Originally Posted By LuLu I'm trying to update my website, and am not having luck with my old method. I always just edited the html in something like TextEdit. The html files no longer open in a word processing format, so I copy the page source, edit and upload. But with this method, I'm now just seeing the coding instead of the web page. I'm not sure what's wrong, but I haven't done this in a while. Can someone help me figure out what might be wrong? I'm sure I have a number of programs that can create web pages, but I don't really want to learn how to do that, I just want to do some very minor editing. Thanks for any help! (BTW my website: <a href="http://myads.com" target="_blank">http://myads.com</a> )
Originally Posted By peeaanuut I am seeing the page and not code. I am not sure if that is just on your end.
Originally Posted By LuLu LOL, I put the old page back. I guess it would help if you could see what I'm talking about! I'll put it back up somewhere else...
Originally Posted By LuLu OK try this... <a href="http://myads.com/test/" target="_blank">http://myads.com/test/</a>
Originally Posted By ewenome >>The html files no longer open in a word processing format, so I copy the page source, edit and upload.<< If you have the HTML pages saved on your computer, you should be able to right-click them and use the "Open with" command and select the text editor of your choice. (I use Notepad.) Make sure when you save them after editing that you include the .html extension and save them as an "all format" type rather than a "text document" to ensure proper formatting.
Originally Posted By ewenome Also, make sure that you're uploading the file in ASCII mode rather than as a binary file. That could also be creating a problem with the way the page displays.
Originally Posted By LuLu Hi ewenome! Whether I open them in Word or TextEdit (the Mac equivalent of Notepad, I think), it still tries to portray a web page. After editing the source code that I've copied and pasted, I save as an html document. I'll look to see if there's an "all format" or similar!
Originally Posted By ewenome I haven't used a Mac since before X came out so I'm not well-versed on that platform. Looked online for TextEdit solution: <a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_you_save_html_files_with_macs_textedit.html" target="_blank">http://www.askdavetaylor.com/h ow_do_you_save_html_files_with_macs_textedit.html</a> >>I can assure you that you can save HTML files using TextEdit. The secret is to choose "Make Plain Text" from the Format menu before you try to save the file. Then, when you go to save it, specify ".html" as the filename suffix and choose "Don't Append" when TextEdit helpfully asks if you want to add the .txt extension or not. Do those two steps (which you only have to do when it's a brand new document, btw) and you'll be fine.<<
Originally Posted By ewenome >>Re post 6, not sure how I determine that. That could be my problem!<< How do you upload the HTML file to your web server? FTP? An online file manager?
Originally Posted By LuLu Thanks, I'll check that link in a second. Re the uploading, I changed the upload preference for text files in Fetch from "Text" to "Raw Data" - still the same.
Originally Posted By LuLu OK brilliant! It was the "Make Plain Text" that did it. Apparently that's new since the last time I updated my page (way too long ago!). Thanks ewenome!
Originally Posted By LuLu Here's the first updated page <a href="http://myads.com/portfolio/" target="_blank">http://myads.com/portfolio/</a> Too many different sizes of art going on, but at least it's working!
Originally Posted By LuLu So who is "ewenome" anyway? ;-) (I know, I know, I should know! :-D But I don't!)
Originally Posted By ewenome Yay! Glad you got it to work! >>So who is "ewenome" anyway? ;-)<< Let's just say that you know me and keep it at that.
Originally Posted By RichardY If you want to edit the page directly in your browser, I suggest www.portello.se Cheers, Richard
