Contribute 4 Jumbled Layout

I am having a problem. I have a site that was being edited in
Contribute 3 with no trouble. When we upgraded to contribute 4 the
site's layout gets jumbled when you are in edit mode. Graphics
appear on top of each other and there are large spaces between
table cells. I have looked for unbalanced tags, but haven't found
anything...I've run code validation in Dreamweaver MX 2004 (the
template was developed in the latest version of DW/Fireworks) and
no problems are found. The site looks fine in Internet Explorer 6
and Firefox, and looks fine in contribute, until you try to edit
it. I have removed the main style sheet, but it doesn't have any
effect...so in short, I have no idea what might be causing this
problem. Any advice or help would be appreciated!

No, we didn't. And we never saw a message about a missing dll. Our Windows 7 computers were upgraded from XP so maybe that made the difference.
What have you tried?
Have you tried running Contribute in compatibility mode? (We didn't need to do this, but maybe it will help)
http://windows.microsoft.com/is-IS/windows7/products/features/windows-xp-mode
Is upgrading to the current version of Contribute an option?

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"matthewtrefz" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> We have recently performed an upgrade to our site. The
entire layout is
> css
> based. The problem we have run into is that Contribute
users can no longer
> select the content using the mouse. In fact the only way
to edit the
> content is
> to use the arrow keys on the keyboard. Though it is
possible to edit
> content
> this way it is very time consuming and confusing to most
of our users.
>
> I have tired to edit pages based on a template, and
pages not based on a
> template and get the same issue.
> What can I do to fix this problem?
>
> The web address is
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>
> Thanks,
> Matthew
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Please help.
Event log Details:
Server: WFE01
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Office SharePoint Server
Event Category: Publishing
Event ID: 5169
Date:  17/11/2009
Time:  07:47:31
User:  N/A
Computer: SPWFE01
Description:
Console Configuration File Error: XML Exception: Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED))
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
SP Log files:
All logs are for process: w3wp.exe (0x031C)                       0x17F4 Windows SharePoint Services
·     Begin OnLoad of XmlConsoleDataSource from file "EditingMenu".
·     Attempting to load XML from config file "EditingMenu".
·     PermissionMask check failed. asking for 0x00010000, have 0x00000000
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·     StackTrace: Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUtility:Void HandleAccessDenied(System.Exception), Microsoft.SharePoint.SPGlobal:Void HandleUnauthorizedAccessException(System.UnauthorizedAccessException), Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest:Void OpenWeb(System.String, System.String ByRef, System.String ByRef, System.String ByRef, System.Guid ByRef, System.String ByRef, UInt32 ByRef, System.Guid ByRef, UInt32 ByRef, UInt32 ByRef, UInt32 ByRef, UInt16 ByRef, Boolean ByRef, Int16 ByRef, UInt32 ByRef, Int16 ByRef, Int16 ByRef, Int16 ByRef, Boolean ByRef, Int16 ByRef, UInt32 ByRef, Int16 ByRef, Int16 ByRef, Int16 ByRef, Int16 ByRef, Int32 ByRef, Boolean ByRef, System.String ByRef, System.String ByRef, Int32 ByRef, Int16 ByRef, ...
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·     Releasing SPRequest with allocation Id {E3BC24ED-F243-4DBD-8625-EE7CF9FDA039}
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·     Console Configuration File Error: XML Exception: Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED))
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Pryank Rohilla
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Hi pryank,
From the log, it seems that the users don’t have permission on this page:
/Projects/LFB/03 Bid Stage 1/Forms/AllItems.aspx
Does the sub site have unique permission instead of inheriting permission from the parent site? If no, you need to make the sub site to inherit permission from the site collection so that master page also inherits the right. If this is not allowed in your organization, please go to “Site Actions”à “Site Settings” à “Master Pages and Page Layouts” to give users permissions on this document library.
Hope this helps.
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OK, I've recently decided to convert from table based layout to div layouts using CSS. I'm pretty proud of the outcome and found it a nice approach to designing. HOWEVER, when i click to edit pages in contribute, it strips out all of the css outline visual aids (like you see in wysiwig editors like Dreamweaver). This is going to be a major problem for my client and wysiwig style editing. Does anybody know how i can get contribute to display this in edit mode and also the best option for my client to select divs in order to copy and paste content. This would be pretty easy in table based layout as contribute lets you select a table and copy and paste it. Ideal way for my client to copy and paste additional news items same format. Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Not.
Walt
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> Hallo Brandon,
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>
>
> "Brandon" <[email protected]>
a écrit dans le message
> de news: ets5tg$9fo$[email protected]..
>> Working on CSS Layout for the first time (always
have used Tables) . . .
>> can you look at the page below (in initial stages)
and tell me how I can
>> move everything UP? It's driving me crazy. The
picture in the center
>> needs to come up, the main nav buttons need to move
up, and the "boxes"
>> in the left column all need to move up under each
other.
>>
>>
http://www.presentationsdirect.com/2007/
>>
>> --
>> Brandon
>>
>>
>
>

