hello...i have a working site that I created with templates...in that template are a set of buttons...i assigned a sound to each button...some of my visitors have said that when the buttons are "rolled over" their computers open their default audio program (musicmatch jukebox) to play the sound. I want to remove the sound files so this dosen't happen anymore. I have tried to remove the actions in both the template and the page, when i preview it works fine...but after i upload my changes to the remote server it always reverts back to the template with the sound..how do i get rid of the sound with out re-doing all the pages with a new template...the site is
www.nlsstudios.com if you want to have a look...any info would be greatly appreciated
thanks
mitch

Remove code similar to this:

MM_controlSound('play','document.CS1102098171358','images/baseball.wav')

what program are you using templates in? That may make a difference...

thanks...i'm using dw...i did remove the code...and i also tried removing the buttons in the template and replacing them without the sound actions. If i look at the codes in the program(dw) it shows they are removed..so i upload them back to the site and the sounds show up again. I did make these changes to the template and also the individual ages...but no matter what they are gone when previewed in dw...but still there on the live sight?....i know i'm missing something somewhere
mitch

Try clearing your cache. If you dont know how to clear your cache, or for some reason it wont clear, add this to the top of the page underneath '<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">':

<META HTTP-EQUIV="CACHE-CONTROL" CONTENT="NO-CACHE">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="PRAGMA" CONTENT="NO-CACHE">

It could be that when you first had sounds on the page, your browser stored them in the cache and keeps loading the page from cache instead of from the server. So what your seeing is the 'old' version of the page if you get what I mean.

Anyway, after you put that code on the site, if it doesnt work, remove it. If it does work, your cache is probably set to not check for updated versions of pages. You can change that setting, but I cant tell you how seeing as I dont know what browser your using.

Also, try your site with the code but DONT leave it there forever as it makes the client's browser download the page from the server every visit. It's like torture for slower-connection users.

Thanks...i will try that...it does make perfect sense...i'll let you know how i make out...thanks again
Mitch

ok...i cleared my cache, applied the code you supplied, unchecked the cache enabling box on my site set-up..deleted the template from my server and uploaded the changed one with out sounds. and i still have the sounds???? actually i did a simple test and removed one of the graphics in the template too...and uploaded the page/template without one of the graphics...and it was still there along with the sound on the live page...it seems i can't make any changes to this template???...i have no idea why...am i down to rebuilding a new template?...and if i did would it even allow me to replace the old one....i have to be missing something here...but i have no idea what it is?..i'd hate to think i had to redo this site without a template so i can make changes to it since there are almost 100 pages using that template...any help?
thanks Mitch
the site is www.nlsstudios.com

Are you uploading the files to the right place or possibly uploading the unchanged files? I know I've done both before.

It sounds like you can change the template since you've been able to do that locally on your computer.

i'm assuming they are going to the right place...everything on this site is within the site and appear in both local and remote folders...i did think maybe i was uploading the wrong file because the template name and the opening page have the same name...but they have different file extentions ie: htm and dtw...does having a file with the same name as a template make a difference?..also i did change both and upload them separately...I also deleted both the template and htm page from the remote and uploaded the changed ones from the local....and yes i can change them on the local computer and actually preview the changes...i know i'm missing something here....just getting frustrating looking for it.
Mitch

I can understand the frustration. The files with the dtw extension are for Dreamweaver only. The ones that will show in the browser are the htm files.

The first site I ever developed was in Dreamweaver and I remember having a similar problem. When I would change the code of one file by hand and then upload it through Dreamweaver the program was reverting the files back to the originals before the changes. I never did bother to figure it out and just hand code sites now. I think it might be the way you're saving your changes. I'm not certain, but I think Dreamweaver forces you to make changes in a certain way if you want to change the template.

I think I did manage to figure out the problem at one point and if I can remember I'll make sure to let you know. It's been a long time though. From what I remember I think once you've created the template you need to edit the dtw files in dreamweaver and then upload the htm files. You never need the dtw files on the server since it's an internal Dreamweaver extension

thank for the info...i guess i'm down to recreating the pages as stand alones instead of templates....i can't figure out anyother way...the only good thing is that the site is still ok for visitors, i just can't make changes to it...so i guess it could be worse....just hate the idea of redoing 100 pages...lol...thanks again
Mitch

nisstar, have you tried looking at the macromedia site to see if there's anything there to help?

http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/

It's worth a shot before you redo the site.

just a quick fyi here to vangogh and mikki...first thank you very much for your help...i think i figured out what i was doing wrong so i thought i would let you guys know...i had a template and an htm page with the same name...naturally i was trying to change the template so it effected all the pages on my site...but as you have informed me that sometimes templates can be fickle...so i was trying to change the htm page with the same name...it was then trying to save it as a template...which didn't work...so the last time i made the change i force it to save as an htm page and guess what it worked....little things mean lot...gain thanks for your help
mitch

nisstar, glad you got it worked out. Think that was the same issue I used to have with Dreamweaver. Think I used to save the template and it would overwrite my html files.

try removing the audio or changing properties in the Page properties.

hong