Skip to main content
rogerh3538876
rogerh3538876
Participating Frequently
January 13, 2020
Question

CSS pages not displaying locally, but appear correctly when uploaded

  • January 13, 2020
  • 1 reply
  • 339 views

Hello, serious DW newbie here - the last HTML editor I worked with was FrontPage, so needless to say I've got some catching up to do.

 

I was given some HTML code and have managed to connect my server and upload pages. It looks correct on the uploaded page, but locally it seems like the CSS pages are not being recognized, making it hard to work on the page. I'm sure it's something simple, but I'm at a loss to sort it out.

 

Hopefully these screen shots will be enough info. Thanks in advance.

 

This topic has been closed for replies.

1 reply

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 13, 2020

Design View is a relic from the old days when everybody still used tables for layouts.  It's good for quick edits but not accurate at rendering modern CSS.  Switch to Live view from the Document Toolbar.  See screenshot. Live view is closer to a real browser.

 

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
rogerh3538876
rogerh3538876Author
Participating Frequently
January 13, 2020

Thank you Nancy for your reply. I believe the pages actually displayed correctly until I connected to the server. Somehow the CSS connection was lost. 

 

Alas, I was hoping for better WYSIWYG as I'm not a coder. Seems like there is something that could be done to get DW to load the CSS?

 

Jon Fritz
Community Expert
Jon FritzCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 13, 2020

Do you have a copie of all of the site's .css files saved locally?
Are they all saved in the exact locations shown in the <link> tags of your <head> section?
Does it work correctly when you switch to Live View?

DW's Design View is far from WYSIWYG. The new Live View Editor is much closer to reality, but the functionality non-coders are looking for (namely the ability to drag and drop elements to their homes like a page layout tool) simply doesn't exist in DW. It's not a WYSIWYG program, it's more of a "what you code is what you get" tool with some visual helpers.


Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices