Design view in php files

can`t understand why, but, when I open php file which
contains some html formatting or not, (e.g. in *.html.php files of
CMS Joomla/Mambo) design view in DW-8 is inactive. When I rename
file to .html extension and open it then, design view is active and
I can work in WYSIWYG mode, but in previous versions everything has
been OK.
I was not need to rename files each time.
Is there solution or newest version of DW can not work in
design view with files exept of html extension?

Thanks for the tips but... design view won't open at all,
there's no errors or anything like that, it just -wont open-. It
wont let me click "design view", it just remains stuck in code
view, but it allowed me to view design view last week.
quote:
Originally posted by:
Newsgroup User
the "WVA - News" appears to be the include- and is a complete
html document
instead of just what is correct for where it's inserted.
rough fix-
suggest using an external stylesheet for the site, so you
don't need to have
each style in the head section. This will also reduce the
number of styles
and keep them consistent.
edit the WVA - News file. Select just after the <body>
tag and erase to top
of file. Erase </body> and </html> at the end of
file.
(tip- attach a "design time" stylesheet to the included file
to see and
select the styles of the new external css file)
or- brute force fix if don't care about syntax- go into dw
preferences/invisible items and turn off rendering of
included files. That
doesn't fix the problem, just prevents the errors from
confusing design
view.
> Are you using includes or scripted includes?
>
> there are several pairs of <body> tags, which will
totally confuse dw design
> view.
>
>> Ah, they're .php - here's the site so far if it
helps at all:
>>
>>
http://www.walsallva.org.uk/NEWSITE/index.php
>>
>> This worked fine in design view last week, but
doesn't this week. =(
>

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