Hello,

I am trying to add some new text to one of the pages on a website and I am unable to see the font. I have checked the colour but this does not seem to make a difference. Please could you help?

HI Camille,

This is unusal.

First, some basics. I assume you are entering text into the design view, not code view. (See view menu).

Otherwise, as it sounds like you've checked the foreground (text) colour isn't the same as the background (eg. white on white), it could be a CSS style that has this. If a style is applied to the area you are typing in, select the text first and change or override it to a different style and see if that helps. Use the properties inspector to do this.

Failing that, i'll have a look at your code: please let me know the URL, if it's been uploaded somewhere. Or e-mail the HTML and any linked CSS files to forum AT microsofttraining.net

If you have solved the problem already, please mark this question as resolved, and it would be great to hear what happened so that other users of this forum can resolve this issue if they have it.

Regards, Rich

Hello Rich,

I'm afraid I am still at a loss about why I can't see the text I am typing. The lady who was in charge of the web left everal months ago and I am wondering if it is possibly something to do with user rights, as I am unable to make any changes live onto the website. Are you able to put some kind of security/permissions lock onto a website so that other people cannot make changes?

I have attached the code for the page I have tried to change. One thing I have noticed is that there are parts of the code which do not show up on the website (highlighted in attached doc). I will be very grateful for any help you may be able to offer and will look forward to your response.

Kind Regards

Camille

Hi Camille,

Normally you can't lock out a web site. If you have permission to the FTP account (uploading and downloading files) then you can make changes.

The code you sent me uses library items, which are covered on our Dreamweaver Intermediate course.

A library item is a snippet of code, kept in an .lbi file. Whenever the contents of the .lbi file are changed, Dreamweaver goes through all the files in the site and searches for code like this: <!-- #BeginLibraryItem "/newlib/language_bar.lbi" --> and updates the library item on each page. It's a quick way to make a simple or large change across a lot of pages within your site.

Library code should be highlighted a light yellow colour in Dreamweaver code view. Dreamweaver does lock out code that is linked to library items. This maintains consistency over all the pages that use the library items.

To edit a library item, click the text. The whole library item should be highlighted. Now look at the properties panel. You should see information about the library item, including a button to edit it. It will open as a separate file in Dreamweaver. Once you make changes and save, Dreamweaver should update all files that use the library item. You'll then need to upload all files that were updated back to the web server.

So on your local machine, you should have these folders within the root folder:
/newlib
/library/2left-col/en/

If you don't have them, try to download them from the server. However, the library items may have only existed on your ex-colleague's local machine (you don't actually have to upload the library items to the server). If you can't find the library items, you can re-create them by copying and pasting the code from any page that uses them into a new library item, and save the library item as the same name.

eg.
<!-- #BeginLibraryItem "/newlib/language_bar.lbi" -->
The library item is called language_bar.lbi and is in a folder called newlib.

I hope this helps. Let me know if you get stuck.

Regards, Rich

Camille,

Actually, it may not be the library items you want to edit.

I just noticed this block:

<!-- <p align="left"><a href="../downloads/enewsletter
...
to South Kent College</a></p> -->

In Dreamweaver code view, it will be a grey colour.

The first bit: <!-- indicates the start of an HTML comment. Meaning the browser will ignore it.

The last bit: --> ends the comment.

If you want the text to show, remove those two start and end comment indicators and the text should show in your browser.

Regards, Rich

Camille,

How did you get on? Can you edit the library items okay?

Rich

Hi Rich,

Sorry for the delayed response. I'm afraid that I still can't see the text I am typing. I removed the comment indicators as you said and the text which was previously 'hidden' could be seen when I pressed f12. However, it still will not let me see the text.

As my knowledge of Dream Weaver is fairly basic it is probably something glaringly obvious, but without the knowledge I am not seeing it.

Camille

Hmm,

Would you mind sending me the file to forum AT microsofttraining.net and I'll have a look.

Regards, Rich

Hello Rich,

I have taken this up with the senior management team and they are looking into resolving the problem.

Thank you very much for all your help.

Kind Regards

Camille

Hi Camille,

Thanks for letting me know.

I've marked this question as 'resolved' for now, but if you do find the solution, I'm sure other users of this web site who search for the same problem would love to know the answer!

Regards, Rich