Prevent DreamWeaver from changing code

[EscF1F2]

I'm trying to combine a handwritten page into a site created with DreamWeaver.
The handwritten page obeys all DWs template instructions - it's copied from an
existing DW page and all changes are made between <!-- InstanceBeginEditable...
and <!-- InstanceEndEditable... etc.

However, when the page is loaded into DW, all the links in the handwritten
code are 'updated' by DW to point to old locations for their targets, which no
longer work. Is their any way, short of telling DW not to modify .html files at
all, to prevent it from changing the code?

Also, the handwritten page is based on a newer template than the page it
replaces. The rest of the site uses the new one too. However, DW replaces the
new template with the old one, presumably because it thinks that's the
appropriate template for the page. It's subsequently difficult to change, as DW
cannot render the handwritten page correctly (it uses lots of positioned
content). Is there any way to tell DW to default to the new template for the
page?

Thanks in advance,
Jon,
UCL, London, UK

[rob::db]

I've had a lot of weird problems with DW messing up templates in the past,
especially if you do something like move the directory that the template is
stored in, or move the directory that the files based on it are in (e.g,
moving all your HTML into a directory called /pages from the site root).

Off the top of my head, you can tell DW not to re-write different bits and
pieces from the preferences menu. Not got in front of me right now also.
Also, you could consider never opening design view again! Once you get
properly into the code, you can do a lot more, a lot more quickly and
efficiently, and with a lot less frustration. I haven't opened design view
for years, apart from to laugh at how different a page can look in DW than
it does in a browser!

Rob



EscF1F2 wrote:

> I'm trying to combine a handwritten page into a site created with
> DreamWeaver. The handwritten page obeys all DWs template instructions
> - it's copied from an existing DW page and all changes are made
> between <!-- InstanceBeginEditable... and <!-- InstanceEndEditable...
> etc.
>
> However, when the page is loaded into DW, all the links in the
> handwritten code are 'updated' by DW to point to old locations for
> their targets, which no longer work. Is their any way, short of
> telling DW not to modify .html files at all, to prevent it from
> changing the code?
>
> Also, the handwritten page is based on a newer template than the
> page it replaces. The rest of the site uses the new one too. However,
> DW replaces the new template with the old one, presumably because it
> thinks that's the appropriate template for the page. It's
> subsequently difficult to change, as DW cannot render the handwritten
> page correctly (it uses lots of positioned content). Is there any way
> to tell DW to default to the new template for the page?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jon,
> UCL, London, UK