Template: You have made changes ...

DWMX 2004 7.1 Win XP

I am getting the nasty error "You have made changes to code that is not marked
as editable. etc." in a file created from a template.

Okay ... How do I get out of this?? Seemingly "yes" and "no" are both the
wrong answer in this situation. I try fixing the code that might have created
this situation, but that doesn't seem to help.

Is there any way to recover from this other than stripping out the code and
starting with a file created fresh?

Dean Waters

I think you would need to look at your page in code view and take out anything
you may have placed inside the template region markers (or move the end marker
possibly) until the template region looks like it did in the original template
file (you can compare the files visually if necessary). I think the template
regions show as gray text in code view.
I'm making this remark off the top of my head. Someone else might have a
better suggestion.

Yes. Looking at the code is the only way to know how to deal with this
sometimes 'red herring'. Often the error message refers to changes that
occur outside of the editable region. Looking at your code would determine
what those might be.

Can you show me the code on the template page, and tell me what you are
trying to change when you get this message?

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"Jim Gibson sbswa.com" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

I think you would need to look at your page in code view and take out
anything
you may have placed inside the template region markers (or move the end
marker
possibly) until the template region looks like it did in the original
template
file (you can compare the files visually if necessary). I think the
template
regions show as gray text in code view.
I'm making this remark off the top of my head. Someone else might have a
better suggestion.

Thanks for your replies. Going into code view worked. It took some stripping
and tweaking. It seems that the template doohickey (!) has some difficulty
with <div> tags that contain 'style="blah; blah;" and if you forget a closing
quote (my bad!) then it starts hiccuping pretty nastily. I did fix it,
thought. Thanks!

I get nervous when I start using templates. Sometimes they behave famously
well. Other times, it gives that "code outside editable" message and it is
frustrating as hell to undo the damage. I still don't really see the
difference between answering "Yes save changes" and "No don't save changes,"
because it seems to monkey with the code no matter which response you choose.

Thanks for your tips. Staying away from design view while fixing the problem
seems to be the key.

Dean

It seems that the template doohickey (!) has some difficulty
with <div> tags that contain 'style="blah; blah;"

Not at all!

and if you forget a closing
quote (my bad!) then it starts hiccuping pretty nastily.

Well, yeah - this is definitely true.

I still don't really see the
difference between answering "Yes save changes" and "No don't save
changes,"
because it seems to monkey with the code no matter which response you
choose.

The best bet is to not get into the situation in the first place!

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

Thanks for your replies. Going into code view worked. It took some
stripping
and tweaking. It seems that the template doohickey (!) has some
difficulty
with <div> tags that contain 'style="blah; blah;" and if you forget a
closing
quote (my bad!) then it starts hiccuping pretty nastily. I did fix it,
thought. Thanks!

I get nervous when I start using templates. Sometimes they behave
famously
well. Other times, it gives that "code outside editable" message and it
is
frustrating as hell to undo the damage. I still don't really see the
difference between answering "Yes save changes" and "No don't save
changes,"
because it seems to monkey with the code no matter which response you
choose.

Thanks for your tips. Staying away from design view while fixing the
problem
seems to be the key.

Dean

The best bet is to not get into the situation in the first place!

Well, yeah ... but I haven't quite mastered the art of not dropping the
occasional closing quote. Sigh. I guess that means I might actually have to
pay attention instead of just flying through my coding! Ick!!

Thanks again.

Dean Waters