Frozen ability to edit

[Trains1985]

Hello,

After replacing my desktop with a new machine, due to a recent crash, I worked with my host unsuccessfully for hours to regain my ability to edit my DW site, matthewjablonski.com. In the past, if any revisions were made, I would be prompted before publication - it worked great. Now, no matter what, I get a window, saying that no edits were made.

Shown on the screen shot, below, halfway down, I've added an h2 tag, showing the text, "TEST 1," in the html area. On my right-hand side, I included the published site showing it in visual form. Notice that the "TEST 1" is not present, anywhere, but I would assume it would probably be somewhere under the "COLOR on the Rails" text, if it had worked correctly.

On the bottom left-hand side, I included DW's window, after I tried to publish the page.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Matthew

[Nancy OShea · Accepted solution]

The screenshot shows no synchronization was needed.  That has nothing to do with your earlier statement about editing.

It's not essential to sync local files with files on the remote server. In fact, it's often best if you don't. I never do.  I simply PUT ↑ or GET ↓ files from server as needed within the Files Panel. 

Editing take place locally. Once you're happy with saved local changes Previewed in your browser, you can safely upload the file to your server with Ctrl + Shift + U.  

Go to your live site in browser.

Refresh browser (Ctrl+R or Ctrl+F5) to see uncashed content.

Failing that, ensure that you're uploading files to the correct ROOT directory on your server.  

This varies by hosting plan. See screenshot.

If Dreamweaver refuses to connect to your server, use free FileZilla.  It's the secure S/FTP client that's recommended most by web hosts. 

https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client

If FileZilla fails to connect, you have other problems.

[Nancy OShea]

1. Open an HTML page from your local site folder.
2. After adding text, hit Ctrl+S to save. 
3. F5 to refresh Live View panel.
4. Preview in browser to test.
5. Upload to server (Ctrl + Shift + U). 
6. Go to live site.
7. Ctrl+R or Ctrl+F5 to refresh browser.