Style Sheet not found when editing an aspx page - C3

[JoBean3]

I have a dot net project. If I view the web pages in the Contribute browser,
they look fine. So, Contribute is able to find/figure out the aspx pages and
their relationship to the user controls (where style sheet and page layout info
is stored). However, if I edit a given page, the style sheet is no longer
found. As a result, I see the default font (Times New Roman) and cannot select
any of the styles I've set up for these pages.

There is a knowledge base article
([url]http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_19569[/url]) which
seems to describe the same problem. However version of Extensions.txt has the
exact same contents of the version I already had, so my problem with style
sheets is elsewhere.

My pages are aspx pages and the page layout is stored in an ascx file.

Is there some simple workaround I can use to point to the style sheet?...
Thanks much.

[Alan]

the stylesheet is linked in the backend page?

anyway- try this-
in dreamweaver, add a "design time" stylesheet.
Add the stylesheet you have linked in the backend.

contribute will read in the .mno design note, which will tell it to use the
stylesheet in edit mode.

> I have a dot net project. If I view the web pages in the Contribute browser,
> they look fine. So, Contribute is able to find/figure out the aspx pages and
> their relationship to the user controls (where style sheet and page layout
> info
> is stored). However, if I edit a given page, the style sheet is no longer
> found. As a result, I see the default font (Times New Roman) and cannot select
> any of the styles I've set up for these pages.

[JoBean3]

How do I add a design time stylesheet? I can't find anything in the Dreamweaver search help option.

If this works, it would be most excellent. Thanks for your reply.

[JoBean3]

I am a dunce! It was right in front of my face... Text|CSS Styles|Design Time

I selected my style sheet and clicked ok. I dont see any sort of code or
indicator in my aspx page itself that identifies this page as having a design
time style. I assume Dreamweaver keeps track of it somewhere. So I open this
very same page in Contribute and when I edit a page, I do in fact see the
correct font/size/color instead of default Times New Roman.

So this is major progress. My remaining problem is that the styles are still
not listed in the style drop down box. All I see are the generic "heading 1,
heading 2" etc. And none of those are in my css file. Is there a way that I can
get Contribute to list the css styles in the dropdown list?

Thanks for the help!

[Alan]

I assume Dreamweaver keeps track of it somewhere. So I open this

> very same page in Contribute and when I edit a page, I do in fact see the
> correct font/size/color instead of default Times New Roman.

it's in the thatfilename.mno design note

>
> So this is major progress. My remaining problem is that the styles are still
> not listed in the style drop down box. All I see are the generic "heading 1,
> heading 2" etc. And none of those are in my css file. Is there a way that I
> can
> get Contribute to list the css styles in the dropdown list?

I'm still not sure what's up-
IS there an attached css link in this page?
If so- what part of the document structure is it in?
Or- is the link conditional or inside a bunch of asp?

[JoBean3]

I see the .mno file in the _notes subdirectory, so I guess I did attach it ok

"I'm still not sure what's up-
IS there an attached css link in this page?
If so- what part of the document structure is it in?
Or- is the link conditional or inside a bunch of asp?"

I think my .NET project structure is the culprit. The aspx page contains
nothing but the page text and a line of code at the top of the page that points
to a user control. It is not an include file - it's a page directive. The user
control contains the html, head, and body tags, as well as the page banner and
menu.

So when Contribute just views or browses the page, everything looks fine. It
understands the ascx and aspx setup. But when I go into edit mode, it cannot
find the style sheet or just doesnt know it's there.

[JoBean3]

HERE IS THE FIX!!!

You must put <html>, <head> and <body> tags in the aspx page, even though in
my case they are completely duplicative (this info is already in an ascx file).
IE and Netscape don't care if the extra stuff is there.