error message editing editable html

i keep having this problem when trying to edit html in an editable region...it
keeps telling me that its a noneditable region!

here's what it says: you have made changes to code that is not marked as
editable. if you retain those changes, they will be lost the next time you
apply a template update to this file. do you want to retain the changes until
then? yes/no?

the problem is that i'm editing a section that IS editable! i don't know why
it thinks its not!! the html is not even yellow, as the noneditable regions
are. i'm not sure why its doing this, anyone have this problem and know what's
going on?

help! its very annoying!!


tina

Dreamweaver is confused. I've known the program to do this if you have some bad
code (like a erroneous <td> tag all by itself) within the editable area.

What I would do is open that particular page outside of Dreamweaver (with
notepad or whatever) make the change and also carefully look for any bad code,
then save it, and reopen with Dreamweaver. See if this stops it from doing that.

Or better yet, post the code to that page, and tell what change you are
trying to make. Sometimes, the problem is miles away from the editable
region.

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"mzanime.com" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Dreamweaver is confused. I've known the program to do this if you have
some bad
code (like a erroneous <td> tag all by itself) within the editable area.

What I would do is open that particular page outside of Dreamweaver (with
notepad or whatever) make the change and also carefully look for any bad
code,
then save it, and reopen with Dreamweaver. See if this stops it from doing
that.

well this happens on multiple pages...seems like it happens all the time, on
all kinds of pages...and i have hundreds of pages on my website. i was just
wondering if there was something that i am doing wrong or if there's a glitch
in dw or what.

i wonder if part of the problem might be that some of these pages started out
on pagemill...then i got dreamweaver, then i upgraded to dreamweaver
mx....that's gotta screw with the code, i think? problem is i've only got a
very basic knowledge of html and my head starts to spin if i have to scan a
page in html without knowing exactly what i'm looking for.

*sigh* i actually would like to switch to frontpage (i use it for several
smaller sites i have) because of this problem a couple other problems i've had
with dw, including it crashing and also how long it takes to upload changes and
how it times out all the time when i am uploading multiple pages....argh!! but
i can't live without these editable/noneditable regions on the templates (i
don't have the newest version of frontpage that has this option and cannot
afford it right now) and most importantly, i need that library items option and
frontpage doesn't seem to have it. so i'm kinda at a loss for what to do...so
frustrated with the multiple problems i'm having with dreamweaver, but i can't
find a single program that does all that i want it to do. argh!

now if someone would just combine all the things i love about dreamweaver and
all the things i love about frontpage and make it into a very affordable
program, i'd be set!!


tina

this message can also occur if there is an error in the code in the locked
parts of the page.

please post the url address to one of them, or if it's serverside coding,
save as txt and upload it please.

For what it's worth, I use templates all the time, and when I occasionally
get this message (with DMX2004), I am always able to track down why, and fix
it.

and i have hundreds of pages on my website

If you have hundreds of pages, then templates may not be the right choice
for you anyhow, since you will indeed suffer from "how long it takes to
upload changes" if you stick with them instead of Server-side includes.

i need that library items option and
frontpage doesn't seem to have it.

I can't think of anything that these do for you that SSI doesn't. Why do
you need it?

find a single program that does all that i want it to do. argh!

I did. It's DW.

Let's try to get these problems squared away - show me some code.

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

well this happens on multiple pages...seems like it happens all the time,
on
all kinds of pages...and i have hundreds of pages on my website. i was
just
wondering if there was something that i am doing wrong or if there's a
glitch
in dw or what.

i wonder if part of the problem might be that some of these pages started
out
on pagemill...then i got dreamweaver, then i upgraded to dreamweaver
mx....that's gotta screw with the code, i think? problem is i've only got
a
very basic knowledge of html and my head starts to spin if i have to scan
a
page in html without knowing exactly what i'm looking for.

*sigh* i actually would like to switch to frontpage (i use it for several
smaller sites i have) because of this problem a couple other problems i've
had
with dw, including it crashing and also how long it takes to upload
changes and
how it times out all the time when i am uploading multiple pages....argh!!
but
i can't live without these editable/noneditable regions on the templates
(i
don't have the newest version of frontpage that has this option and cannot
afford it right now) and most importantly, i need that library items
option and
frontpage doesn't seem to have it. so i'm kinda at a loss for what to
do...so
frustrated with the multiple problems i'm having with dreamweaver, but i
can't
find a single program that does all that i want it to do. argh!

now if someone would just combine all the things i love about dreamweaver
and
all the things i love about frontpage and make it into a very affordable
program, i'd be set!!


tina

what are server side includes? i looked in dw help and didn't find it. i've
never heard of that.

i am a total novice, so bear with me...i only know the very basics of the
programs i use and don't know much about html, just the basics to be able to
edit very simple things and the basic concept...i don't edit things i don't
understand, though, most of the html i try to edit is code from some feature
i've gotten from another site...i let those who know how to write code do the
writing for me.

anyway, i'll have to find a page that does this to me now...it happens here
and there and i can't seem to recall right now which page did it to me most
recently...so i'll play around and find something to send...

oh and i usually do not upload all of my hundreds of pages at once...i realize
that takes a long time, i expect that. i get time outs on what should be quick
and simple uploads as well. its very annoying. i'll post specifics when it
happens again.

in the meantime, can you explain to me about SSI?

tina

tinawoman wrote:

what are server side includes? i looked in dw help and didn't find it. i've
never heard of that.

includes are a special command usually given by a scripting language, ASP or
PHP or Javascript, etc. That command literally means "go to /whatever/
directory and "insert" in the code of that called file into this one."

*throws the ball back into Murrays court*

If all your pages are calling to one include (the navigation, for instance)
and if you want to make a change all you have to do is upload that one single
include file.

And then, ALL the pages on your site will immediately get updated because they
are all calling to that one file. Thats the advantage of using includes over
templates. With templates you still must upload every page to show the change.

I personally use both.

Look in DW's F1 help for "Server-side includes". They are what you would
like templates to be! It's a single page fragment that is included in your
pages by the SERVER before the page is downloaded by the browser. Make a
change to ONE file, and upload ONE file - this change is then reflected in
every page in the site.

Here's a simple example - I am using Templates *and* server-side includes.

The main template is page.dwt. The masthead, the menu, the sidebar, and the
footer information is done with a server-side include. If I want to change
anything in those elements, I make a change to the include file, upload it,
and that change affects every page into which that include is placed -

http://www.midwestespresso.com

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

what are server side includes? i looked in dw help and didn't find it.
i've
never heard of that.

i am a total novice, so bear with me...i only know the very basics of the
programs i use and don't know much about html, just the basics to be able
to
edit very simple things and the basic concept...i don't edit things i
don't
understand, though, most of the html i try to edit is code from some
feature
i've gotten from another site...i let those who know how to write code do
the
writing for me.

anyway, i'll have to find a page that does this to me now...it happens
here
and there and i can't seem to recall right now which page did it to me
most
recently...so i'll play around and find something to send...

oh and i usually do not upload all of my hundreds of pages at once...i
realize
that takes a long time, i expect that. i get time outs on what should be
quick
and simple uploads as well. its very annoying. i'll post specifics when it
happens again.

in the meantime, can you explain to me about SSI?

tina