Applied template doesn't display correctly.

Report · Jan 21, 2018

Hello,

I have a template problem I've never seen before. Pages using the same template do not display the same template layout and information. I have inserted 3 links to pages in the site.

original template: http://mhaaa.org/Templates/basic.dwt
page correctly displays template layout: Spring Art Tour
page incorrectly displays template layout: Spring Art Tour

As you will see the incorrectly displayed page layout even has en entire section of the template missing (2018 Artists). I'm truly stumped and need a fresh pair of eyes to look at this.

Thanks,

Tamlyn

Report · Jan 21, 2018

A significant number of code errors reported, especially in the child pages.

Showing results for http://mhaaa.org/Templates/basic.dwt - Nu Html Checker

Showing results for http://mhaaa.org/posters/poster2018.html - Nu Html Checker

Showing results for http://mhaaa.org/posters/poster2017.html - Nu Html Checker

Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator

Report · Jan 21, 2018

Wow. I am overwhelmed. I have been working with DW CS6 and Affinity template extensions. I haven't been writing any code myself so I'm shocked by the number of errors. I don't have a clue how to proceed. I wonder if I have some kind of bug in my system. Could that cause these kinds of corruptions?

Tamlyn

Report · Jan 21, 2018

I suspect most of these are the result of user error. DW writes valid code when it's used correctly. But if you inadvertently backspace or delete a tag, DW can't fix that for you. Understanding basic code syntax and knowing how to fix code errors is required knowledge with any HTML editor.

Nancy

Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator

Report · Jan 21, 2018

I have been using DW for over a decade and have always been able to make small corrections if needed in the past. But I don't know how to correct an entire page of errors. That's just never been necessary before. I may just have to entirely rebuild my template.

Report · Jan 21, 2018

I would start with the Template since it has only 11 errors most of them inside the <head> tag. Once that's corrected, you can Save and populate changes to child pages with 11 less errors to worry about.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator

Report · Jan 22, 2018

Thank you very much for your insight, Nancy. I will work with Al at Project Seven from here on. You've both been very helpful.

Tamlyn