I inserted library items then stuff dissapeared

Hi
...sorry folks Im a newbie,
I use mx2004 I am helping a charity re-do their website and keep the current one up to date.
I started to insert library items into the existing site pages ( which are all table based ) some of the pages seem to be fine
but other ones are showing a blank page when i preview them .
Firefox is the only browser that it seems to be ok in, IE Opera Safari and chrome are showing nothing
except IE which shows thr background colour
Ive got a gut feeling Ive inserted the LBI in the wrong place or something
http://www.inclusiongroup.org.uk/inclusion2/public/pages/pcp.htm
here is the link
thank you

thanks very much ive spent ages trying to sort that
as usual something daft
thanks again also for the speedy reply

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E Michael Brandt wrote:
>
>> Here's how you handle that - call the host and ask
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>> this way by default).
>
> Yep, I've done that in the past. But it may contribute
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>
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surprised at the comments, actually, because the power in
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> Is there any way I can a) get this working, or b) insert
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> a
> document another way?
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Data\Macromedia\Dreamweaver
8\Configuration\WinFileCache-*.dat
(these folders are normally hidden - you may have to use
Explorer > Tools >
Folder Options to unhide them)
or on Mac -
Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Dreamweaver
8/Configuration/MacFileCache-*.dat
and delete it.
Restart DW. Works better?
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"tes-technical" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> When I access the Assets panel within DW, and click on
the bottom icon
> (the
> open book - Library Items), DW freezes, and I have to
close the program
> and
> open it again.
>
> Is there any way I can a) get this working, or b) insert
library items to
> a
> document another way? If so, the library items I have
seen have the  contents of library item
.
> If I
> change that library item, will that change propagate to
all documents
> containing that library item (being that the code for
the library item is
> contained within the document itself).
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>

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Shortcut for inserting a library item?

Dear Dreamweaver people,
i am busy inserting a library item (some html that creates a
form) in about 400 pages. Automating this task is probably to
complicated for me, but, hitting this insert button is tyresome as
well. Is there any shortcut possible for this button? I cannot find
a possibility in the editing shortcuts panel.
I am using dreamweaver CS2
Thanks for any help

I wouldn't recommend this. You would be MUCH better off using
server-side
includes instead of a Library item (I can't find a compelling
reason to ever
use Library items, honestly).
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> Dear Dreamweaver people,
> i am busy inserting a library item (some html that
creates a form) in
> about
> 400 pages. Automating this task is probably to
complicated for me, but,
> hitting
> this insert button is tyresome as well. Is there any
shortcut possible for
> this
> button? I cannot find a possibility in the editing
shortcuts panel.
> I am using dreamweaver CS2
>
> Thanks for any help
>

Library item inserts erroneous body tags?!

When inserting a library item that contains xsl: tags, it
adds body tags that aren't in the original library item.
For instance, here's a sample of library item text that
contains xsl: markup:
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=utf-8">
<xsl:if test="$language='en'">
<xsl:text>    |    </xsl:text>
<xsl:element name="a">
<xsl:attribute
name="href">SomeFile.html</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:call-template name="getLocaleString">
<xsl:with-param name="key" select="'key'"/>
<xsl:with-param name="lang" select="$locale"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:if>
And here is the result of applying it to an html file:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0
Transitional//EN" "
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>

<body ><body ><xsl:if
test="$language='en'">
<xsl:text>    |    </xsl:text>
<xsl:element name="a">
<xsl:attribute
name="href">SomeFile.html</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:call-template name="getLocaleString">
<xsl:with-param name="key" select="'key'"/>
<xsl:with-param name="lang" select="$locale"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:if>
</body>
</html>
Anybody have a clue on what is going on here and how to stop
it?
Nathan

