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Styles being dropped on network shared folder files in Dreamweaver CS5.5

Jul 22, 2012 11:02 PM

Tags: #cs5.5 #dreamweaver #share #network

Hello, apoligies if this has already been solved but I could not find anything similar. Recently we have upgraded our staff from Dreamweaver CS4 to CS5.5 and are having some issues with pages dropping the stylesheets which are linked relatively. The relative files are located on a shared network drive which is mapped in Windows 7 as a drive (e.g. My Computer shows the drive as R:).

 

In Dreamweaver design view up the top it reads:

 

Address: file:///R|/acrrm/tinnitus/course_content/001.html

 

and there is a yellow bar up the top which reads:

 

'common_styles.css' is a remote file and cannot be edited.

 

We never had this issue before so I was wondering if it was a new limitation of CS5.5 or if there was something I should look out for in the site definition.

 

Interestingly enough I was able to fix this on one machine by randomly toggling the live code/view buttons, havent had any luck doing that to other machines though.

 

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

Here are the specs:

 

O.S: Windows 7

Version: Dreamweaver CS5.5

Site Definition: Network shared drive

702 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: MurraySummers, Jul 25, 2012 4:31 AM
 
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    1. MurraySummers,
    Jul 23, 2012 4:33 AM   in reply to College_R
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    Interestingly enough I was able to fix this on one machine by randomly toggling the live code/view buttons, havent had any luck doing that to other machines though.

     

    I would have to say that this operation could not possibly fix anything.  I suspect that simply waiting the same amount of time as this operation required would have returned the same result, and it sounds like there is some latency in your network.

     

    Your site is entirely contained on a network shared drive, right?  Or is it that only SOME files are on the network shared drive (R:)?  Also, where is it you are seeing this?

     

    Address: file:///R|/acrrm/tinnitus/course_content/001.html

     
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    2. College_R,
    Jul 23, 2012 4:01 PM   in reply to MurraySummers
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    Hi Murray, thanks for the reply. Network latency could be the issue, as it mostly seems to be effecting remote users connecting to the network share via 3G.

     

    The entire site is located on the network shared drive (html files and the relatively linked styles / scripts).

     

    The reference to "Address: file:///R|/acrrm/tinnitus/course_content/001.html" is located in Dreamweaver underneath the Code/Split/Design view button row, it displays the address/filename of the current file open, the begning looked a bit unusual to me.

     
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    3. MurraySummers,
    Jul 23, 2012 4:03 PM   in reply to College_R
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    The beginning part of that address indicates that DW DOESN'T THINK THAT FILE IS WITHIN THE ROOT OF THE SITE.  What is the path to your local root folder in your site definition?

     
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    4. College_R,
    Jul 24, 2012 7:46 PM   in reply to MurraySummers
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    Hmm that would support the thoery that there was network connectivity issues, the path to the local root folder in the site definition is:

     

    Local Site Folder: R:\

     

    We have found an alternative solution to this in using remote desktop rather than a VPN connection but I'm still interested in finding out what exactly caused it, at this point I think you are right with the network latency.

     
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    5. MurraySummers,
    Jul 25, 2012 4:31 AM   in reply to College_R
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    Good luck with your issue and your solution. My standard configuration on my LAN is with a remote shared (mapped) drive running as my testing server (and sometimes as my root drive too).  In my case that drive is mapped to the "U:" drive.  I have no problem at all with this configuration, so I know it works OK in theory.

     
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