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KevinB9
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March 1, 2022
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disappearing sites

  • March 1, 2022
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It's always something with me and Dreamweaver.

Yesterday my sites disappeared from the Manage Sites dialog box and the Files panel. Does anyone know why this would happen? I am running DW 21.2 on a Mac wtih Monterrey 12.2.1.

Thanks,

Kevin Burke

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    Correct answer Ben M

    If sites are not saving on a Mac this may end up being your only option. Just go to the settings, click on Users, and then the little plus sign to add a user. Try logging into that account and start up Dreamweaver and create a site. If the site stays on that account when you close/re-open DW then this is definitely a corrupt user profile. At that point, the simplest transfer is just going into your hard drive and moving the documents/pictures/etc folders from the old account to the new. In some cases you may have bookmarks or other program settings in your user library (~\Library from the Go To Folder command), but you should try to avoid this as this is the area that would be affecting Dreamweaver. So you might need to re-configure preferences in some programs but overall your Applications will already be installed and working.

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    AmySykes
    AmySykes
    Known Participant
    March 2, 2022

    https://youtu.be/s-gYGbTmCvI

    Nancy OShea
    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    March 2, 2022

    @AmySykes,

    Based on your video, you're suggesting that the OP inadvertently deleted his site definition from the Manage Sites panel.  It could happen but I've had entire site profiles just vanish for no reason. I don't know why but it was nothing I did.  They just went poof!  -- now you see them, now you don't.  

     

    In any case, I always EXPORT newly defined sites to STE files and keep them in a safe place.  It saves a lot of recovery time.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    Paul-M
    Community Expert
    March 1, 2022

    Are you saving sites on a network drive or in a cloud storage location; OneDrive, Dropbox, Google One etc ?

    Paul-M - Community Expert
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    KevinB9Author
    Inspiring
    March 1, 2022
    Are you saving sites on a network drive or in a cloud storage location; OneDrive, Dropbox, Google One etc ?

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    No. My files are all saved on my hard drive. They are all still there in my local site folder, but DW is not recognizing them. In the Manage Sites dialog box the "import site" button is dimmed. (Can't import.) The "new site" button is active and I can create a "new" site with the old name. Thanks for replying - Kevin

    Nancy OShea
    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    March 1, 2022

     

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    In the Manage Sites dialog box the "import site" button is dimmed. (Can't import.)


    By @KevinB9

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    Try Restoring Preferences.

    https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/restore-preferences-dreamweaver.html

     

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Nancy OShea
    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    March 1, 2022

    Do you have a local site folder on your primary hard drive?

     

    If you previously exported STE files & kept them in a safe place, you can re-import them. 

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    KevinB9Author
    Inspiring
    March 1, 2022

    Do you have a local site folder on your primary hard drive?

    Hi, Nancy. Thanks for trying to help. Yes, I have a local sites folder and my files (sites) are still in there but Dreamweaver is not recognizing them. In the Manage Sites dialog box the "import site" button is dimmed (can't import). The "new site" button is active and I can recreate a site by giving the "new" site the same name as the old site. Weird.

    Best wishes,

    Kevin

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    Ben M
    Community Expert
    March 1, 2022

    Could be a permissions issue that sites are not saving, but it's been awhile since I've come across this personally.  Have you tried running First Aid from the Mac Disk Utility?  If not, depending on how long you have had this system and how many upgrades your profile has been through it might be easier to just create a new OS user account and migrate over to fix permissions.

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    KevinB9Author
    Inspiring
    March 1, 2022

    it might be easier to just create a new OS user account and migrate over to fix permissions.

     

    Ben, thanks for your suggestion, but this is way over my head.

     

    Kevin

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    Ben MCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    March 2, 2022

    If sites are not saving on a Mac this may end up being your only option. Just go to the settings, click on Users, and then the little plus sign to add a user. Try logging into that account and start up Dreamweaver and create a site. If the site stays on that account when you close/re-open DW then this is definitely a corrupt user profile. At that point, the simplest transfer is just going into your hard drive and moving the documents/pictures/etc folders from the old account to the new. In some cases you may have bookmarks or other program settings in your user library (~\Library from the Go To Folder command), but you should try to avoid this as this is the area that would be affecting Dreamweaver. So you might need to re-configure preferences in some programs but overall your Applications will already be installed and working.

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