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andrewo26012647
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March 20, 2017
Question

Website very different in browser than in dreamweaver

Hi all,

I have been making my own website based off of a pre existing  website template.

however in dreamweaver, in the live view the website shows how i want it to look, however when i save the files and open the site in a browser, it is completely different in every way.

the above image is of the site in real-time preview

the below image is the live window in dreamweaver

does anyone know why this is happening.

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    Jon Fritz
    Community Expert
    Jon FritzCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 20, 2017

    Are you working from a Defined Site?

    Define a site

    What you're seeing is usually caused by one or more dependent file links being absolute paths to locations on your hard drive, rather than document-relative. Absolute file paths are typically caused in DW when you haven't defined a site, or if your files are outside of your defined site's root folder.

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      pziecina
      pziecina
      Legend
      March 20, 2017

      Your css file link is either incorrect or not on your server.

      That is just a guess though, without a link to the site we cannot say better.

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