Well, I always start with creating a root folder in my Sites Folder. I have one folder for experiments, but this site is created from scratch in its own root folder.
Bizarre is that on the same page some links work perfectly from the first moment, and others simply won't work. I follow the same procedure for both.
What's more, I'm a bit old fashioned, so I create basic pages (not DW templates as these block the head of the page) and these I add content to and save as-, so all identical data is indeed identical.
I create my new pages by right-clicking on the root folder, or folder inside that one and choosing "new link". This way the page is automatically saved. I also have the habit of saving anything (not only in DW) after any important change.
I do use a rollover, but apart from that only tables., and when things would be too complicated, nested tables. Nothing special there.
I create my links inside DW, mostly by using the point to file icon to the page I want to link to. Controlling in design/code view together shows how the code updates, and the link is formed. Inside DW the links are there (were there: I haven't reopened after a cold start for the night and day). But neither in the browser, nor in its view>code, not in Notepad the links are there. So the page is saved with a dummy # .
To be honest, I wonder why they use this # instead of the better javascript:;
I must sort this out, and I will (of course!), but it's discourageing when first I had to enter manually those tabular data, and now this...I'm afraid I will have to add all the links manually. Partly this can be done by using templates and creating specific editable regions, but I will still have to do more than a hundred links by hand, and may not forget a single one. This is not why I bought DW in the first place!
Yet, as I had no problems before with any of the previous versions of my site, I'm willing to think it might be something corrupted, or eventually badly loaded.
It's just that I want my things to work. I cannot "travel through the jungle" without trusting on my compass, knife and camera. When you've been painting for twelve hours, and then want to add another step in that site, which proves to be corrupted by bad mortar, the kerosene in the blood rises...
Thanks for your replies.
I'll keep you informed. (feel like B. must feel about his war right now!)