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I use a Macintosh with mountain lion 10.8.5.
Until I started changing what layout I wanted the final print from my epson 7900 was ok. I had it as a customised A2 on A1 layout.
When I changed it to an A2 layout from the dropdown menu the final print was 609mm square and the image itself was near the left hand border in the middle and occupied only 25% of teh total area of teh paper. I tried different print sizes but they all came out the same.
I tried what an other forumite did and updated the firmware for the printer but thus made no difference.
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Ant suggestions?
Many thanks,
Hardy

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2. When using GPS witha smart phone, sometimes wifi hotspots are used for "greater accuracy" but occasionally a hotspot may be associated with an incorrect location.
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Why do I get jumbled text when pasting a graph from Excel (mac 2011) into Illustrator cs6

The Goal: To copy a graph from Excel (mac 2011) and paste it into Illustrator cs6 as a vector graphic.
The graph's vector and layout is okay. Yet, the text / copy is jumbled text:
$%"
$#!!!!"
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spacing is the same as much as possible from browser to browser.
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jumbled. My pages are layed out with a bunch of AP divs so I can
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overlapping with the text clashing. Or sometimes text just runs
wild. I've tried to use tables but they are too limiting and I am
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not recognize CSS? How do I get at least a decent consistency
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anyone else's bad habits) is to find a page you like, and then tell
your web browser to show you the code view for the page and/or do a
"Save As" and save the page to your computer to then copy &
paste code segments into your file (in IE click View at the top,
select Source from the options)
HTML and/or DW Tutorials, and other information links that I
have saved
http://validator.w3.org/
http://www.visibone.com/
http://www.w3schools.com/
http://www.hotscripts.com/
http://www.projectseven.com/
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/
http://www.scriptarchive.com/
http://www.htmldog.com/guides/
http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/
http://alistapart.com/topics/code
http://www.how-to-build-websites.com/
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http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation
http://www.ianr.unl.edu/internet/mailto.html
http://lynda.com/ Hours of videos.
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http://www.thesitewizard.com/archive/css.shtml
http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/index.htm
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Customizing the layouts that come with CS3 (VIDEO)
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Layout Mode

Hi
I have created my site in dreamweaver, but it is not
appearing in the browser as it should.
I have two tables that need to be lined up with each other in
the centre. Although, when I create it in layout mode it appears
correctly but then when I preview the site in browser the tables
are off to the left.
Any ideas of how to fix it?
Thanks Lou

