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Hi Everyone,

I'm in a lot of trouble :o

When I moved everything over to my new HD, I put DW MX 2004 on my computer & something happened to my template.

It's not showing all the images the way it did b4.

Please Please if someone knows DW 2004 really really well, can you please help me to fix it.

I have no way to change my site. :eek:

You can PM or IM me

Thanks at ton in advance.


Michelle

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Short summary and focused checklist that complements the replies from , and .

Moving a site to a new drive commonly breaks one of three things: the site definition Dreamweaver uses to locate files, the template-to-page relationship, or the actual file locations used by pages/CSS. The suggestions already posted point in the right directions; the steps below give a practical order to isolate and fix the problem.

  • Verify the image files themselves. From the OS file browser open a few of the image files (not just the pages) to confirm they survived the move and are not zero bytes or corrupt.
  • Confirm Dreamweaver is pointed at the folder you moved. If the local site root or the site entry Dreamweaver is using still references the old location, pages will show broken image links even though files exist elsewhere.
  • Open the template file directly. If images embedded in the template are missing there, the template’s references need correcting or the template file may need to be re-saved so pages can pick up its assets again.
  • Check images used via CSS (background images). Those URLs are resolved relative to the CSS file location, not the HTML file, so a moved stylesheet can break visual elements while inline <img> tags remain OK.
  • Confirm nothing relied on files kept outside the site folder (a common shortcut). Any external folders must have been moved or the references must be updated.

Quick isolation test: make a tiny test page in the same folder that references one image by a simple filename and open it in a browser. If the browser can load the image, the issue is Dreamweaver’s site/config metadata; removing and re-creating the site definition in Dreamweaver will force it to re-index. If the browser cannot load it, correct the file placement or the reference. Back up the template and site files before doing bulk find/replace or reapplying templates.

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Can you be more detailed about the problem?

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If your images have disappeared, then the directory structure might have changed, or the cache might need to be re-created, try clicking the menu button in the Files bar and choosing Recreate cache from the Site menu.

Or, I might be completely wrong... :)

J

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I suggest you to check the path of your images. Just click on "code" tab or check the path in "src" in properties panel in Dreamweaver. The chances are that you might have changed drive names (C, D or E) in new HD.
(for examples: file:///E|/foldername/images/imagename.jpg)

Regards,
Rakesh

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