CS5 design view blank

I've been searching for the answer, nothing is helping.
Yesterday I tried to open a website made for my class (linked to a template I believe) and design view suddenly showed up blank, also in split view. Code grayed out. Preview in browser and live view showing. I need design view to edit things like editable region and - for an entirely different project - tables. I'm an amateur and I don't know what I did. Clicked on something bad by complete mistake?
Any advice would be much appreciated, it's urgent. :/

I have a similar issue. Whenever I look at a page with php in it, the design view is completely absent. Additionally, the "Design View" and ""Live Code" buttons aregreyed out.
Larry Voyer
Site Creator/Administrator
http://larryvoyer.com/genealogy/

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