No body text in Frontpage but fine on web and in source files

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I have been working in web design for 7 years and this has me completely
baffled.

I was working on getting an opencube menu bar on the site. Everything was
looking great and I started editing the regular pages. I don't know how, but
suddenly there was no body in any of my pages. I can still see the top and
bottom shared border, but there is no body.

When I open the htm files in notepad, all the text and images are there.
When I look at the online website, all the text and images are there.
But when I open up the local website OR the server's site IN frontpage,
again, no text or images.

I tried copying from the source code the body text and putting it into one
of the pages through frontpage. It showed up. I published that page and it
looked fine. Then I closed that page in frontpage, opened it again, and
AGAIN, it was completely blank.

I even tried shutting down the computer, shutting down frontpage, etc. but
it always comes back as blank. I don't want to muck around with it too much
for fear of losing the whole site!

Any suggestions would be wonderful! Thanks~

-Stephanie
 
Hello,

If you could let us see the page in question, we will be in a much better
position to help you.
 
Hello,

Please post a *link* to the page in question, not to the whole website.

Sorry, I can't use that link. I strongly recommend that you change your
password. People can misuse the account without you knowing and this is a
*public* newsgroup.
 
yah, but to trust the entire world? not me.

anyway the entire div is missing:

<div align="center">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse"
width="800" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="table4">
<tr>
<td width="20">
<p>&nbsp;</td>
<td style="text-align: left" valign="top">
<h1>Home</h1>
<p>NEEDS WORK:</p>
<ul>
<li>quiz</li>
<li>pics from photographer</li>
</ul>
<p>Nan Kosydar Dreves, RDH, MBA of Professional Health Horizons
(PHH) has been a registered dental hygienist for over 20 years with
experience in private practice, administration, teaching, public
health and consulting. PHH is an educating and consulting company
specializing in occupational health, safety and compliance issues.
She is known for her comprehensive background, dynamic style and
practical application to compliance issues required for the dental
office.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</td>
<td style="text-align: left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

from your online web. I just cut pasted it from View Source in Notepad and
pasted back where it belongs in FP or EW and works fine. Save, try a
Recalculate Hyperlinks on your local copy to test it.


| The us/pw do work and no one is trashing the site. I have to give these
out
| if I want help from this discussion group. I think it is fair to ask for
| discretion and honesty when passwords are given out.
|
| The problem exists solely in frontpage. Everywhere else shows all the
html
| source code working fine. Even if I open the local htm files (which are
the
| SAME files frontpage is using) with notepad, I can see all the body. I
just
| want to be able to see this stuff in frontpage.
|
| Feeling a bit desperate and I'd really appreciate constructive advice.
| Thanks~
|
|
 
This is not a closed mailing list. This is a Usenet newsgroup, and
available to anyone with a newsreader. News is not like mailing lists,
your article/message will be available for a very long time before it
ages off the local spool.

Furthermore, your message is now available through eternity (or internet
time anyway) archived through googlegroups, where anyone can find it.
And the corollary is that someone will be looking.

B/
 
Hey Stephanie,

Sorry, dunno. I've seen it happen once before here, but don't remember if
there was an answer to Why.

R.
| Hi Rob,
|
| I know what you mean about the whole div tag missing, but do you have any
| idea how that would've happened? I mean, how can it just suddenly
disappear
| from both the local and server side files yet the site still views
correctly
| online? Doesn't make any sense to me.
|
| Thanks for everyone's advice on the passwords, but geez guys, it was only
to
| browse the site! I have different names/pw for administration.
|
| I'm going to try just putting the div tags back into the code tonight so
| we'll see how it goes! Thanks~
|
|
| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
|
| > yah, but to trust the entire world? not me.
| >
| > anyway the entire div is missing:
| >
| > <div align="center">
| > <table border="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse"
| > width="800" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="table4">
| > <tr>
| > <td width="20">
| > <p> </td>
| > <td style="text-align: left" valign="top">
| > <h1>Home</h1>
| > <p>NEEDS WORK:</p>
| > <ul>
| > <li>quiz</li>
| > <li>pics from photographer</li>
| > </ul>
| > <p>Nan Kosydar Dreves, RDH, MBA of Professional Health Horizons
| > (PHH) has been a registered dental hygienist for over 20 years with
| > experience in private practice, administration, teaching, public
| > health and consulting. PHH is an educating and consulting company
| > specializing in occupational health, safety and compliance issues.
| > She is known for her comprehensive background, dynamic style and
| > practical application to compliance issues required for the dental
| > office.</p>
| > <p> </p>
| > <p> </td>
| > <td style="text-align: left" valign="top"> </td>
| > </tr>
| > </table>
| > </div>
| >
| > from your online web. I just cut pasted it from View Source in Notepad
and
| > pasted back where it belongs in FP or EW and works fine. Save, try a
| > Recalculate Hyperlinks on your local copy to test it.
| >
| >
| > | > | The us/pw do work and no one is trashing the site. I have to give
these
| > out
| > | if I want help from this discussion group. I think it is fair to ask
for
| > | discretion and honesty when passwords are given out.
| > |
| > | The problem exists solely in frontpage. Everywhere else shows all the
| > html
| > | source code working fine. Even if I open the local htm files (which
are
| > the
| > | SAME files frontpage is using) with notepad, I can see all the body.
I
| > just
| > | want to be able to see this stuff in frontpage.
| > |
| > | Feeling a bit desperate and I'd really appreciate constructive advice.
| > | Thanks~
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
| >
 
