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    Previews Not Right.

    Hi,

    Quick question about previews. I have been running previews on my machine whilst sorting out my css etc, however, i uploaded it to the web for the first time and it looks nothing like my local copy.

    I have downloaded the index page and put it in the same folder as my preview (and changed the css location in it, but nothing else) and it still looks nothing like it should.

    I looked at the code and css. Css is definately being located correctly as the colours etc are being updated, its appears to be just the positioning (margins I think). I am using a IE specific bit of css, however, that doesnt explain why it would work locally, but not on the web.

    Compared web and local version of index page and the only difference is the html which on the preview shows lots of actinic tags (<SPAN ACT ID=4_98c0c58 STYLE="behavior:url(#ActSelBeh);"> etc).

    Does anyone else have this problem?

    p.s. I Shift-F6 it everytime I update so I know its the correct version of the css.

    Thanks,
    Paul.
    Last edited by PaulGrimshaw; 14-Aug-2006, 09:31 AM. Reason: make a bit clearer
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    #2
    Compared web and local version of index page and the only difference is the html which on the preview shows lots of actinic tags (<SPAN ACT ID=4_98c0c58 STYLE="behavior:url(#ActSelBeh);"> etc).
    These are just tags put in by the interactive preivew to show the box around things that you select in the preview - but if you do a 'Web | Offline Preview' those tags are not included.

    Could you show us a screenshot for us to compare how it looks on the web to how it looks in the preview? Is it just that the main content div/table is centered on the page online, but alligned to the left in the preview? - because this is a known issue with the interactive preview.

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      #3
      Hi there.

      Its more than that. I have attached screen shots (local & web). Just to confirm I am clearing my cache and getting the actual pages. Also, I have run this in IE and FF and same problem.

      Does Actinic run extra css locally? (I am using an external CSS file and have nothing to do with the actinic one).

      Thanks,
      Paul.
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        #4
        Ok.... All fixed, kind of.

        I flipped and started taking all the actinic spans out of the local copy hoping that it would at some point crack, and it did... but, it turns out I accidently removed the Doctype line at the same time.

        As soon as I removed the doctype from the index.html on the website, it worked. Added it, and it failed. I tried different doctypes and I just couldnt get it to work.

        At the moment, its up there with out a doctype and is working fine, so ill leave it like that for the time being.

        No idea!

        Thanks,
        Paul.

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          #5
          Thanks for posting the images.

          The doctype seems to be affecting how the browser is handling the positioning of the divs. If you are using an external design in Dreamweaver, try just previewing the external design via Dreamweaver in a variety of browsers and with/without the doctype to try seeing under what circumstances it looks right, and where it looks wrong. It might help narrow down the problem.

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            #6
            Does Actinic run extra css locally?
            Yes - if you ran the Dreamweaver plug in Actinic will have added a call to 'actinic.css' in the <head> section of your external design. You can try removing this call if you like.

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