Can't See Text in Design View

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    Default Can't See Text in Design View

    Can you help? My pages are displaying properly on the Web and in preview, but
    all I can see in Dreamweaver is a small table with links which usually lives at
    the bottom of each page. All pages in the site are behaing like this.
    Everything was fine a couple of weeks ago. The same thing happens when ftping
    to a new site on another machine. There are no CSS styles or templates in
    use.:confused; Jay

    Judith Venning Guest

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  3. #2

    Default Re: Can't See Text in Design View

    Which DW?

    Are you using SSI on the page? Do your SSI fragment files contain <html>,
    <head>, or <body> tags?

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    "Judith Venning" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
    news:ekcagg$9kt$1@forums.macromedia.com...
    > Can you help? My pages are displaying properly on the Web and in preview,
    > but
    > all I can see in Dreamweaver is a small table with links which usually
    > lives at
    > the bottom of each page. All pages in the site are behaing like this.
    > Everything was fine a couple of weeks ago. The same thing happens when
    > ftping
    > to a new site on another machine. There are no CSS styles or templates in
    > use.:confused; Jay
    >

    Murray *ACE* Guest

  4. #3

    Default Re: Can't See Text in Design View

    Hi

    It is Dreamweaver 8. I think I may have found the answer, though it is a bit
    strange. When I deleted a library item, the rest ofthe text appeared. The
    library item appears to be corrupt, sending a message about a corrupt jpg -
    though I took out the image and it did not mend. Unnfortunately unless you
    have a better idea, it looks as though I shall have to recreate the library
    items and work on the coded page of all the pages on my site, to replace the
    item with a mended version.

    Not sure what SSI is I'm afraid.

    Jay

    Judith Venning Guest

  5. #4

    Default Re: Can't See Text in Design View

    Let's start from scratch. Can you show me the page that doesn't display
    properly in DW, please?

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    "Judith Venning" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
    news:ekcmsk$mm9$1@forums.macromedia.com...
    > Hi
    >
    > It is Dreamweaver 8. I think I may have found the answer, though it is a
    > bit
    > strange. When I deleted a library item, the rest ofthe text appeared. The
    > library item appears to be corrupt, sending a message about a corrupt
    > jpg -
    > though I took out the image and it did not mend. Unnfortunately unless
    > you
    > have a better idea, it looks as though I shall have to recreate the
    > library
    > items and work on the coded page of all the pages on my site, to replace
    > the
    > item with a mended version.
    >
    > Not sure what SSI is I'm afraid.
    >
    > Jay
    >

    Murray *ACE* Guest

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    Default Re: Can't See Text in Design View

    Here it is. I am in fact trying to mend this web site for a friend who seems
    to have used a large library item on all her pages. Dreamweaver has thrown up
    several errors re redundant tags, but none of them seem to make a significant
    difference. I wonder if it is hte link to the Vista image that has caused the
    trouble.
    Jayhttp://www.mytherapypractice.com/AnatomyPhysiology/AnatomyCells.htm

    Thankyou for your tiem.

    Jay

    Judith Venning Guest

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    Default Re: Can't See Text in Design View

    How comfortable are you with HTML? You've got a job on your hands that will
    require some level of proficiency here -

    [url]http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http://www.mytherapypractice.com/AnatomyPhysiology/AnatomyCells.htm[/url]

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    "Judith Venning" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
    news:ekcuv1$20d$1@forums.macromedia.com...
    > Here it is. I am in fact trying to mend this web site for a friend who
    > seems
    > to have used a large library item on all her pages. Dreamweaver has thrown
    > up
    > several errors re redundant tags, but none of them seem to make a
    > significant
    > difference. I wonder if it is hte link to the Vista image that has caused
    > the
    > trouble.
    > Jayhttp://www.mytherapypractice.com/AnatomyPhysiology/AnatomyCells.htm
    >
    > Thankyou for your tiem.
    >
    > Jay
    >

    Murray *ACE* Guest

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    Default Re: Can't See Text in Design View

    Hello Ace

    yes, I can manage HTML if I concentrate hard. Thank you for the link to the
    [url]www.org[/url] validator. Surely though Dreamweaver's validator is highlighting the
    faults? The thing is, these problems seem to have occured on every page, so it
    will take ages to correct. I seem to be able to get back to normal by placing
    a new Library item into the code for each page.

    I am planning to help the site owner to swap everything over to templates
    because it seems to me that library items are not usually used for whole chunks
    of code as they have been here, and that may be causing Dreamweaver to trip up.
    Perhaps you have a view on this.

    Thanks for your help and your very prompt response.

    Jay



    Judith Venning Guest

  9. #8

    Default Re: Can't See Text in Design View

    > Perhaps you have a view on this.

    I don't use Library items normally, since I thing server-side includes are a
    much better approach, but I can tell you for sure that a properly made
    Library item should not cause you any problems in a properly made page. The
    fact that you are having problems suggests to me that there is some coding
    issue that we have not yet identified.

    To say more, I would have to see more of your code - before and after, for
    example.


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    "Judith Venning" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
    news:ekesgq$7vq$1@forums.macromedia.com...
    > Hello Ace
    >
    > yes, I can manage HTML if I concentrate hard. Thank you for the link to
    > the
    > [url]www.org[/url] validator. Surely though Dreamweaver's validator is highlighting
    > the
    > faults? The thing is, these problems seem to have occured on every page,
    > so it
    > will take ages to correct. I seem to be able to get back to normal by
    > placing
    > a new Library item into the code for each page.
    >
    > I am planning to help the site owner to swap everything over to templates
    > because it seems to me that library items are not usually used for whole
    > chunks
    > of code as they have been here, and that may be causing Dreamweaver to
    > trip up.
    > Perhaps you have a view on this.
    >
    > Thanks for your help and your very prompt response.
    >
    > Jay
    >
    >
    >

    Murray *ACE* Guest

  10. #9

    Default Re: Can't See Text in Design View

    Here is a nearlier example of the same page that was created in April
    [url]http://http://www.mytherapypractice.com/AnatomyPhysiology/anatomycellsold.htm[/url]

    Jay
    Judith Venning Guest

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