When you paste in the html from notepad, make sure there's only one <body>
opening tag and one </body> closing tag...try it again. I dunno why you're
getting double closing tags and missing body.


| Hi Rob,
|
| I had actually tried this trick before but this time I added in your
| recalculate hyperlinks trick...everything looks good until you close and
| reopen the file. Then it's gone again both on the local and on the
server.
|
| It doesn't make any sense that the source code from the website shows the
| div tag and all its contents, yet it does not show on the local or server
| files in frontpage.
|
| I tried doing this on another computer with the same version of Frontpage
| (2003) and the same thing happened where it's there, then you close it and
| reopen, and it's gone.
|
| I tried opening up my other sites and none of them have this problem. Do
| you think that it's frontpage or the server or something else? Any more
| suggestions?
|
| -Stephanie
|
|
| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
|
| > Hey Stephanie,
| >
| > Sorry, dunno. I've seen it happen once before here, but don't remember
if
| > there was an answer to Why.
| >
| > R.
| > | > | Hi Rob,
| > |
| > | I know what you mean about the whole div tag missing, but do you have
any
| > | idea how that would've happened? I mean, how can it just suddenly
| > disappear
| > | from both the local and server side files yet the site still views
| > correctly
| > | online? Doesn't make any sense to me.
| > |
| > | Thanks for everyone's advice on the passwords, but geez guys, it was
only
| > to
| > | browse the site! I have different names/pw for administration.
| > |
| > | I'm going to try just putting the div tags back into the code tonight
so
| > | we'll see how it goes! Thanks~
| > |
| > |
| > | "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
| > |
| > | > yah, but to trust the entire world? not me.
| > | >
| > | > anyway the entire div is missing:
| > | >
| > | > <div align="center">
| > | > <table border="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse"
| > | > width="800" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="table4">
| > | > <tr>
| > | > <td width="20">
| > | > <p> </td>
| > | > <td style="text-align: left" valign="top">
| > | > <h1>Home</h1>
| > | > <p>NEEDS WORK:</p>
| > | > <ul>
| > | > <li>quiz</li>
| > | > <li>pics from photographer</li>
| > | > </ul>
| > | > <p>Nan Kosydar Dreves, RDH, MBA of Professional Health Horizons
| > | > (PHH) has been a registered dental hygienist for over 20 years
with
| > | > experience in private practice, administration, teaching, public
| > | > health and consulting. PHH is an educating and consulting company
| > | > specializing in occupational health, safety and compliance
issues.
| > | > She is known for her comprehensive background, dynamic style and
| > | > practical application to compliance issues required for the
dental
| > | > office.</p>
| > | > <p> </p>
| > | > <p> </td>
| > | > <td style="text-align: left" valign="top"> </td>
| > | > </tr>
| > | > </table>
| > | > </div>
| > | >
| > | > from your online web. I just cut pasted it from View Source in
Notepad
| > and
| > | > pasted back where it belongs in FP or EW and works fine. Save, try a
| > | > Recalculate Hyperlinks on your local copy to test it.
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > | > | > | The us/pw do work and no one is trashing the site. I have to give
| > these
| > | > out
| > | > | if I want help from this discussion group. I think it is fair to
ask
| > for
| > | > | discretion and honesty when passwords are given out.
| > | > |
| > | > | The problem exists solely in frontpage. Everywhere else shows all
the
| > | > html
| > | > | source code working fine. Even if I open the local htm files
(which
| > are
| > | > the
| > | > | SAME files frontpage is using) with notepad, I can see all the
body.
| > I
| > | > just
| > | > | want to be able to see this stuff in frontpage.
| > | > |
| > | > | Feeling a bit desperate and I'd really appreciate constructive
advice.
| > | > | Thanks~
| > | > |
| > | > |
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >
| >
 
Don't copy, you should publish to a different folder.
What happens if you create a new page entirely?

btw...you really should move away from shared borders.


| Hey Rob,
|
| I'm only seeing one body opening and closing tag both locally and in the
| source codes for the website.
|
| I've tried copying the entire site to a new local folder, tried copying
the
| server files to a new local folder, etc. Nothing seems to work.
|
| Right now I have every htm file open and can see all the content on each
| page, because I've pasted it from the source code. I can make changes and
| upload them to the server, but again, if I close a file and open it again,
| all the div tag content is removed. I don't dare ever shut a file again!
|
| The one exception is with the _borders/top.htm (and bottom.htm), I can
open
| and close them all I want and the div tag info remains in place. Online,
| this page looks fine, yet when you look at the home page (or any other
page),
| it ignores the menu
| of that top.htm file.
|
|
|
 
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