSX as well:



/* Font Replacement Options - Copy/Paste the font-family line into the styles below to change the fonts on your page.
Delete this once you've determined your site layout to clean up the file size

San Serif, version 1-
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Arial, Geneva, Lucidia, Helvetica, sans-serif;

San Serif, version 2- Most legible fonts for (in order) OSX, general, OS9, Unix, old PCs, general, handhelds
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Verdana, Geneva, Lucidia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

San Serif, version 3- Trebuchet
font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Lucidia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

San Serif, version 4- Tahoma
font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva, Lucidia, Arial, Helvetica, ;

Serif, version 1- Georgia (Good for headings)
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;

Serif, version 2- Alternates they just might have installed...
font-family: "Book Antigua", Palatino, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;

Serif,body, td, th {
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Arial, Geneva, Lucidia, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
color: #000000;
}

/* Custom Style that mirrors body option; also includes leading (which body does not) */
..bodystyle {
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Arial, Geneva, Lucidia, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
color: #000000;
line-height: 18px;
}


a:link {
color: #CC0000;
}
a:visited {
color: #02124f;
}
a:hover {
color: #3676B3;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:active {
color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* Sets the color of ALL horizontal rules...use with caution */
hr {
color: #666666;
}

/* ----- HEADINGS ----- */
h1 {
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Arial, Geneva, Lucidia, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 30px;
color: #003399;
}
h2 {
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
font-size: 20px;
color: #003399;
font-style: italic;
line-height: 26px;
}
h3 {
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Arial, Geneva, Lucidia, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
color: #003399;
}
h4 {
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Arial, Geneva, Lucidia, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #003399;
}


/* NAVIGATION BAR OPTIONS */

..NavBarTop {
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Arial, Geneva, Lucidia, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
line-height: 13px;
font-weight: normal;
text-transform: none;
color: #000000;
}
..NavBarTop a:link {
color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
}
..NavBarTop a:visited {
color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
}
..NavBarTop a:hover {
color: #FFCC33;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
}
..NavBarTop a:active {
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
}

..NavBarLeft {
font-weight: bold;
color: #FFFFFF;
letter-spacing: 1pt;
font-size: 11px;
line-height: 14px;
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Arial, Geneva, Lucidia, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
..NavBarLeft a:link {
color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration: none;
}
..NavBarLeft a:visited {
color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration: none;
}
..NavBarLeft a:hover {
color: #FFCC00;
text-decoration: none;
}
..NavBarLeft a:active {
color: #CC0000;
text-decoration: none;
}


/* USE FOR TWO-LEVEL LINKS IN LEFT BAR */

..NavBarLeftCategory {
text-transform: uppercase;
color: #BAD6F1;
font-weight: bold;
letter-spacing: 1px;
line-height: 14px;
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Arial, Geneva, Lucidia, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
..NavBarLeftCategory a:link {
color: #BAD6F1;
text-decoration: none;
}
..NavBarLeftCategory a:visited {
color: #BAD6F1;
text-decoration: none;
}
..NavBarLeftCategory a:hover {
color: #FFCC00;
text-decoration: none;
}
..NavBarLeftCategory a:active {
color: #CC0000;
text-decoration: none;
}


/* ----- MONOSPACE FONTS -----
use .monospace for text within form fields so that input boxes are a consistent width between IE & Netscape
Example: <Input Type="text" Size="45" Class="monospace">
*/
code, tt, pre {
font-family: monaco, "andale mono", "courier new", courier, monospace;
font-size: 11px;
color: #663300;
background-color: transparent;
}
..monospace {
font-family: monaco, "andale mono", "courier new", courier, monospace;
font-size: 11px;
color: #663300;
background-color: transparent;
}

..Footer {
font-size: 10px;
font-style: italic;
color: #666666;
}
..List {
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
font-size: 12px;
color: #000000;
list-style-image: url(images/bullet.gif);
line-height: 20px;
}
..Tagline {
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
font-size: 15px;
color: #02124F;
line-height: 18px;
}
..Byline {
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Arial, Geneva, Lucidia, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #000000;
}



/* End template version */


/*
Things to add/clean up:
Add a optional list graphic for NavLeft
Fix list styles
Clean up Heading styles
*/


/* Font Replacement Options - Copy/Paste the font-family line into the styles below to change the fonts on your page.
Delete this once you've determined your site layout to clean up the file size

San Serif, version 1-
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Arial, Geneva, Lucidia, Helvetica, sans-serif;

San Serif, version 2- Most legible fonts for (in order) OSX, general, OS9, Unix, old PCs, general, handhelds
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Verdana, Geneva, Lucidia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

San Serif, version 3- Trebuchet
font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Lucidia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

San Serif, version 4- Tahoma
font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva, Lucidia, Arial, Helvetica, ;

Serif, version 1- Georgia (Good for headings)
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;

Serif, version 2- Alternates they just might have installed...
font-family: "Book Antigua", Palatino, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;

Serif,body, td, th {
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Arial, Geneva, Lucidia, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
color: #000000;
}

/* Custom Style that mirrors body option; also includes leading (which body does not) */
..bodystyle {
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Arial, Geneva, Lucidia, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
color: #000000;
line-height: 18px;
}


a:link {
color: #CC0000;
}
a:visited {
color: #02124f;
}
a:hover {
color: #3676B3;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:active {
color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* Sets the color of ALL horizontal rules...use with caution */
hr {
color: #666666;
}

/* ----- HEADINGS ----- */
h1 {
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Arial, Geneva, Lucidia, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 30px;
color: #003399;
}
h2 {
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
font-size: 20px;
color: #003399;
font-style: italic;
line-height: 26px;
}
h3 {
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Arial, Geneva, Lucidia, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
color: #003399;
}
h4 {
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Arial, Geneva, Lucidia, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #003399;
}


/* NAVIGATION BAR OPTIONS */

..NavBarTop {
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Arial, Geneva, Lucidia, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
line-height: 13px;
font-weight: normal;
text-transform: none;
color: #000000;
}
..NavBarTop a:link {
color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
}
..NavBarTop a:visited {
color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
}
..NavBarTop a:hover {
color: #FFCC33;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
}
..NavBarTop a:active {
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
}

..NavBarLeft {
font-weight: bold;
color: #FFFFFF;
letter-spacing: 1pt;
font-size: 11px;
line-height: 14px;
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Arial, Geneva, Lucidia, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
..NavBarLeft a:link {
color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration: none;
}
..NavBarLeft a:visited {
color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration: none;
}
..NavBarLeft a:hover {
color: #FFCC00;
text-decoration: none;
}
..NavBarLeft a:active {
color: #CC0000;
text-decoration: none;
}


/* USE FOR TWO-LEVEL LINKS IN LEFT BAR */

..NavBarLeftCategory {
text-transform: uppercase;
color: #BAD6F1;
font-weight: bold;
letter-spacing: 1px;
line-height: 14px;
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Arial, Geneva, Lucidia, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
..NavBarLeftCategory a:link {
color: #BAD6F1;
text-decoration: none;
}
..NavBarLeftCategory a:visited {
color: #BAD6F1;
text-decoration: none;
}
..NavBarLeftCategory a:hover {
color: #FFCC00;
text-decoration: none;
}
..NavBarLeftCategory a:active {
color: #CC0000;
text-decoration: none;
}


/* ----- MONOSPACE FONTS -----
use .monospace for text within form fields so that input boxes are a consistent width between IE & Netscape
Example: <Input Type="text" Size="45" Class="monospace">
*/
code, tt, pre {
font-family: monaco, "andale mono", "courier new", courier, monospace;
font-size: 11px;
color: #663300;
background-color: transparent;
}
..monospace {
font-family: monaco, "andale mono", "courier new", courier, monospace;
font-size: 11px;
color: #663300;
background-color: transparent;
}

..Footer {
font-size: 10px;
font-style: italic;
color: #666666;
}
..List {
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
font-size: 12px;
color: #000000;
list-style-image: url(images/bullet.gif);
line-height: 20px;
}
..Tagline {
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
font-size: 15px;
color: #02124F;
line-height: 18px;
}
..Byline {
font-family: 'Lucidia Grande', Arial, Geneva, Lucidia, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #000000;
}



/* End template version */


/*
Things to add/clean up:
Add a optional list graphic for NavLeft
Fix list styles
Clean up Heading styles
*/

[scottdye webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I can even get the behavior to repeat on other computers OS9 or OSX. All I have to do is define the site, and open and close the css file. DW unexpectedly quits.

[Murray *TMM*]

Scott:

Where did you get this CSS?

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"scottdye" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:bevgfh$7q1$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Here you go. It is somewhat of a work in progress. I've also discovered

that it crashes DW in OSX as well:

>

[scottdye webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

It's mine, partially built through dreamweaver, and partially hand coded.

I'm learning to use CSS little by little. I'm sure it's not the cleanest code in the world, but I'm using it as a starting point, and will whittle it down as I learn more.

btw I think I found out the problem. Somehow the beginning comment got merged into the body stlye, leaving no closing */ before the body, td, th style. Not sure how that happened, but when I correct the comment, DW no longer crashes. It's odd though that what causes the crash is commented out...

Why do you ask where I got it? Is there something wrong with it?

[James M. Shook]

You forgot to terminate the first comment.

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[url]http://www.jshook.com[/url]

[James M. Shook]

In article <bf217j$gjs$1@forums.macromedia.com> , "scottdye"
[email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> It's odd though that what causes the crash is commented out...

I suspect the problem is because DW sees two open comments in a row (with no
close comment in between), which is invalid syntax.

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