Dreamweaver rewrites path in CSS File

hi
we are using 2 DW cs4 versions here over the network. When the css file is edited on the second machine it rewrites the path to the images
from ../images/content_top.jpg to
url(file://///peter_main/wwwroot/netelo/images/content_top.jpg
and so on in the css file.
the file can than not be saved on the machine its edited on because the css file contains invalid characters ???
anyone has seen this and has a fix ?
Thanks

dragsternj wrote:
hi
we are using 2 DW cs4 versions here over the network.
When you say this, do you mean that you are both working on the same local site, which is actually on a remote, shared network drive?
from ../images/content_top.jpg to
url(file://///peter_main/wwwroot/netelo/images/content_top.jpg
This is typically what happens when DW thinks that you are either saving the current file outside of the local root folder, or when you are linking to a file that is outside of the local root folder. What does the site definition for this site look like from each of the two computers (with regard to the path to the local root folder)? And is that a space between "peter" and "main"?
the file can than not be saved on the machine its edited on because the css file contains invalid characters ???
anyone has seen this and has a fix ?
Huh? This is an error you are getting from DW? We'd need to see the file. Can you post a link to the page, please.

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