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mentos2016
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December 8, 2016
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trouble opening file on another computer, opens older version of site?

  • December 8, 2016
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I emailed myself the lastest zipped folder with my website contents, on the orignal computer when I open it up evrything is up to date and fine however when I unzipped an opened on a new computer it opens up with an older version of the site, either in dreamwever or in a browser. I thought maybe there was an error in the way i sent it so I tried using a usb and no luck. The file was copied exaclty so are bits missing and an older version of the site showing up?

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Correct answer Jon Fritz

That sounds like there may be some errors in your html. Run the validator at http://validator.w3.org/nu or in DW under File > Validate > Validate Current Document (W3C) to get a listing.

DW is not the program to use if you don't understand at least html and css, it's going to be a major uphill climb without that base knowledge. Luckily, both html and css are dead simple for all but the most advanced bits. Run the tutorials here:

http://www.w3schools.com/html
http://www.w3schools.com/css

Once you have that info under your belt, working with DW is a lot simpler, all you need to do is familiarize yourself with "where do I change this in the program" style issues.

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Jon Fritz
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Jon FritzCommunity Expert
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December 8, 2016

It's hard to say what might be going on without sitting in front of your machine.

My guess would be you actually have duplicate pages, or the entire old site, within your copied site that the second computer is pulling up by accident. Or you may have accidentally copied the old site instead of the new one when you transferred it.

There's no way for the second computer to know what existed in a given file before it was updated, copied and transferred to the new machine. There's no "history" to .html files when they're modified and saved for the second machine to pick up and display. They're just text files.

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mentos2016Author
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December 8, 2016

Not much has changed so Ill just add it back manually. Right now I'm having trouble with positioning stuff in design view I added a hyperlink and it shows up beneath the navbar however in a browser the hyperlink shows up on the bottom of the page, how can i position it to where I want is there a code, I'm new to this being forced to use this software for a project before being taught html or css... ):

Jon Fritz
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Jon FritzCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
December 8, 2016

That sounds like there may be some errors in your html. Run the validator at http://validator.w3.org/nu or in DW under File > Validate > Validate Current Document (W3C) to get a listing.

DW is not the program to use if you don't understand at least html and css, it's going to be a major uphill climb without that base knowledge. Luckily, both html and css are dead simple for all but the most advanced bits. Run the tutorials here:

http://www.w3schools.com/html
http://www.w3schools.com/css

Once you have that info under your belt, working with DW is a lot simpler, all you need to do is familiarize yourself with "where do I change this in the program" style issues.

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