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November 13, 2019
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Realtime Preview on dreamweaver not working in my browser

  • November 13, 2019
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When I try to preview in the latest Dreamweaver I get this in my browser "You tried to access an external HTML page, which can not be opened on the device for preview. Open the page in Dreamweaver to preview the page on the device." How can I fix this?

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Correct answer Jon Fritz

Are you working from a Defined Site in DW?

RTP doesn't like it if you're just working on random pages on your desktop, you'll need to define a site so DW understands what it's doing. Even if you don't put in FTP info, it still wants to know where your files are in relation to each other and won't get that info from your OS.

Personally, I just turn it back into the old Preview in Browser in the Preferences...

Edit > Preferences > Real Time Preview > check the box at the top for Default to static browser preview

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Jon Fritz
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Jon FritzCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
November 13, 2019

Are you working from a Defined Site in DW?

RTP doesn't like it if you're just working on random pages on your desktop, you'll need to define a site so DW understands what it's doing. Even if you don't put in FTP info, it still wants to know where your files are in relation to each other and won't get that info from your OS.

Personally, I just turn it back into the old Preview in Browser in the Preferences...

Edit > Preferences > Real Time Preview > check the box at the top for Default to static browser preview

Participant
November 13, 2019

Hi Jon,

you just made my day! it worked like a charm

 

All the best,

Claude

BobLevine
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Community Expert
November 13, 2019

This is the InDesign forum. Moving to Dreamweaver