This post was made to the identical thread called "Layout
Altered" - posted
yesterday -
Yes, it does.
DW's timeline code is such an antique (dating from DW2, I
believe) that it
fails in some of the more recent browsers. Unless there is a
compelling
reason to use it, I wouldn't.
It's likely that your problems stem from this code -
<table width="748"" height="419" align="center"
cellspacing="10"
id="Content"
style="border: 1px solid black; </table>
Note that not only is the opening table tag improperly
closed, but the whole
thing is bogus anyhow. You cannot have
<table></table> in your code. I
assume that the closing </table> is an error, meaning
that the code should
be -
<table width="748"" height="419" align="center"
cellspacing="10"
id="Content"
style="border: 1px solid black;">
This should fix part of your problem. You will have another
immediate
problem, though, that is caused by your use of absolute
positioning with
centering tables. The tables will center, but the absolutely
positioned
elements will be fixed in their location. Thus, the table's
content will
slide under the 'layers', breaking your layout.
Finally, you have used Layout mode to build these tables. In
my opinion,
there are three serious problems with Layout Mode -
1. Perhaps most importantly, it sits between you and *real*
HTML tables,
and fools you into believing that concepts like "layout cell"
and
"autostretch" really mean something. They do not. As long as
you use
Layout Mode, you'll never learn one of the most important
things for new web
developers - how to build solid and reliable tables.
2. Actually, #1 wouldn't be *so* bad, except that the code
that is written
by Layout Mode is really poor code. For example, a layout
table contains
MANY empty rows of cells. This can contribute to a table's
instability.
In addition, if your initial positioning of the table's cells
is a bit
complex,
Layout Mode will throw in col- and rowspans aplenty as it
merges and splits
cells willy-nillly to achieve the pixel-perfect layout you
have specified.
Again,
this is an extremely poor method for building stable tables,
because it
allows
changes in one tiny cell's shape (i.e, dimensions) to ripple
through the
rest
of the table, usually with unexpected and sometimes
disastrous consequences.
This is one of the primary reasons for the final result's
fragility - read
this -
http://apptools.com/rants/spans.php
3. The UI for Layout Mode is beyond confusing - many options
that you might
want to use are inaccessible, e.g., inserting another table,
or layer onto
the page.
I can understand the new user's desire to use this tool to
make their life
easier,
but the cost is just too heavy in my opinion.
To make good tables, keep it simple. Put a table on the page,
and begin to
load your content. If you would want a different table
layout, instead of
merging or splitting cells, consider stacking tables or
nesting simple
tables instead, respectively.
And above all, do not try to build the whole page with a
single table!
To read more about this approach, visit the DW FAQ link in my
sig, and run
through the table tutorials.
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"Malcolm N_" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 12:07:34 +0000 (UTC), "LoobieLouLou"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I am not absolutely sure how the table html code
should look, please could
>>you
>>show me?
>
> in a new file - create a new table and then look at the
code
>
> it starts with a <table>
> then a <tr> to start the row
> then <td> or <th> to start a cell - each
<td> needs a balancing </td>
> to close it
>
> to end a row it uses a </tr>
>
> look at your code and you will see missing </td>
and </tr>
>
> and the first table has no content i.e a <table>
immediately followed
> by a </table> with no rows or cells
>
> Just using Dw to produce a site without undertstanding
html and css is
> not a recipe for success.
>
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Layout mode in Dreamweaver CS3. Can't draw table

I did the same exact thing i do in dreamweaver 8, but in cs3,
it's now working.
I went to layout mode and with a blank page and the draw
table button is grayed out.
what do i do to use it. I'm already in layout mode.

Get out of Layout mode for starters.
In my opinion, there are three serious problems with Layout
Mode -
1. Perhaps most importantly, it sits between you and *real*
HTML tables,
and fools you into believing that concepts like "layout cell"
and
"autostretch" really mean something. They do not. As long as
you use
Layout Mode, you'll never learn one of the most important
things for new web
developers - how to build solid and reliable tables.
2. Actually, #1 wouldn't be *so* bad, except that the code
that is written
by Layout Mode is really poor code. For example, a layout
table contains
MANY empty rows of cells. This can contribute to a table's
instability.
In addition, if your initial positioning of the table's cells
is a bit
complex,
Layout Mode will throw in col- and rowspans aplenty as it
merges and splits
cells willy-nillly to achieve the pixel-perfect layout you
have specified.
Again,
this is an extremely poor method for building stable tables,
because it
allows
changes in one tiny cell's shape (i.e, dimensions) to ripple
through the
rest
of the table, usually with unexpected and sometimes
disastrous consequences.
This is one of the primary reasons for the final result's
fragility - read
this -
http://apptools.com/rants/spans.php
3. The UI for Layout Mode is beyond confusing - many options
that you might
want to use are inaccessible, e.g., inserting another table,
or layer onto
the page.
I can understand the new user's desire to use this tool to
make their life
easier,
but the cost is just too heavy in my opinion.
To make good tables, keep it simple. Put a table on the page,
and begin to
load your content. If you would want a different table
layout, instead of
merging or splitting cells, consider stacking tables or
nesting simple
tables instead, respectively.
And above all, do not try to build the whole page with a
single table!
To read more about this approach, visit the DW FAQ link in my
sig, and run
through the table tutorials.
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
(If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
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"Dreamweaver2k2" <[email protected]> wrote
in message
news:[email protected]...
>I did the same exact thing i do in dreamweaver 8, but in
cs3, it's now
>working.
> I went to layout mode and with a blank page and the draw
table button is
> grayed out.
>
> what do i do to use it. I'm already in layout mode.
>

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