Dear Janine,

Thank you for making the DVD Dreamweaver CS3 (Total Training) lessons on creating Web sites. I have found your instruction method to be clear and easy to understand. I have found one or two places where your lessons might have included more clarifying information but did not, yet know this could also have been just an example of my missing something. The point is, I have very much enjoyed working with you via DVD, and now want to FTP the 60-plus page site.

Some time ago I subscribed to WebAssist so as to gain access to their many extensions. I have not downloaded anything as of yet so that if I suddenly experience some kind of difficulty, I will not have to isolate the one from the other to further isolate/identify its cause. So far, all well and good. Are you still with me?

A couple of weeks ago, WebAssist made available an extension upgrade called Surveyor 1.0.5; perhaps you are familiar with it. I decided to give it a try, using a copy of my Web site, in case problems should arise. Unthinkingly, for a moment forgetting everything you had taught me, I simply dragged the entire site to my other dedicated partitioned 1-terabyte HD, on which I intended to test Surveyor. Perhaps you know where I am going with this?

Suddenly I have files searching for their images or graphics. And when I actually can view an image on, say, Firefox and then attempt to test the links, nothing works as before, even though they worked perfectly prior to my dragging the entire site’s Root Folder to another partition. When trying to view via browser, I sometimes have an image, sometimes not. The more I read the more fearful I become that I may further damage the site; so I ask you, what can I do to remedy my major fopah? Is there anything I can do, or have I completely screwed everything up? Can you please help me?

Thank you, Janine.
Jamie

Hi Jamie,

From what you’ve written, it appears that you’ve moved your main root folder for your site and Dreamweaver is having trouble keeping track of your links and image references.

You have a couple of options. You can move the folder back to exactly where it was before, without changing an folder names, and Dreamweaver should find it again.

If you want to leave it where it is, or don’t want to move it back exactly, you can use Dreamweaver Site Management features to reset the root folder (just follow the basic site setup features I cover at the beginning of almost every one of my video lessons).

Once Dreamweaver knows where the root folder is again, you should be back on track, and if any images or links were broken in the meantime, they should be pretty easy to fix (consider using Dreamweaver’s Link Checking options to make sure).

You may also benefit from understanding that you can have more than one copy of the same web site on your hard drive; you just have to treat them as different sites in Dreamweaver. That means you’ll need to keep each copy in its own folder and then go through the site setup process using Dreamweaver’s Site Management dialog for each site separately. You can name them something like site1 and site2 so you can keep track.

A good practice is making a backup copy for testing new features, especially features as complex as the ones you can get from Web Assist.

Sorry I don’t have much experience with Web Assist, but I hope this helps you with your Dreamweaver challenges.

I wish you all the best with your Web site,
Janine

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