I assume you are using DWCS3? Post the steps to reproduce
this and let's
see what happens....
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"Nathan Whelchel" <[email protected]> wrote
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> When inserting a library item that contains xsl: tags,
it adds body tags
> that
> aren't in the original library item.
>
> For instance, here's a sample of library item text that
contains xsl:
> markup:
>
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=utf-8">
> <xsl:if test="$language='en'">
>
<xsl:text>    |    </xsl:text>
> <xsl:element name="a">
> <xsl:attribute
name="href">SomeFile.html</xsl:attribute>
> <xsl:call-template name="getLocaleString">
> <xsl:with-param name="key" select="'key'"/>
> <xsl:with-param name="lang" select="$locale"/>
> </xsl:call-template>
> </xsl:element>
> </xsl:if>
>
> And here is the result of applying it to an html file:
>
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0
Transitional//EN"
> "
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
> <html xmlns="
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
> <head>
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=utf-8" />
> <title>Untitled Document</title>
> </head>
> <body>
> 
> <body ><body ><xsl:if
test="$language='en'">
>
<xsl:text>    |    </xsl:text>
> <xsl:element name="a">
> <xsl:attribute
name="href">SomeFile.html</xsl:attribute>
> <xsl:call-template name="getLocaleString">
> <xsl:with-param name="key" select="'key'"/>
> <xsl:with-param name="lang" select="$locale"/>
> </xsl:call-template>
> </xsl:element>
> </xsl:if>
> </body>
> </html>
>
>
> Anybody have a clue on what is going on here and how to
stop it?
>
> Nathan
>

Library item inserting - messes up whitespace after update

hey,
i've got a site where i'm using a library item. it inserts
okay, and updates okay on all the pages i've used it on so far.
What's really annoying though is that it doesn't preserve any
whitespace around the library item. So if I put a nice couple of
newlines between the content prior (and after) the library item,
it'll be stripped after each update. It's intensley irritating.
Is there anyway to stop this ?
- Simon

Yeah - it's a known issue with Library items. Have you
considered using
server-side includes instead?
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> hey,
>
> i've got a site where i'm using a library item. it
inserts okay, and
> updates
> okay on all the pages i've used it on so far.
>
> What's really annoying though is that it doesn't
preserve any whitespace
> around the library item. So if I put a nice couple of
newlines between
> the
> content prior (and after) the library item, it'll be
stripped after each
> update. It's intensley irritating.
>
> Is there anyway to stop this ?
>
> - Simon
>
>

Inserting a library item on a page using Javascript

Hello,
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Of course, you can always pass information from one place to another by using keyed labels. In my work (I spend most of my time writing scripts for Typefi Publish wherein the same script might get executed at the end of every page as the Typefi Engine composes the document), I often will add a keyed label to the document that passes information from one run of the script to the next. Here's an example (that includes reading the script itself to extract version information from the second line) -- while slightly inefficient, it has the benefit of putting the version info in a defined, easy to find place:
    function registerFirstCall(aDoc, interactive) {
        var scriptFile = getScriptPath();
        var scriptName = scriptFile.name;
        if (aDoc.extractLabel(scriptName) == "" || interactive) {
            scriptFile.open("r");
            var firstLine = scriptFile.readln();
            var secondLine = scriptFile.readln();
            scriptFile.close();
            if (secondLine.indexOf("//VERSION: ") == 0) {
                var msg = secondLine.split("//VERSION: ")[1].split("\n")[0];
            } else {
                var msg = "unknown";
            aDoc.insertLabel(scriptName, "Registered");
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    }// end registerFirstCall
Ah, I see it uses the getScriptPath function, so for completeness, here it is:
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        // This function returns the path to the active script, even when running ESTK
        try {
            return app.activeScript;
        } catch(e) {
            return File(e.fileName);
        } // end try
    } // end getScriptPath
The TPSlog function either pops up an alert (when working interactively -- usually means during debugging) or adds a log message for the session (that also is managed with a document keyed label). The keyed label in this case is performing the trivial task of recording that the script has previously been run against this document, in which case, it doesn't need to log a message identifying its version info.
Hope this helps.
Dave

Using CSS instead of or with library item

I built my site using Dreamweaver 8. I used the design view
exclusively. I made a navigation bar as a library item. Utilizing
rollovers, etc. Now I have learned I should build my site utilizing
CSS and as was pointed out on this forum to me, to learn CSS and
HTML.
I am having a brain freeze. The logic escapes me as to how I
would build a navigation bar and put it on each page as I did
utilizing the library function before.
I am sure for all you pro's this is a really dumb and obvious
thing but I just don't seem to figure out the logic how to do it. I
am not talking about the CSS for the behaviors such as hover,
visited, active. This I know how to do. It is just the ability to
have a properly designed navbar and be able to put it on every page
I make.
Murry "ACE" told me not to use AP and the dreaded mm_menus so
I am trying to figure this out and build a better more code
efficient site. Mine works but is quite trashy in the code.

