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I am a newbie to web design and just completed my first with Dreamweaver CS3. Used a tutorial I found on the web and all went great... Created new site, built page, uploaded... looked easy. Have since built the pages I want (only 7-8 pages), tried to put on the site and still getting the original from the tutorial.

I created new site again, then saved my completed home page to the new root file linked to the new site. Tried to put live on the web and once again only getting the original tutorial page.

Any suggestions. I have (in frustration) created a number of new sites in the site manager hoping that I would be "starting clean". I even created a new site, then a new page with only 1 change to the original sample page and I still get the tutorial product after I attempt to 'put' the page online.

Thanks in advance for any help out there.

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Several people have already nailed the likely categories of causes: caching, wrong remote path, file permissions and where Dreamweaver is actually putting your files (, , , , ). The quickest way out is a short, methodical check that separates “upload happened but browser shows old page” from “upload went to the wrong place.”

In Dreamweaver, confirm the exact site that’s active in the Files panel (multiple site definitions can be confusing). Open the site definition and inspect the Servers settings: the remote server must be set as the default/remote and its Root Directory must match the folder the host uses to serve your site. In the Files panel switch to Remote view, then compare the remote file’s timestamp and size with your local copy. Use the Download/Compare feature so you know what the server actually holds.

If the server copy already matches your new page but your browser still shows the tutorial, the issue is caching or DNS. Force a fresh fetch by adding a dummy query string to the URL, test from another network/device, and check for CDN/host caching or reverse-proxy caches. Also verify you uploaded to the same host that the domain resolves to (staging vs production mixups are common). For permissions, files are typically 644 and folders 755 — avoid 777.

If these steps don’t locate the problem, contact the host and give them the exact remote path and filenames you uploaded and a copy of the local file. Quick checklist: confirm active site in Dreamweaver, verify remote root, check remote file contents/timestamps, bypass caches, and confirm DNS/host target.

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Are you using the same file names(just overwriting the existing files in the directory)? If so after you upload it, try to hit refresh on your browser. It is possible the page is cached. I've experienced that with Firefox when I upload my new pages sometimes. Refresh bring in the modified content.

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I have (in frustration) created a number of new sites in the site manager hoping that I would be "starting clean". I even created a new site, then a new page with only 1 change to the original sample page and I still get the tutorial product after I attempt to 'put' the page online.

Are this new sites only local sites or you made changes to your web server and created there new directories? Just to clarify what you doing...

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Thank you for the reply,

I did try your suggestion without success.

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Thank you for the reply,

I did try your suggestion without success.

What suggestion?

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There are just too many unknown variables here. Can you try to clarify with some screenshots of things like your FTP information and maybe links to the pages?

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There are just too many unknown variables here. Can you try to clarify with some screenshots of things like your FTP information and maybe links to the pages?

There is no need for FTP info

  1. It is private information
  2. He is able to able to upload files they just don't seems to work

When you log into your webspace what is the folder structure like htdocs, logs, errors perhaps cgi-bin? And where in this folder structure you uploaded your files?

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Are you changing the file permissions on the server, so the user has permission to have the file?

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I am a newbie to web design and just completed my first with Dreamweaver CS3. Used a tutorial I found on the web and all went great... Created new site, built page, uploaded... looked easy. Have since built the pages I want (only 7-8 pages), tried to put on the site and still getting the original from the tutorial.

I created new site again, then saved my completed home page to the new root file linked to the new site. Tried to put live on the web and once again only getting the original tutorial page.

Any suggestions. I have (in frustration) created a number of new sites in the site manager hoping that I would be "starting clean". I even created a new site, then a new page with only 1 change to the original sample page and I still get the tutorial product after I attempt to 'put' the page online.

Thanks in advance for any help out there.

My suggestion is: You drop your Dreamwaver CS3 completely. For this simple solution:

A. Locate your working folder with finished files you created for your update and open it.
!important: your index.(htm;php; etc) file should be visible in this opened folder.

B. Open IExporer (any version you might have).B.1 Navigate to your site on Iternet ().
B.2 Change the address into: - hit Enter. (you will see at least one folder)B.3a Right-click anywhere else and chose "Login As..."
B.3b In Login fields: type your user name and pasword of your domain.
B.3c Click "Login" button. If your user name and pass., are correct other folders and files will become accessible to you.B.4 See for public_HTML folder and open it.

B. Alt-Tab to your Located folder in Step A; Select and copy all existing files and folders there.

C. Alt-Tab to Explorer window. Paste your copy of the step B. Confirm any file replacement.

D. You're Done.

Navigate to your website in another browser window/tab and meet your new content.

Regards.

Member Avatar for peter_budo

Ouch IE, I thought they forbid the use of this nasty...

Problem A) Creating new site in Dreamweaver may be related to creating new folder structure for each separate project on local pc (it is not clear from original post what thawk1 meant by that)

Problem B) "See for public_HTML folder" this may not exist on the server due the server not being Apache (Tomcat and IIS use different structure) or may be replaced by something else which admin thought to be appropriate (for nearly 2 years freedom 2 surf internet service provider in UK used different folder structure, just before me moving to different ISP they been changing that)

It would be really nice if thawk1 come back and explained all dark are that come out of his post

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