Cant edit html file after downloading to one.com

[Karoline Bøthun]

I am currently a graphic designer student and are doing a task where I make a website. So, I am half way in the html coding and was asked to download the html files to one.com so my teacher could see the website. But now I can not edit more in the html files in dreamweaver... how do I fix this?

This shows when I try to save the files:

 

[L e n a]

Two questions :

• Did you define a website in DW ?
• How did you upload files to one.com ?

[Karoline Bøthun]

Hi:)

I am not sure what you mean if i defined a website in DW, but I can send you the coding I have done maybe it shows there?

(I am not that into coding yet, started with it last week;))

I will also send a screenshot of where the files are in one.com:

[L e n a]

Hi Karoline !

Well, you can find info on defining a website here, https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/how-to/define-a-dreamweaver-site.html

When you upload files, that do mean that files are then located on a webserver, and those files canno’t be edited anymore by DW itself.

DW works only with local files located in your computer.

The dialog box you got, can also means that your very first files where located on an external drive as an USB key.

So if you remove the key, or plug it again on a different letter assignation, that can cause the troubles that you get.

Of course, if you send a screenshot of your code (the part located in the HEAD of the HTML document), that will be helpfull

[Karoline Bøthun]

I am not using any usb key but if I make new files for for my html files in adobe dreamweaver and saves them in another folder on my computer, will that work?

[L e n a]

well, just in case, here is the help file to upload files on a webserver

https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/using/getting-putting-files-server.html

[L e n a]

Sorry , I was reading your mail from a client mailer, so I didn’t see the images posted in your previous message.

So from the first one, I will have remarks :

In fact, do not use spaces, nor the use of ampersands & that will cause you problems in the path name in a computer way.

As a general rule use only alphanumeric characters and respect upper and lower case, hyphen - and underscore _ are also possible

so

Rename your image hans & helga logo.png to hans_helga_logo.png

However, from the second image, we can see that you are working on a site using Wordpress...

various things are to be commented:

We see the presence of a folder Hans & Helga webwite.html

This folder uses literal text, once again avoid spaces, ampersand, and there is no needs for using the HTML extension

There is also the presence of a contact page.html file, which contains a space... Remove it or replace it by an underscore _

Is this the file whose code you are producing in the first image?

In this case the file style.css which is linked is missing ?

So, in conclusion, be very careful, because by placing HTML files, and folders at this level, you could open a security breach or break an architecture that is specific to Wordpress.

Choose another web space, or ask your teacher to clarify your work.

[B i r n o u]

I am not using any usb key but if I make new files for for my html files in adobe dreamweaver and saves them in another folder on my computer, will that work?

By @Karoline Bøthun

Hello Karoline,

To complete what already said @L e n a , I think that you should take 5 minutes to understand how DW works, or how to use it.

Both links she gave you are very instructive.

Define a website https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/how-to/define-a-dreamweaver-site.html

Uploading files https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/using/getting-putting-files-server.html

You'll also find plenty informations from

• this link https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/user-guide.html
• and this one  https://helpx.adobe.com/fr/support/dreamweaver.html

Please don't hesitate to ask again, if you still face problem and issue

[Karoline Bøthun]

Thanks, both of you! I will read up and will reach out if there is something I dont understand:)

[Nancy OShea]

@Karoline Bøthun,

Is this your computer or a school lab computer?

If it's your computer, don't you have a local site folder on your computer's hard drive?

On Mac, click the Finder icon in the Dock to open a Finder window.

Choose View > Show Path Bar, or press the Option key to show the path bar momentarily. The location and nested folders that contain your site files are displayed near the bottom of the Finder window.

In Dreamweaver, go to Site > New Site and enter the location of your local site folder.