Date Stamp Issues (Dreamweaver 8)

I have a wierd problem. When I save a page Dreamweaver randomly inserts a date
stamp tag (looks like last edited date) into my page replacing random tags and
text in the page. Sometimes this gets dropped in the middle of a tag and
creates opening tag brackets turning my page into a war zone. This is a big
problem because I'm losing both design integrity and data. I have to recall
what was there to go in and remove the date stamp and replace the missing tags
or text.

This is done randomly.. not every time but it's an average of every 2nd save.

Show me such a page, please.

--
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
(If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
==================
http://www.dreamweavermx-templates.com - Template Triage!
http://www.projectseven.com/go - DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
http://www.dwfaq.com - DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/ - Macromedia (MM) Technotes
==================


"horsecranium" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

I have a wierd problem. When I save a page Dreamweaver randomly inserts a
date
stamp tag (looks like last edited date) into my page replacing random tags
and
text in the page. Sometimes this gets dropped in the middle of a tag and
creates opening tag brackets turning my page into a war zone. This is a
big
problem because I'm losing both design integrity and data. I have to
recall
what was there to go in and remove the date stamp and replace the missing
tags
or text.

This is done randomly.. not every time but it's an average of every 2nd
save.

I am having the exact same problem with Dreamweaver 8.0.2 and have been
scouring the web for an answer. I would very much appreciate it if Adobe would
acknowledge and solve this issue!
I waste a lot of time prior to posting updates to my site searching for it,
removing it and replacing whatever text it has overwritten.
I have seen it in my regular paragraph text, in my library items and after the
ending </html> tag. I use templates and library items in all my pages.

An example page is available at
http://www.taske.com/training/curric...lservice2.html
In the second paragraph, note the random 04-Dec-2006 11:33 AM which overwrote
some of my paragraph's text. Here is what that page should look like
http://www.taske.com/training/curric...llservice.html

In regard to the date stamp that was inserting itself seemingly randomly, I
spent a great deal of time going through my developers' code, trying to clean
up invalid code in hopes of discovering what was triggering the unwanted date
stamp. The last bit of cleaning up I did seems to have done the trick--we have
not had any unwanted date stamp insertions in over 30 days.

The offending code appears, in this case, to be code written by Dreamweaver
during the creation of rollover images used as buttons. My novice developers
would create a rollover image (button) then decide they wanted to change it. As
they are not experienced enough nor knowledgeable enough to work comfortably in
code view, they work in the design view. Thus they were attempting to delete
the rollover image in the design view. It would appear to them that the
rollover button had been removed but, in fact, some code would remain. They
would recreate the rollover image (button), sometimes repeating this
creation/removal cyle several time, until they were satisfied. (See the code
attached: this is the code that, in the design view, produced a single working
rollover image (button) despite having 5 different MouseOver/MouseOut events.)
The button would function so they were left to assume that all was fine. By
removing all of the unnecessary code remnants, it appears that we have
eliminated the cause of the unwanted date stamp insertions.

<tr>
<td><a href="#" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()"
onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Field Trip
Button','','../images/field_trip_button_2.gif',1)"></a><a
href="../3_chemical_reactions/chemical_changes1a.html"
onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()"
onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('chemical_changes','','. ./images/chemical_change_butto
n.gif',1)"></a><a href="../1_ecosystems/field_trip_index_old.html"
onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Field Trip
Button','','../images/field_trip_button_2.gif',1)"></a><a
href="../3_chemical_reactions/intro_demo.html" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()"
onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('demonstration_button',' ','../images/chemical_change_b
utton.gif',1)"><img src="../images/chemical_demos_button.gif"
alt="Demonstration Introduction Button" name="demonstration_button" width="148"
height="30" border="0"></a><a href="../1_ecosystems/field_trip_index_old.html"
onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Field Trip
Button','','../images/field_trip_button_2.gif',1)"></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>

I have been experiencing the same problem. At first we believed it was solved
by installing the 8.0.2. update. However the dates began implanting
themselves again just a short time later. I then found this discussion and
took a good hard look at the javascript for the drop-down menus and they all
look fantastic. We don't have any amateurs working on the site, particularly
on the scripting and css, only the content.
We have now correlated the date implantation manic with one activity: when I
specifically insert images into a webpage. I figured this out when another
site that only I work on was "infected" with a date object after I started
inserting images. Why would this be? Each of the three other users that have
access to this site can insert images without consquences. Could I difference
in image insertion method create this issue?
Please advise if possible.