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    Error : actinic.css contains an invalid path

    Hi,
    I have recently started getting a couple of errors on a site I am developing. When I click on a page to preview it I get a pop up saying "C:\program files\actinic V7\sites\EE\acatalog/actinic.css contains an invalid path" I click OK and then another popup appears saying "Error generating HTML page"

    Does anyone have any ideas what I have done wrong?

    I noticed the folder acatalog does not exist within the EE folder but none of my other sites I am building have it either and they work find.

    Help please!

    O.

    #2
    Off the top of my head, you may have to copy a file that actinic.css is referencing into your preview folder (or a subfolder therein, maintaining the correct path). You kinda have to emulate the 'live' path within the preview folder i think.

    And welcome to the boards


    Ryan

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      #3
      Thanks, I will have a look.

      The problem is I cant find where actinic.css is within the site, the biggest problem is I have taken over the site from another person who left no notes about what he had done in the past.

      O.

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        #4
        In the original path above you have a forward slash "/" before the actinic.css file - is that a typo? If not it should be a "\" for the local preview so there may be a hardcoded link to the css to work on the site but causing the issue with local preview - make it a relative link and not fixed


        Bikster
        SellerDeck Designs and Responsive Themes

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          #5
          Check the Act_Primary.html template in the root of the site and the link should be

          <LINK REL=STYLESHEET HREF="actinic.css">


          Bikster
          SellerDeck Designs and Responsive Themes

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            #6
            Originally posted by jont
            In the original path above you have a forward slash "/" before the actinic.css file - is that a typo? If not it should be a "\" for the local preview so there may be a hardcoded link to the css to work on the site but causing the issue with local preview - make it a relative link and not fixed
            This was not a typo, I thought it looked wrong but trying to find where that path has been entered is seeming harder than I thought!

            I have checked the Act_Primary.html and the path for the actinic.css is fine.

            Thanks for your help so far.....keep it coming

            O.

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              #7
              Another thing I have noticed is when I try and change the settings on my folder to diable read-only it says it is done but when I go back to look at the properties they read-only box is checked again!

              O.

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                #8
                Ok, dont know what happened but I have just imported a snapshot of the site and I will just re enter anything I havent got. I dont have time to work out why the problem occured

                Thanks for everyones help.

                O.

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                  #9
                  Yep, the dodgy slash isn't a typo - i dunno why it pops up in the Actinic error message as such. I think it's local to Actinic's interpretation of the error.

                  I had the same problem - i'm fairly damn sure it was to do with a file missing, and was easily sorted by copying some files into the preview html folder. Worked fine afterwards.


                  Ryan

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                    #10
                    Could the error be within actinic.css?

                    CSS definitions can reference other files (as background images, etc) and Actinic may be trying to parse these for upload.
                    Norman - www.drillpine.biz
                    Edinburgh, U K / Bitez, Turkey

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                      #11
                      No idea, like I said I just restored the site from a previoud snapshot and its fine now, I guess that doesnt help anyone who has the problem and doesnt have a backup.....

                      O.

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by Owain
                        No idea, like I said I just restored the site from a previoud snapshot and its fine now, I guess that doesnt help anyone who has the problem and doesnt have a backup.....

                        O.
                        Todays lesson for everyone who does not take a daily backup


                        Bikster
                        SellerDeck Designs and Responsive Themes

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by jont
                          Todays lesson for everyone who does not take a daily backup
                          Actually, if you only retain the previous day's backup ... and the problem went un-noticed ...

                          Good backup practice means a full set of backups. If you don't have storage room on your local PC, create a private directory on your website, and keep them there. I can go back to any day in the last three months, and to the last day of each month before that, if I have to, and I know that some day I will have to. I learned the value of backups as a software developer, in circumstances I will never forget.
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                            #14
                            Has anyone been able to find a solution to this problem? It's just happened to me... backed up yesterday but did a lot of work today and don't want to redo it all

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                              #15
                              Solution Found

                              I've just found the solution to this problem... well it worked for me anyway

                              I've been designing a page in Dreamweaver and imported it into Actinic. Somehow I've got a reference to 2 stylesheets in the code - one Actinic.css in the Preview folder and the other in the Site 1 folder.

                              I've just removed one of the stylesheets (and all references to it) and all is sweet!

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