Dreamweaver - I want this to be a template HOW!!!

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I want this to be a template HOW!!!

UltraTch

2005-01-30, 11:16 pm

i want everything within the 'container' DIV to be editable... This DIV is the
second DIV after the body and apparently it works WITHOUT the CSS file but with
the file, it doesnt.... I have had 4 friends try this on seperate machines
Please help, or refer me to a site for an explanation Is this a bug? The HTML
code is http://www.smlre.com/new1.css

UltraTch

2005-01-31, 7:26 am

www.smlre.com/new.html
www.smlre.com/new1.css

yes i know its on my desktop.
any other suggestions?
Does it work for you?

Murray *TMM*

2005-01-31, 12:49 pm

The page does have problems -

<head>

<title>nt</title>

I would expect this title tag to be in an editable region. It is not. This
means that someone has either deleted the template markup that is usually
placed there, or the template page was not made properly.

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style type="text/css">
@import url(new1.css);
</style>

</head>

I would expect there to be an editable region in the head of the page to
accept javascript for behaviors applied to the child pages. But there is
not. I'm beginning to suspect that someone has been deleting markup.

<div id="menuHeader">Index:</div>
....
<div id="menuHeader">Resources:</div>
....
<div id="menuHeader">Info Archives:</div>

You cannot have multiple instances of a single ID on the same page (like you
do).

NOW - what was your original question?

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"UltraTch" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> www.smlre.com/new.html
> www.smlre.com/new1.css
>
> yes i know its on my desktop.
> any other suggestions?
> Does it work for you?

Murray *TMM*

2005-01-31, 12:55 pm

No, it will not report that as an error.

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"UltraTch" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> this helps greatly, i believe the problem to be the multiple MenuHeader
> DIV's
> The editable regions around the title and head i fixed already with the
> suggestions from others (you were correct) thank you i will fix these and
> report back with any problems. Thanks ALOT PS. DW never reported an
> error
> with the MenuHeader DIVs, or will it?
>

UltraTch

2005-01-31, 12:55 pm

this helps greatly, i believe the problem to be the multiple MenuHeader DIV's
The editable regions around the title and head i fixed already with the
suggestions from others (you were correct) thank you i will fix these and
report back with any problems. Thanks ALOT PS. DW never reported an error
with the MenuHeader DIVs, or will it?

UltraTch

2005-01-31, 7:22 pm

ok i made all the changes, still no luck.... any other suggestions? this time i
have attached the dwt file. the link is: www.smlre.com/newTemplate.dwt the
updated CSS file is at www.smlre.com/new1.css the child of the dwt is
www.smlre.com/new.html yes i am aware the link to the css is a local file...
every time i change it, it changes right back... Notice that the dwt does not
have a local root, but the child does? it changed... and when making a child
from the dwt, i cant change it back... Even though its in an editable region...
arghhh i really am not understanding why it wont let me change the child
inside the editable region. This is driving me crazy!!! ANY HELP AT ALL is
greatly appreciated... THANK YOU!!!

Tim Gallant

2005-01-31, 7:22 pm

"UltraTch" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> ok i made all the changes, still no luck.... any other suggestions? this
> time i
> have attached the dwt file. the link is: www.smlre.com/newTemplate.dwt the
> updated CSS file is at www.smlre.com/new1.css the child of the dwt is
> www.smlre.com/new.html yes i am aware the link to the css is a local
> file...
> every time i change it, it changes right back... Notice that the dwt does
> not
> have a local root, but the child does? it changed... and when making a
> child
> from the dwt, i cant change it back... Even though its in an editable
> region...
> arghhh i really am not understanding why it wont let me change the child
> inside the editable region. This is driving me crazy!!! ANY HELP AT ALL
> is
> greatly appreciated... THANK YOU!!!

Ouch... how many editable regions do you have there? Anyway... this is your
link to your CSS file:

<link href="new1.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
That should be fine - as long as the CSS file is in exactly the same folder
as your child page (and assuming that you have uploaded your CSS file).

But you still have absolute paths elsewhere in your html. Such as here:

<div align="center"><img
src="file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Tekture/Desktop/Assets/MLS.gif"
....> etc

When you are adding images, do them RELATIVE TO YOUR DOCUMENT. Nobody on the
web can read your hard drive. Again: you need to have identical site
structure (same stuff in the same folders by the same name) both on your
hard drive and online. Otherwise, your links are going to be messed up.

It looks to me like you imported the above image from a folder that isn't
even in your site folder. That won't work. You need to copy whatever images
you are using into your site, and *then* link those. If you do that, and
browse to the image from DW in order to add it, you shouldn't have any
problems. But if you try to mess around with stuff in other folders, it
ain't gonna work.

BTW, the link to your .dwt file (template file) does not work. I assume that
you can set the permissions for public viewing.

tim

Murray *TMM*

2005-01-31, 7:23 pm

Nope. That link reveals that the CSS file is in the TEMPLATES folder.
Nothing should be in there other than the template files themselves!

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"Tim Gallant" <tim@timgallant.org> wrote in message
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> "UltraTch" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
> news:ctm87t$cf7$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>
> Ouch... how many editable regions do you have there? Anyway... this is
> your link to your CSS file:
>
> <link href="new1.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
> That should be fine - as long as the CSS file is in exactly the same
> folder as your child page (and assuming that you have uploaded your CSS
> file).
>
> But you still have absolute paths elsewhere in your html. Such as here:
>
> <div align="center"><img
> src="file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Tekture/Desktop/Assets/MLS.gif"
> ...> etc
>
> When you are adding images, do them RELATIVE TO YOUR DOCUMENT. Nobody on
> the web can read your hard drive. Again: you need to have identical site
> structure (same stuff in the same folders by the same name) both on your
> hard drive and online. Otherwise, your links are going to be messed up.
>
> It looks to me like you imported the above image from a folder that isn't
> even in your site folder. That won't work. You need to copy whatever
> images you are using into your site, and *then* link those. If you do
> that, and browse to the image from DW in order to add it, you shouldn't
> have any problems. But if you try to mess around with stuff in other
> folders, it ain't gonna work.
>
> BTW, the link to your .dwt file (template file) does not work. I assume
> that you can set the permissions for public viewing.
>
> tim
>

UltraTch

2005-01-31, 11:17 pm

Welp, this is seriously bugging the heck out of me... I have recreated the
entire document, rewritten some of the CSS to make it flow simpler, and
minimized the size of the HTML file... Here is a track of my progress: I
create an entire new Site (folder) to store this new problem Start out with
plain html file, i frist save the doc as an html so i can link the CSS page
(wont let you witout it being saved) make the entire body an editable region
so i can save it as a template. So great, i have a CSS linked template. All
is well I start as a new child of the template and begin editing the editable
region (which was the problem before). I view the site, upload the site to
test it for sure, save file and exit file. I am still ALLOWED to edit the
editable region..... Everything works great!!! Thinking this solves the
problem, i am THRILLED.... but wait...i close the child, and add in the menu
div just above the 'beginning of the editable region' and just below the
'beginning of the body tag'. I view this, looks good (the template file
currently looks like this) I now go back to my child after adding the simple
menu DIV and try to edit the EDITABLE region of the template... The problem
begins... i am now not allowed to edit anything within the editable region, or
anywhere on the child site. So...same ole problem, any new answers??? The
files are here: www.smlre.com/problem.html (child) www.smlre.com/new1.css
(css) www.smlre.com/newTemplate3.dwt (template file) All permissions are
set to 555 I have also updated macromedia to the most current version. Please
help, thank you!! Tekture