Thanks, John: No, absolute addressing isn't the issue, plus it's not
very practical for local testing (that yields performance issues with
some of my dodgier hosts).

BBEdit! Now *there's* a thought. Thanks for the tip; I will definitely
check that out. I haven't used that app in years and I probably should
refamiliarize myself with it, anyway.

Marcus Duke

> From: John Williscroft <design@icatching.co.uk>
> Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:43:01 +0100
> Subject: Re:
> Dreamweaver_hangs_when_invoking_design_view_external_links_implicated
>
> 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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