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December 30, 2023
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Dreamweaver 21.3 15593: page names/file names in HTML are changed to 8-digit alphanumeric code

  • December 30, 2023
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I am finding hundreds of broken links in my very large site: Page filenames and image filenames are replaced by 3-character alphanumeric codes, as shown below. Pagenames are more often involved, but image filenames are occasionally broken in the same way.

 

This is a new-ish behavior. I have seen a few in the past, but I am now finding hundreds of broken links.

 

The site is stored on a OneDrive drive, although this has been the case for longer than I have been seeing the file names changing -- I think. I cannot think of any other environmental issues to identify: It appears to happen both to Windows and Mac computers; I am running Windows 10.

 

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    Correct answer ralphg97531930

    The issue is repeatable (unfortunately) and is almost certainly OneDrive related. When bulk changes are made across the site, Onedrive loses its little mind, and Bad Things ensue. I will resolve this by not using bulk F&R in Dreamweaver.

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    ralphg97531930AuthorCorrect answer
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    January 2, 2024

    The issue is repeatable (unfortunately) and is almost certainly OneDrive related. When bulk changes are made across the site, Onedrive loses its little mind, and Bad Things ensue. I will resolve this by not using bulk F&R in Dreamweaver.

    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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    January 1, 2024

    In 2 decades of using Dreamweaver, I've never encountered this.

    My local site is stored on my primary C:drive, not cloud or external drives.  

    All my link paths are relative to the document (folder/filename.ext) instead of the site's root.

     

     

     

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    ralphg97531930Author
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    December 30, 2023

    CORRECTION: the codes are 8 characters in length, not three as I typo'ed.

    BenPleysier
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    BenPleysierCommunity Expert
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    December 30, 2023

    Dreamweaver does not automatically change file names unless it is instructed to do so using find and replace.

     

    Your problem lies outside of Dreamweaver, maybe a virus? I have noticed that the rel attribute repeats the noopener property.

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    ralphg97531930Author
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    December 30, 2023

    Thanks... I am suspicious of the OneDrive involvement and appreciate the comment... but continue to suspect a role for DW as well.

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