Can't change fonts using DW template

[mackey27]

I have created templates in DW for a client with an editable region. In that
editable region, the Contribute 3 user can't change the font size, style or
color. All of the buttons are checked in the Administrator Settings to allow
the fonts to be changed, but it doesn't work. It will only allow them to be
changed if I detach the pages from the template. Any help would be much
appreciated.

[kjmcd]

sounds like you've placed the editable region inside a p or h1 tag or similar. Check in the template if this is the case, and if it is, move the editable region outside the tags and it should be ok.

[mackey27]

I checked that, but it's not the case. My code looks like this:

<table width="735" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="left"><!-- #BeginEditable "body"
--> <!-- #EndEditable --></td>
</tr>
</table>

Does anything look wrong with this code?

[kjmcd]

hmm, try putting a paragraph tag and some sample text into the template within
the editable region, like this:

<!-- #BeginEditable "body" --> <p> sample bla bla bla</p><!-- #EndEditable -->

now create a new file from the template and see how you get on. Otherwise do
the tried and trusted trick of starting again and calling your editable region
a different name!

[Thirion]

I have the same problem, but I don't have it with all pages.

I originally created the templates (5), pages, added the content and made them
work with Contribute. Now the client is maintaining the Web site. Out of the
roughly 650 pages only one seems to have a problem. The font properties (font,
style, size and format) are grayed out, but I can change them by using the
content sensitive right mouse menus.

Any suggestions? The page in question contains 3 paragraphs, and an unordered
list containing 12 items.

Thanks,

Sven

[turbidity]

Did you ever find a solution for this? I have run into the same problem, and it
seems to have occurred spontaneously. People were able to change fonts, and
then recently they have not been able to. They have rights to do so, and even I
as admin can't change fonts in that template. In other templates, type can be
changed easily, but not in this one.