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May 23rd, 2008, 07:55 PM
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DREAMWEAVER/FIREFOX ISSUE
I AM SORT OF A NOVICE. I HAVE A WEBPAGE CREATED IN DREAMWEAVER AND HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH IT. I INSTALLED FIREFOX THE OTHER DAY AND WHEN I WENT TO EDIT MY PAGE AND UPLOAD IT, EVERYTHING CHANGED TO A FIREFOX DOCUMENT. NOW WHEN I TRY TO EDIT, DREAMWEAVER SHUTS DOWN.
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May 24th, 2008, 01:42 AM
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1) I think that when you installed firefox, you configured it to be your default browser. That's why all your .htm/.html files are bearing the firefox icon.
2) How do you edit your files? Do you right-click on the .htm/.html and choose open with dreamweaver/notepad?
The appropriate way would be to open dreamweaver and then choose which file you would wanna open and edit/upload. Dreamweaver has fantastic site management tools that allow you to manage your files and edit multiple website files that sit in different folders.
Check out this links.
http://webdesign.about.com/od/dreamw...sdwnewsite.htm
Hope this is helpful.
Kenneth Jaysone Francis
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May 24th, 2008, 10:13 AM
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPLY.
1) YOU ARE PROBABLY CORRECT ABOUT FIREFOX BEING THE DEFAULT.
2) I AM OPENING DREAMWEAVER, DOUBLE CLICKING THE FILE IN THE BOX IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER. WHEN IT OPENS, I TRY TO EDIT IN LAYOUT FORM. I GET A "FATAL ERROR" MESSAGE AND DREAMWEAVER CLOSES.
SHOULD I TRY TO EDIT IN THE CODE FORM?
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May 24th, 2008, 10:32 AM
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I HAVE JUST TRIED TO EDIT IN CODE VS LAYOUT. SEEMS TO WORK OK.
NOW I HAVE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CONVERT THE FIREFOX FILES TO SOMETHING ELSE.
THANK YOU
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May 24th, 2008, 10:51 AM
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Sorry. Didn't mean to shout. My ignorance. I don't get into public forums very often.
Do you think if I change my default browser, that the files will change back when I edit them?
The website I am working on is: aaloc.com. It is my wife's organization. The site was originally designed by a member of the organization. He was doing the updates but decided to stop doing it so I am sort of stuck with it and am trying to learn.
I appreciate very much your assistance.
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May 24th, 2008, 10:56 AM
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Imar:
I see from your website that you are in the Netherlands. I do some business in Groningen and have some good friends there. Nice place.
Thank you again.
Paul
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May 24th, 2008, 11:01 AM
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Yeah, it's a nice place. It's been while since I was there, though...
Not sure what you mean with this: "the files will change back when I edit them"
Typically, default programs determine the behavior when files are double-clicked. So, you double-click a .html file, and it opens Firefox (or IE, when that's the default browser).
However, that shouldn't change how Dreamweaver behaves. You should be able to open a file in Dreamweaver in either code or design view without crashing. Have you applied the latest service packs for Dreamweaver?
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May 24th, 2008, 11:16 AM
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Only problem I have in Groningen is the bikes are so quiet, it is easy to get hit by them.
Not sure what you mean with this: "the files will change back when I edit them"
When I edited the first time after installing Firefox, all the files changed to "Firefox file" sort of automatically. I was wondering whether now that I have reset to IE as the default, whether they will change again.
Typically, default programs determine the behavior when files are double-clicked. So, you double-click a .html file, and it opens Firefox (or IE, when that's the default browser).
However, that shouldn't change how Dreamweaver behaves. You should be able to open a file in Dreamweaver in either code or design view without crashing. Have you applied the latest service packs for Dreamweaver?
No. I will check into that.
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May 24th, 2008, 11:37 AM
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No, they won't change automatically again. Setting up a program as a default for a file type is typically done during installation.
However, Firefox has an option to make it the default browser again (choose Tools | Options and check the "Always check to see if Firefox is the default browser on startup" option).
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