Fluid grid layout lost when closing and reopening Dreamweaver

I am working on fluid grid layout in dreamweaver cc. I created a new dreamweaver site, created a fluid grid layout page and everything looked and worked as it should. I closed out of dreamweaver and when I reopened it, I could no longer see the fluid grid layout or the fluid grid handles on any of the divs. I also no longer had the little button in the toolbar next to the live button either, to toggle the fluid layout on and off. I did not move the css or js from where dreamweaver originally stored them.
Also checked the content and code of my files, everything looks as it should:
The fluid grid layout style sheet IS attached to the page.
The Fluid Grid Properties near the top of the style sheet ARE still there.
I have tried several test sites and as soon as I close DW and reopen it, the fluid grid layout button is gone, as is are the visual aids. I uninstalled and reinstalled dreamweaver to no avail.
Very frustrating!
ANY help would be greatly appreciated!

Hi,
Thank you for all the responses. When I was doing the testing, I didn't touch any of the style sheets. I just created a new site, created a new FGL page, saved everything, then closed out. When I reopened, the FGL elements were not there. So in taking Ken's suggestion, I was getting ready to upload the files to see if anyone could see what I was doing wrong. I had named the file test.html so I did a 'save as', to save it as index.html to make it easier. Then a strange thing happened. The new 'index.html' page came in with the FGL elements! When I looked at the test.html, they still were not there. In doing additional testing, when I open the first file, whether test.html or index.html, no FGL functions are available, when I open the second one, again no matter whether test.html or index.html, they are. Getting ready to throw my hands up... I uploaded everything to:
http://www.ComputerSecurity.com/fgltest/
Directly under there is the css file called fgltest.css, along with the boilerplate.css, respond.min.js, index,html, and test.html.
Don't know what is going on. I am new to fluid grid layouts, but not to dreamweaver, have been using it for years. Unless someone can see something that I cannot, seems like the only way I can create a Fluid grid layout based on this new information, is to open one page and work on another...

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