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September 28, 2018
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DW CS3 HTTPS Problem

  • September 28, 2018
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Greetings to the community.

I have been using DW CS3 since 2007, and everything has worked great til now.

The problem is from switching my server using HTTP to HTTPS.

When I would click on a photo in design view, and then below in "src" and "link"

where there will be the name of the photo, xxx.jpg and then when I would put in the

whole web address, HTTPS://www.xyz.com/xxx.jpg, DW freezes.

When I did this same thing using HTTP, and not HTTPS, it worked flawlessly.

Is DW CS3 not compatible with HTTPS, or do I need to do something else to make

DW CS3 accept HTTPS?

Here is the code:

<h1><a href="Main.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="Main-SM.jpg" width="353" height="600" /></a></h1>

Then:

<h1><a href="https://www.xyz.com/Main.jpg" target="_blank"><img src=https://www.xyz.com/"Main-SM.jpg" width="353" height="600" /></a></h1>

Thank you for helping.

p.s. "xyx" is intended to be generic.

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    Correct answer Nancy OShea

    I guess for now, I will buy a super wide monitor screen so I can display DW design view and Firefox, as the "design view", at the same time, or maybe I need to buy a different web designing software.  I certainly do not want to spend a lot of money on the same but newer software just to have it do the same thing.  I wish Adobe would help with this.  I just need to upload my images to eBay with my template I created in DW CS3, and sometimes I help others with their simple ​web sites.


    Lorenzo_CS3  wrote

    I wish Adobe would help with this. 

    Help with what?   CS3 is 11 year old, EOL software.  It hasn't received an update in ages.  Working with a modern code editor (any editor) would be an upgrade from what you have right now.

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    BenPleysier
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    BenPleysierCommunity Expert
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    October 4, 2018

    Try an image as the source rather than an HTML document as in

    <img src="https://www.jazbrd.com/eBay/Testing/Main-SM.jpg">

    Just tried it in the latest version of Dreamweaver and it hangs.

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    BenPleysier
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    BenPleysierCommunity Expert
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    October 4, 2018

    Not sure what went wrong, but it does seem to work now, after re-opening Dreamweaver

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    Lorenzo_CS3Author
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    October 4, 2018

    I guess for now, I will buy a super wide monitor screen so I can display DW design view and Firefox, as the "design view", at the same time, or maybe I need to buy a different web designing software.  I certainly do not want to spend a lot of money on the same but newer software just to have it do the same thing.  I wish Adobe would help with this.  I just need to upload my images to eBay with my template I created in DW CS3, and sometimes I help others with their simple ​web sites.

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    Lorenzo_CS3Author
    Participating Frequently
    October 3, 2018

    I have narrowed it down to a problem with Dreamweaver cs3. When I want to view an image in design view that I get from my https server, Dreamweaver hangs.  If I disable "show external files", then everything works, except that I can't see the images now in design view, which is a real bummer.  So, I have to keep on previewing the images in the browser to see if everything looks good.  In this mode, I can paste the code into eBay's html box, and it works.  I wish there was an update, hack or setting to make cs3 work like normal with https.

    When I was using my server as http, and not https, none of this was a problem at all.  So, Dreamweaver cs3 for some reason can't handle https images in normal design view.  I really wonder if cs5 or 6 would not have this problem?

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 4, 2018

    I can see remotely hosted images in lDreamweaver CC.

    Try it with this code.

    <!doctype html>

    <html lang="en">

    <head>

    <meta charset="utf-8">

    <title>Image</title>

    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">

    </head>

    <body>

    <h1>Remote Images Test</h1>

    <p><img src="https://dummyimage.com/400x300" alt="placeholder"> </p>

    <p><img src="https://dummyimage.com/400x300" alt="placeholder"></p>

    </body>

    </html>

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    Lorenzo_CS3Author
    Participating Frequently
    October 4, 2018

    I tried your code and it worked fine.  When I put in the src reference to my images with the rest of your code,

    <p><img src="https://www.jazbrd.com/eBay/Testing/ " alt="placeholder"> </p>

    <p><img src="https://www.jazbrd.com/eBay/Testing/ " alt="placeholder"></p>

    It did not work and froze in design view with "display external images" checked.

    Thanks for looking into this some more. (-:

    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 28, 2018

    Check your code for errors.

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    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    WolfShade
    WolfShade
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    September 28, 2018

    Did you copy/paste your code?  If so:

    <img src=https://www.xyz.com/"Main-SM.jpg" width="353" height="600" />

                                                            ^                      ^

    Should be:

    <img src="https://www.xyz.com/Main-SM.jpg" width="353" height="600" />

                     ^                                                             ^

    HTH,

    ^ _ ^

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    Lorenzo_CS3Author
    Participating Frequently
    September 28, 2018

    Hi,

    It is like that, with the quotes like this:

    <img src="https://www.xyz.com/Main-SM.jpg" width="353" height="600" />

    I put in the http address before the xxx.jpg, save it, and then upload it.

    Like I said, it worked fine with http, and hangs with https when I enter the

    https address in the src or link box and then simply click anywhere on the

    design view, DW freezes.  I did notice at one time, that a prompt asked me

    to enter a valid http address.  So, that is why I am not sure that this version

    of DW is compatible with https.  Everything works fine with uploading images

    as long as I just upload them to my server without entering it with my https

    address.  The reason I need to do this, is because I sell on eBay, and eBay's

    html code needs to have the full address of the images. I don't know why this

    is so.  As a workaround, I could put in a link to my server site, I think...

    Thanks for your reply

    Jon Fritz
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    Jon FritzCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 28, 2018

    Is there a reason you're using the full absolute path for your images?

    If the page is also located within your https site, you should only need to use a relative path like:

    <a href="../Main-SM.jpg" width="353" height="600">

    That would allow DW to use the local image from your defined site (without accessing the internet) while working, and allow the website to access the https image stored on your server when viewed from a browser.

    Edit: Oops, missed that part about Ebay, nevermind.

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