It can be a bit daunting.
Try going through this tutorial completely. It's a bit out of
date (using
an older version of DW), and still covers the use of tables,
but it's worth
reinforcing your basic understandings -
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/first_website_pt1.html
Then I would suggest you do this tutorial -
Taking a Fireworks comp to a CSS-based layout in Dreamweaver
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/web_standards_layouts_pt1.html
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/web_standards_layouts_pt2.html
Finally, to get a grip on how to manage menus across an
entire site, use
DW's F1 help about how to use Templates, and server-side
includes.
Templates do make your life much easier. I use the following
scheme....
First, I mentally separate the page layout into three
sections:
1. Stuff that will not change for the life of the site (i.e.,
the basic
structural elements)
2. Stuff that *could* change from time to time (e.g.,
navigation elements,
burst advertisements, section-specific navigation, etc.)
3. Stuff that *will* change from one page to the next
Then I create a template containing all class1 elements. Next
I create
server-side include files containing all class 2 elements and
place them on
the template as needed. Note - some of the class 2 elements
may be
"section-specific elements", and their placement on the
template will be
subject to the next item. Finally, I insert editable regions
to cover the
class 3 items, INCLUDING the section-specific navigation.
This allows me to just cookie-cut the rest of the site. I
estimate that
even for fairly large sites, about 80% of my work goes into
planning and
creating this template file.
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"craigmini" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I built my site using Dreamweaver 8. I used the design
view exclusively. I
> made a navigation bar as a library item. Utilizing
rollovers, etc. Now I
> have
> learned I should build my site utilizing CSS and as was
pointed out on
> this
> forum to me, to learn CSS and HTML.
>
> I am having a brain freeze. The logic escapes me as to
how I would build a
> navigation bar and put it on each page as I did
utilizing the library
> function
> before.
>
> I am sure for all you pro's this is a really dumb and
obvious thing but I
> just
> don't seem to figure out the logic how to do it. I am
not talking about
> the CSS
> for the behaviors such as hover, visited, active. This I
know how to do.
> It is
> just the ability to have a properly designed navbar and
be able to put it
> on
> every page I make.
>
> Murry "ACE" told me not to use AP and the dreaded
mm_menus so I am trying
> to
> figure this out and build a better more code efficient
site. Mine works
> but is
> quite trashy in the code.
>

Templates & Library items - best practice

I've been having a bit of a heated discussion about how
templates and library items should be used on medium to large
websites.
I'm of the opinion that you should have 1 template (or as few
as possible) and any differences be managed with Library items.
My colleague's argument is you should have a different
template for each section, so for example 1 for the news, 1 for the
features section (for magazine sites) so that if you have a banner
section wide you change that template, as opposed to the way I'm
used to which would be 1 template with multiple library items in
the editable regions of the template, my reasoning for this is the
large amount of html used for each template (like rollovers) can
become inconsistent when there's more than one template. Like if
you change something site wide you have to remember to change all
of the templates, if you do this with a simple copy past DW can
still make corrupt code if you use multiple templates.
So basically I was wondering if there was a standard or best
practice way of doing this.
Thanks

Your colleague is mistaken IN MY OPINION. I think you are on
the right
track *unless* your section pages are *SO* different in
layout that you
cannot conveniently include all of the
alterations/permutations in a single
template page. Further, my current workflow is to rely
heavily on
server-side includes within template pages, as described here
Templates do make your life much easier. I use the following
scheme....
First, I mentally separate the page layout into three
sections:
1. Stuff that will not change for the life of the site (i.e.,
the basic
structural elements)
2. Stuff that *could* change from time to time (e.g.,
navigation elements,
burst advertisements, section-specific navigation, etc.)
3. Stuff that *will* change from one page to the next
Then I create a template containing all class1 elements. Next
I create
server-side include files containing all class 2 elements and
place them on
the template as needed. Note - some of the class 2 elements
may be
"section-specific elements", and their placement on the
template will be
subject to the next item. Finally, I insert editable regions
to cover the
class 3 items, INCLUDING the section-specific navigation.
This allows me to just cookie-cut the rest of the site. I
estimate that
even for fairly large sites, about 80% of my work goes into
planning and
creating this template file.
For what it's worth, I never use Library items....
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> I've been having a bit of a heated discussion about how
templates and
> library
> items should be used on medium to large websites.
> I'm of the opinion that you should have 1 template (or
as few as possible)
> and
> any differences be managed with Library items.
> My colleague's argument is you should have a different
template for each
> section, so for example 1 for the news, 1 for the
features section (for
> magazine sites) so that if you have a banner section
wide you change that
> template, as opposed to the way I'm used to which would
be 1 template with
> multiple library items in the editable regions of the
template, my
> reasoning
> for this is the large amount of html used for each
template (like
> rollovers)
> can become inconsistent when there's more than one
template. Like if you
> change
> something site wide you have to remember to change all
of the templates,
> if you
> do this with a simple copy past DW can still make
corrupt code if you use
> multiple templates.
>
> So basically I was wondering if there was a standard or
best practice way
> of
> doing this.
>
> Thanks
>

Behaviors doesn't seem to work properly in library items.

