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November 14, 2016
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It is an HTML document, damn it!

  • November 14, 2016
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I just updated my Dreamweaver (Mac) this morning to the latest version of Creative Cloud. I assigned my primary and secondary browsers (Safari and Firefox, respectively) and after previewing my HTML doc a couple of times, I start getting this error: "You cannot preview the document open in Dreamweaver. You can only preview HTML or PHP documents."

The only workaround I have found, thus far, is to quit and restart the application. Major headache in making progress.

Any suggestions welcome!

Thanks,

Mark

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    Correct answer Nancy OShea

    That sort of implies there's a code problem. 

    Have you validated it to see what's causing DW to think it's NOT an HTML file?

    Go to Window > Results > Validation.

         Click big triangle > check current document.

    Nancy O.

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    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    November 14, 2016

    That sort of implies there's a code problem. 

    Have you validated it to see what's causing DW to think it's NOT an HTML file?

    Go to Window > Results > Validation.

         Click big triangle > check current document.

    Nancy O.

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    November 14, 2016

    It hasn't happened to me since I made the post, but should it happen again, I will check the validation. Thanks for the recommendation.

    Mark

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