Problem updating pages with new template Re: "Unbalanced InstanceBegin" tag

Report · Aug 02, 2018

Basically my website is screwed up.

The pages that don't accept the updates to the template start like this:

<!doctype html>

<html class="no-js" lang="en">

<head>

And the pages that DO accept the updates start with this:

<!doctype html>

<html class="no-js" lang="en">

<head>

How do I change the coding to the BAD changes to make them start like the GOOD pages? And is there a way to make this change universal? (So I don't have to do it manually, page-by-page?)

Report · Aug 02, 2018

p.s. I should add that I can't seem to make changes to the BAD pages because the code is locked.

Report · Aug 02, 2018

In orderr too make changes to child pages, go to Tools > Templates > Detach from Template. Repeat for other child pages.

You might want to consider using server-side includes. They are a fast & flexible alternative to DW Templates. All the magic happens on the server.

Alt-Web Design & Publishing: Server-Side Includes with PHP

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

Report · Aug 02, 2018

Hi Nancy,

I followed your instructions, but I still can't seem to make any changes to the locked code.

Looks like all I need to do is delete that first tag

Any other suggestions?

Report · Aug 02, 2018

Open the child page in a plain text editor.

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

Report · Aug 02, 2018

Not familiar with that - how do I do that in Dreamweaver?

I'm working in code view.

Report · Aug 02, 2018

Template DWT files are proprietarty to Dreamweaver. They don't work in any other editor. So you must use another plain text editor like Windows Notepad to fix your files.

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