Hi
Does it make any difference with absolute addressing rather than
relative (i.e. /css/main.css). Are there any odd characters in the
css files (if you have Bbedit on the Mac, 'zap gremlins'). ?

Perhaps there's just some oddity in the css that DW3 finds hard to
render.

best rgds
john

On 25 Sep 2009, at 20:40, Marcus Duke wrote:

> Can anyone tell me why my DW CS3 (three different computer
> installations OS X, plus client using Windows) hangs the first time
> I switch from code to design view for files containing the CSS
> external links listed below? Hangs last about 40-45 seconds.
>
> The test file is at http://coenv.washington.edu/about/
> design_test.shtml. Details of possible importance:
>
> Removing all the external css links eliminates the hang (retaining/
> deleting the .js link has no effect). Adding any one external css
> link restores the hang. Eliminating the in-file CSS and the
> conditional statements makes no difference (nor rearranging the
> sequence of components in the header, to the extent that's
> possible). I'm stumped.
>
>> <script type="text/javascript" src="../p7pmm/p7PMMscripts.js"></
>> script>
>> <link href="../header/header2nds.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/
>> css" media="all" />
>> <link href="../css/main.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
>> media="all" />
>> <link href="../css/footer.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
>> media="all" />
>> <link href="../p7pmm/p7PMMh07_2nd.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/
>> css" media="all" />
>>
>> <style type="text/css" media="all">
>> <!--
>> #content {
>> background-image: url(../img/about_bkgdphoto.jpg);
>> background-color: #43343B;
>> background-repeat: no-repeat;
>> }
>> #text {
>> background-image: url(../img/transparent_bkgd.png);
>> }
>>
>> #text table {
>> width: 615px;
>> margin-top: 1em;
>> border: 2px ridge #777777;
>> }
>>
>> #text tr.altcolor {
>> background-color: #FFCC99;
>> }
>>
>> #text td.name, #text th.name {
>> padding-left: .4em;
>> width: 245px;
>> }
>>
>> -->
>> </style>
>
> Marcus Duke
> Webmaster/Info Specialist
> UW Aquatic & Fishery Sciences





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