I was trying add Open Browser window beahavior in a library item and it didn't work. I could set the event to "onClick" but the add behavior "+" was greyed out and I could not select anything because it would not open. Had to just go and copy and paste from another place and then change the urls. Even though the behavior now works when I click on the "gear" symbol to open the settings dialog box it wont open so I have to change it in code view.
How ever it works perfectly in HTML. Anyone else had this problem?
Have not tried any other behaviors.

I found this suggestion from Murry on a previous post to be a good rule of thumb:
The strategy you should use for your includes is "What markup COULD change?"
First, I mentally separate the page layout into three sections:
1. Stuff that will not change for the life of the site (i.e., the basic
structural elements)
2. Stuff that *could* change from time to time (e.g., navigation elements,
burst advertisements, section-specific navigation, etc.)
3. Stuff that *will* change from one page to the next
Then I create a template containing all class1 elements. Next I create
server-side include files containing all class 2 elements and place them on
the template as needed. Note - some of the class 2 elements may be
"section-specific elements", and their placement on the template will be
subject to the next item. Finally, I insert editable regions to cover the
class 3 items, INCLUDING the section-specific navigation.
http://forums.adobe.com/message/1876702#1876702
VL Branko

DW won't let me change a library item "change will be discarded"

I built a site and I have library items for my logo and
navigation and some thumbnails. I want to use a different file/lbi
file for my header. When I delete the current library item and try
to put a new one in, I get this message: "making this change would
require changing code that is locked by a template or translator.
The change will be discarded." I honestly don't know what to do; I
really need to specify a different file for my header but it won't
let me, and I have over 100 pages and I made all thumbnails,
rollovers, and all links manually and the file that it's using
isn't working right. I just want to put the correct one in there; I
don't know how I can possibly build my site completely from scratch
- what can I do?
This is a related issue, but I'm not sure how: I have two
library items named the same thing in two different folders; some
files refer to one, some to the other, but I want them all to refer
to the correct one; I can't make change since I get that error
message. I'm confused about which file is which, I'd deleted one
before, then restored it...thank you so much for any help. I'm
trying to build my portfolio site for an art exhibition...

Happily. One of the pages of the site I'm having problems
with is
http://www.hopeedwards.com/TEST_new_website/Hope_website/assorted_art.htm
I also attached code for it. [note: the home/index page only
works in Firefox but the other tabs work in IE and Safari. Also,
everything is shoved down wrong in IE and it only looks right in
Firefox] I am running Adobe CS3 on an Intel based Mac Pro with
Tiger OSX 10.4. I'm having trouble with a couple library items. The
very top library item is logo_and_navigation.lbi - all was okay
with it except I somehow had a couple different copies of it in my
Library folder, so I moved one of them to a folder within the site
called "Trashes". Then I deleted that one because I didn't want two
copies and the logo and nav disappeared on some pages that used
that one. I reinstated it in the trashes folder. The pages that use
that located in the Trashes folder are the index, Assorted Art, and
Commercial Work. The ones that use the one in the Library folder
are Clue Series and About & Contact.
I would like them all to use just one file so I only have to
edit one file if I make changes. I've tried several things: I've
tried selecting and deleting the item in the documents and
inserting the proper copy. It won't let me. I get the message
"making this change would require changing code that is locked by a
template or translator. The change will be discarded." I've tried
doing a Find and Replace and replacing the word Trashes with
Library to specify the correct folder info but that doesn't work,
probably because it can't change code in the library item.
I had a similar problem with the thumbnails library items
when I tried to build my other pages doing a File Save As from the
first one I built in Assorted Art. When I tried to create a
Commercial Work page from it, I deleted the thumbnails library item
because it was the Assorted Art thumbnails. When I tried to insert
the Commercial Work thumbnails library item I got that error
message. It was so frustrating; I had to go in and build the
Commercial Work page from scratch. I had to do that with each
different tab. It just doesn't seem right that you can't swap out
library items.
Anyway, I'd completely appreciate any help or feedback! I
really would!
Hope

I inserted library items then stuff dissapeared

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