NVU viewing Problem???

[Jason]

Hello Everyone,

Until yesterday everything with Phase One was going perfect. I just had a couple more adjustments to make to my page before I submitted it for review to Phase Two when I began having trouble editing through NVU. I can open my file and the page pulls up in NVU to edit, but I then click on the source tag at the bottom to do some adjustments and then try to click back on the normal tag to view the changes and nothing happens?? It is like the site is froze and all the tags at the bottom view only the text. Even the preview tag will only display text (like the source)?? Also, when I click back on the source tag the changes I have made before I clicked on the normal tag revert back to the way that they were before I made the changes. I can not change anything and I got it to work once, but since then it will not?? I have uninstalled the NVU program and installed it again and the same ... no different! I even looked on the NVU forum and nothing like this was explained as a problem. I did notice that they mentioned something about trying to download KompoZer as a solution. I did this and everything looks exactly like NVU, but it did not change my problem. I have gotten really used to using NVU and would like to continue, but I am stuck!! If you have any suggestions I would greatly appreciate them ... getting really frustrated and was so close to Phase Two!! Help is greatly needed! Maybe another download that is similar to NVU if no fix for this problem? I have no prior experience with HTML and just getting used to it ... having fun!! Thanks in advance, Jason

[shing]

Hi Jason,

This has happened to me before, as well. So sorry about your trouble. It's got to be driving you crazy!

I think I've learned that nvu doesn't like source code. You need to remain on the 'normal' view as much as possible. If you have html code to add, go to 'insert' and then 'html' and add it there.

With nvu, you sort of have to be committed to wysiwyg, unfortunately. If you are learning html and want to practice, do it separately - away from nvu. And don't open up another editor and load your site in both at the same time.

Stay in 'normal' view. Don't go into source, don't go into preview, and don't go into whatever that other view is. I speak from experience! I hope you can get your site back so you can continue working toward phase 2 right away!!

Shawna

[troyzone]

Hi Jason,

I'm not sure if this is the problem or if there really is a bug of some sort, but I've found that as your web page gets rather large, it takes more time to switch between different views. I have a pretty fast computer with a lot of memory (1 GB of RAM) and even it doesn't switch right away between Normal and Source on large pages, sometimes it lags a bit.

If you have a slow computer or it doesn't have a lot of memory, this could take some time for the computer to process all the html info while switching from one view to another. During this process, the program will appear to hang or freeze until it completes its operation. Try leaving it for a while and see if it eventually comes out of it.

Jason, I'm not sure if the web page in your signature is the current one you are having difficulty with, but I just tried copying the source and pasting it into NVU on my computer and I was able to switch to the various views and make edits successfully.

Troy

[happymom]

Hi Jason-

I encounter some problems in NVU similar to yours. I find that when I edit my source code, it doesn't always let you change to normal view. When it won't go to that page, it won't save either...

I have found that when my NVU acts up like that, it's quicker to exit the program and come back in to try again. I copy the changes I had made to my source code, then exit the program so I won't need to make all the changes again. Then I just come back in and try again.

For some reason, I always figured I have some sort of bug on my computer....but I have good days with NVU, and bad days. Some days are quite frustrating if you're making lots of changes and it's acting up. I have found I need to save frequently, that way I won't be so frustrated when it freezes up. I do one change at a time, then save....Any more, and you'll pull your hair out trying to re-do all the changes you've made. Each time you make a change in the source code and save it, it will go to the normal view...if it doesn't, it didn't save your changes...When it does that, make sure you copy your changes in source code, then exit NVU, and re-open NVU and your site. Then paste the changes you've made.

I actually like making my changes in the source code and not the normal view, it helps me understand html & how it's working....
you could try the way Shawna does it & may be that will save you some headaches!

Good Luck!

Julie