Dreamweaver CS5 When testing says Web Page Not Found?

Question

I have Dreamweaver CS5 Trial and I have 21 days left. When the trial ends Ill upgrade to the full thing afterwards. Anyway Im making a site and whenever I Preview in Browser the images I have including the banner, all come up with a tiny white page in the middle of the image and have three shapes inside. No matter what browser I use (chrome, firefox 3.6, ie 9) that some thing happens so I cant see any of the pictures. Now for the main question:
When I do preview it comes up with the homepage which is fine, but when I click on the hyperlink it says this(Ive c+p every word from the page that comes up):
This web page is not found.

No web page was found for the web address: file:///C:/index.html

More information on this error
Below is the original error message

Error 6 (net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND): The file or directory could not be found.


BTW I CLICKED ON MORE INFORMATION

So why does this come up, and you'll probably say that I page isnt there but I CLEARLY did the links and I havent done any renaming or page deleting!!! And when I go into the Dreamweaver Design editor, I highlight and right-click on the text with the hyperlink and click on Open Linked Page it opens the correct page in a new tab so why doesnt this work on the preview?!!!?!?!?!?!?

PLEASE help because I dont want to go to all of the trouble of uploading the site and finishing it and everything but then the pictures and links dont work!!!

Answer 1

You will be paying big bucks for a web editor that is nowhere worth it. There are so many free editors out there that you can use that do just as good a job or better.



The file:/// path is to your hard drive. You have to make sure that you use relative paths only. Be sure DW's options are set to use relative paths and not a full path as each full path will be referenced to your hard drive which will break ALL paths online. This, file:///C:/index.html, indicates that you are putting all your files in the root directory of your hard drive. A big no-no. You need to set up an exact directory structure as you will use on the server.



In fact, DW requires that you make a Projects folder so all files will be present and paths correct when you upload the files to a web server. If no projects folder, then some files may not be uploaded to server and those paths will be broken.



Web Editors (Many Free):



WYSIWYG Editor List: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTML_editors#WYSIWYG_editors

25 Useful WYSIWYG Editors Reviewed: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/05/06/25-wysiwyg-editors-reviewed/

Basic text editors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTML_editors#Basic_text_editors

Comparison of HTML editors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_HTML_editors

HTML Editor Reviews - http://www.wdvl.com/Reviews/HTML/



How to Make a Webpage:



Full Web Building Tutorials: http://www.w3schools.com/

Beginner's HTML Tutorial: http://www.htmlbasix.com/

How to Create a Webpage: http://www.make-a-web-site.com/

http://www.w3schools.com/site/default.asp

So, you want to make a Web Page!: http://www.pagetutor.com/html_tutor/index.html



Ron

Answer 2

Web Page Not Found

Answer 3

C:/index.html is your computer, not the site. You're going to have to learn how websites actually work, so you can manhandle Dreamweaver into working right. Or just download Notepad++ http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/download.php (it's free) and learn to do the work yourself. (It's easier to learn web development than it is to make Dreamweaver work right.)



Write the site (using Dreamweaver, Notepad++ or anything else), upload it to the server (which can be on your computer for testing) and test it in your browser. (Dreamweaver is basically a useless program that you pay $400 for - and then learn how useless it is.)

Answer 4

You should just be able to view as html... you don't have internet explorer? Sorry I can't really be of any help

Answer 5

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