Design / code view problem

Hello, I have been using DW for a while now. I only use code
view. When I first installed DW it asked for a default layout which
I assumed had nothing to do with the viewing of code vrs design,
just the layout. I chose coder layout.
Now I am in DW and I need to look at the design in real time
because I am having an issue that is causing me to go back and
forth between browser and DW and it is getting old. So I looked up
at the top where the toolbar is and design and split buttons are
greyed out and inactive for me. I thought this was odd so I created
a new basic HTML page to see if it would allow me access to these
buttons but again, no.
If I go to view menu same thing. I can only check code view.
I can however go to the window menu and change the layout to
designer, dual or coder but all this does is undock many of the
panels. I still cannot see the visual element of my code.
Can anyone please help me with this problem? At its most
simplest form, I created an HTML page that says Hello World and I
would like to be able to see this in both code and design view or
switch easily between the two. But as of now, it does not seem like
I have this ability. Again I am using DW 8
Thank you for any help

I see you are using DW8. OK....
Also, changing from coder to designer won't affect the split
view.
Have you tried reinstalling? Has DW always been this way that
you recall?
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"tripwater2000" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:ebaf3a$hvk$[email protected]..
> Hello, I have been using DW for a while now. I only use
code view. When I
> first
> installed DW it asked for a default layout which I
assumed had nothing to
> do
> with the viewing of code vrs design, just the layout. I
chose coder
> layout.
>
> Now I am in DW and I need to look at the design in real
time because I am
> having an issue that is causing me to go back and forth
between browser
> and DW
> and it is getting old. So I looked up at the top where
the toolbar is and
> design and split buttons are greyed out and inactive for
me. I thought
> this was
> odd so I created a new basic HTML page to see if it
would allow me access
> to
> these buttons but again, no.
>
> If I go to view menu same thing. I can only check code
view. I can however
> go
> to the window menu and change the layout to designer,
dual or coder but
> all
> this does is undock many of the panels. I still cannot
see the visual
> element
> of my code.
>
> Can anyone please help me with this problem? At its most
simplest form, I
> created an HTML page that says Hello World and I would
like to be able to
> see
> this in both code and design view or switch easily
between the two. But as
> of
> now, it does not seem like I have this ability. Again I
am using DW 8
>
> Thank you for any help
>

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"Ceuphrasie" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> Thanks for reading.
>
> I am using Dreamweaver 8. I have INC files that I would
to be able to
> edit in
> design view as opposed to strictly code view. (lots of
tables and I'd
> rather
> just visually edit the cells) I can view them in the PHP
files they are
> called
> from (which is a start) but I need to be able to edit
just the INC file in
> design view; not view it in the PHP file and then open
the INC file in
> code
> view.
>
> I have gone through the help file and done the following
(restarting
> dreamweaver each time):
>
> 1) removed INC from the list at dreamweaver >>
Preferences >> FileTypes /
> Editors >> Open in Code View
>
> 2) checked to make sure the INC extention is in the
extension.txt file (it
> is
> by default) I've tried moving it to be an html file,
leaving it as a
> server
> sife include, and creating a new 'include file'
distinction for it. None
> of it
> works.
>
> 3) Going through the rest of the documentation isn't
terribly helpful. It
> mentions files and folders I can not find. Most of the
decent
> documentation I
> can find is for MX; but the files it points me to don't
seem exist in my
> installation.
>
> I'm sure this is a really easy problem with a simple
solution; but I am
> overlooking it. Do I need to find more folders from my
installation? Do
> I
> create these folders manually as I need them? What files
go in them?
> Getting
> this figured out so I can make edits to INC files in
design view would
> help me
> out tremendously.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>

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"yorkdan" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hi,
>
> I've a problem with a template-based website which works
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> but will not allow edits in code view (with the
exception of the contents
> of
> the <title> element). The template has multiple
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> been
> deployed on quite a few occasions to multiple authors
with varying
> configurations without any trouble before, but now it is
causing quite a
> bit of
> head-scratching!
>
> The problem originally manifested in Dreamweaver MX 2004
on Windows 2000.
> An
> upgrade to Dreamweaver 8 has taken place and the issue
persists. Testing
> on a
> similar computer using a standard shared drive in
Windows shows the same
> problem in Dreamweaver 8 but was fine in Dreamweaver MX.
Working with a
> copied
> set of files on a remote computer (Win2k and DW MX 2004)
seems to somehow
> resolve / circumvent the problem and the code view works
fine.
> Unfortunately
> this isn't an option for the main authors of the site
who have only their
> current machines available.
>
> The fifth post down in a
>
http://www.dmxzone.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=33748
> seems to refer to a similar problem, but the workaround
highlighted there
> has
> not worked for me.
>
> I'm not really a heavy Dreamweaver user but I can
normally figure things
> out.
> This one however has got me stumped - anybody got any
ideas? (Apologies if
> it's
> a really simple setting or flag that I should know
about, but I've not
> been
> able to find anything!)
>
> Cheers,
> Dan
>
>
>

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