Design view in DW CS3 with php ?

I am evaluating DW CS3 having previously used text editors to
create simple php based sites.
I'm having problems understanding if DW can show a design
view of a static php page,that uses include php files to provide
the html code for the top of the page and the bottom of the page.
So something like
<?php include('includes/top.php'); ?>
<div id="main">
<h1>Page under construction</h1>
<div class="page_link"><a href="hw.php"
title="HW">Hardware</a></div>
</div>
<div id="bottom">
<?php include 'includes/bottom.php'; ?>
</body>
</html>
top.php and bottom.php include some standard images/text I'm
using on several pages. They contain standard html.
Would I expect DW to show what this should look like in
design view ? If so how do I get this to work ?

> Would I expect DW to show what this should look like in
design view ? If
> so
> how do I get this to work ?
No, DW will not show this page in the way you are hoping.
Why? Because the
page doesn't contain <html>, <head>, or
<body> tags. Sure, you have them in
the include file, but DW won't like that. Must you have those
tags in the
files being included?
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"tonyb61" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I am evaluating DW CS3 having previously used text
editors to create simple
>php
> based sites.
> I'm having problems understanding if DW can show a
design view of a static
> php
> page,that uses include php files to provide the html
code for the top of
> the
> page and the bottom of the page.
> So something like
> <?php include('includes/top.php'); ?>
> <div id="main">
> <h1>Page under construction</h1>
> <div class="page_link"><a href="hw.php"
title="HW">Hardware</a></div>
> </div>
> <div id="bottom">
> <?php include 'includes/bottom.php'; ?>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> top.php and bottom.php include some standard images/text
I'm using on
> several
> pages. They contain standard html.
>
> Would I expect DW to show what this should look like in
design view ? If
> so
> how do I get this to work ?
>
>

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>I usually work with split code + design view
> When working with certain files and make a change in
code view(or in a
> linked
> .css), and then click in Design view, the Design view
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> partially
> blank. Either nothing appears at all, or the content
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> point,
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> Once this happens, there is absolutely no way to make
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> file,
> and then it appears normally. But indeed I can't do this
every minite, is
> there
> some solution known?
>
> There is no stuff with visibility set to hidden or
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> is
> displayed - it's displayed correctly. Also looks OK in
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>
> Thanks
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