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Michael232978465vfx
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February 23, 2022
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In design view only text and links are showing up, not the site design

  • February 23, 2022
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On my home computer the design view looks fine and looks like the web page minus the boxes for the library items.  When I downloaed the site to my new computer, however, all that shows up now on the page in the design view are the links, library text and images.  Nothing is formated.  It is just like one long vertical list.  Any help would be appreciated.  Thank you

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    Correct answer Jon Fritz

    Just had an idea...

    I went to your site and checked out the code. There's really nothing so egregious that it would be a show stopper in DW, so I tried something. I turned off all of the css files and got the same view you're showing in your screen grab.

    Since I can see all the names of the css files across your image, I know they're linked in the code correctly. I'm guessing you may have somehow accidentally turned off the display of your css in DW. To check that...

    1. Verify Design View is open (the menu option below won't appear if you don't have Design View open)
    2. Go to View > Design View Options > Style Rendering
    3. Make sure "Display Styles" has a checkmark next to it

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    Jon Fritz
    Community Expert
    Jon FritzCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    February 24, 2022

    Just had an idea...

    I went to your site and checked out the code. There's really nothing so egregious that it would be a show stopper in DW, so I tried something. I turned off all of the css files and got the same view you're showing in your screen grab.

    Since I can see all the names of the css files across your image, I know they're linked in the code correctly. I'm guessing you may have somehow accidentally turned off the display of your css in DW. To check that...

    1. Verify Design View is open (the menu option below won't appear if you don't have Design View open)
    2. Go to View > Design View Options > Style Rendering
    3. Make sure "Display Styles" has a checkmark next to it

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      Michael232978465vfxAuthor
      Participant
      February 26, 2022

      John:

       

      THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!  That was the problem.  I apologize for the delayed response. 

      Jon Fritz
      Community Expert
      Jon FritzCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 24, 2022

      It's hard to say exactly what might have happened, but it could be a simple as forgetting to also download an external .css stylesheet.

      If you downloaded everything, including any external .css files, check the links to the stylesheets in your code. If they starts with "file", it's likely you have not properly defined your site on your new computer and DW doesn't know how to handle your assets correctly.



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      Michael232978465vfxAuthor
      Participant
      February 24, 2022

      Thank you John for your response.  It seems everything is linked correctly.  Is there another issue that could be causing this?  I've attached a screen shot of part of the page.  THANK YOU!

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      Michael232978465vfxAuthor
      Participant
      February 24, 2022

      Sorry:  Here is it is as an image

       

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