Dreamweaver not laying out page properly

[Delameko]

Hi,

previously we've been writing webpages with EditPad. We decided to take the plunge and pick up Dreamweaver. But when we open our website (which displays correctly in both IE and FF, and Frontpage) in Dreamweaver, most of the formating seems to be lost.

We have a table across the top of the page and three vertical ones sitting side by side beneath it, and a couple of others below that.

When we open the page in DW all these tables end up sitting on top of each other, with various other elements and cells.

Is this just some visual/display option we've missed? Depreciated tags we've used? Is there a simple fix without needing to redesign the whole page?

Thank you for any light you can shed on the situation.

 

[lebisol]

Hi Delameko,
1st of...great move to get DW you will not regret ones you get comfortable with its functions. Unfortunatelly 'importing' into DW or dealig with any custom code can be a pain.

I would start with:

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14031

It never is really 100% I would open a code view and start from there. Basic code should be displayed correctly but keep in mind that DW does produce its own related code that is not found in other apps.
You can never beat manual cleanup of code....Find & Repleace is your friend.
Hope the link moves you in the right direction.
All the best!

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