Website builders need help
04-05-2006, 01:06 AM
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Re: Website builders need help
Originally Posted by Whitey
But why is it when I open the site I made in internet explorer it looks fine but then when I upload them to the internet they look different? I downloaded the file than from the FTP site and its all fucked up still when I try and view it on my desktop. So obviously the code is changing when going from my desktop to the FTP site. What is causing this?
04-05-2006, 01:22 AM
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Re: Website builders need help
Originally Posted by myshtern
The code isnt changing, its just the dreamweaver and all the other programs are never very accurate. Also, all browsers interperete code their own way.
The code is definitely changing becuase I'm not even using dreamweaver. When I download the files from the FTP they are different than from when they were uploaded.
Well its working now I just need to make small changes but thanks for the help everyone
04-05-2006, 09:11 AM
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Re: Website builders need help
They technically shouldn't change when you upload them. Sometimes WYSIWYG programs show the code pretty organized when you're designing the page, but when you upload it and view the code in Notepad or something, it's a mess.
If it's a visual problem, you may also want to test your pages in IE or Firefox to find problems. Dreamweaver, for as handy as it might be, might not show you exactly how your page is going to look. That's why I just use Notepad. Coding takes forever, but it's clean and organized.
Look in the first few lines of code (any page you've created) and see if there's a reference to a CSS file (example below). Maybe Dreamweaver is make a style sheet for you and you're not uploading it?
<link href="css/prxhtml-index.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
By the way, what a stylesheet does (CSS = Cascading Style Sheet) is sets different parameters for a website. So instead of dictating the font you want to use every time you use the font tag, you can just add the font to the CSS file, link to the CSS file and whatever is in the CSS file, it shows. I do a little with CSS, but mainly colors and fonts and ----. Nothing too technical.
What's the website url?
If it's a visual problem, you may also want to test your pages in IE or Firefox to find problems. Dreamweaver, for as handy as it might be, might not show you exactly how your page is going to look. That's why I just use Notepad. Coding takes forever, but it's clean and organized.
Look in the first few lines of code (any page you've created) and see if there's a reference to a CSS file (example below). Maybe Dreamweaver is make a style sheet for you and you're not uploading it?
<link href="css/prxhtml-index.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
By the way, what a stylesheet does (CSS = Cascading Style Sheet) is sets different parameters for a website. So instead of dictating the font you want to use every time you use the font tag, you can just add the font to the CSS file, link to the CSS file and whatever is in the CSS file, it shows. I do a little with CSS, but mainly colors and fonts and ----. Nothing too technical.
What's the website url?
04-05-2006, 02:10 PM
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Re: Website builders need help
Originally Posted by 95RedEX
They technically shouldn't change when you upload them. Sometimes WYSIWYG programs show the code pretty organized when you're designing the page, but when you upload it and view the code in Notepad or something, it's a mess.
If it's a visual problem, you may also want to test your pages in IE or Firefox to find problems. Dreamweaver, for as handy as it might be, might not show you exactly how your page is going to look. That's why I just use Notepad. Coding takes forever, but it's clean and organized.
Look in the first few lines of code (any page you've created) and see if there's a reference to a CSS file (example below). Maybe Dreamweaver is make a style sheet for you and you're not uploading it?
<link href="css/prxhtml-index.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
By the way, what a stylesheet does (CSS = Cascading Style Sheet) is sets different parameters for a website. So instead of dictating the font you want to use every time you use the font tag, you can just add the font to the CSS file, link to the CSS file and whatever is in the CSS file, it shows. I do a little with CSS, but mainly colors and fonts and ----. Nothing too technical.
What's the website url?
If it's a visual problem, you may also want to test your pages in IE or Firefox to find problems. Dreamweaver, for as handy as it might be, might not show you exactly how your page is going to look. That's why I just use Notepad. Coding takes forever, but it's clean and organized.
Look in the first few lines of code (any page you've created) and see if there's a reference to a CSS file (example below). Maybe Dreamweaver is make a style sheet for you and you're not uploading it?
<link href="css/prxhtml-index.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
By the way, what a stylesheet does (CSS = Cascading Style Sheet) is sets different parameters for a website. So instead of dictating the font you want to use every time you use the font tag, you can just add the font to the CSS file, link to the CSS file and whatever is in the CSS file, it shows. I do a little with CSS, but mainly colors and fonts and ----. Nothing too technical.
What's the website url?
Like I said beforeI have been previewing my pages using IE and they look fine. I'll upload them and they look fucked up. Than if I download that same file from the FTP site its still fucked up when I view them on my desktop using IE. I used a templet from macromedia and it did use CSS.
I'll post the site when its done, its nothing special just something that I can put on my resume.
04-05-2006, 02:21 PM
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Re: Website builders need help
The only other thing I can think of is when you upload a file, you can transfer in binary or ASCII mode.
I have no idea what that means, but I tried changing them once and it kept ------- up my files.
I use autodetect in WS_FTP and it works fine. Good luck finding the problem.
I have no idea what that means, but I tried changing them once and it kept ------- up my files.
I use autodetect in WS_FTP and it works fine. Good luck finding the problem.
04-05-2006, 03:40 PM
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Re: Website builders need help
setup dreamweaver to auto update to the server, after you edit or change something save it then look at the actual page, modify accordingly
get a html book and make sure it has css help, read the book then attempt a page it will make life 100x better
get a html book and make sure it has css help, read the book then attempt a page it will make life 100x better
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