<head> tag is in a locked region

pwbiggs · #1 (**permalink**) Dec 24th, 2007, 10:57

In Dreamweaver CS3, when I try to Insert\Spry\Spry Menu Bar, in a document based on a template I get the message “required links could not be added to this file because the <head> tag is in a locked region....”

I get similar problems adding other components, such as a flash button, that require access to this locked head region. The page title is also locked.

I searched high and low on the web for a solution to this. My CS3 manual says the head and title sections should remain editable when the template is created.

I found a workaround to the flash button problem by adding

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<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="javascript"--><!-- TemplateEndEditable -->

just above '</head>' tag.

But the main solution was simplicity itself and I post this problem and its solution to any other poor newbie who comes across it.

I created a new completely blank template. (my problem template was created from an existing page). The code in the head section for that was

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<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="doctitle" -->
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<!-- TemplateEndEditable -->
<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="head" -->
<!-- TemplateEndEditable -->
</head>

These show the editable regions which CS3 missed out when it created my template. I pasted the begin and end comments around my <title> and added the two editable head lines just above my </head> and so far all is well.

Two other frustrating things newbies to CS3 might come across..
DIV tag rendered OK in Dreamweaver CS3 but not in browsers.
Answer: Don't start DIV tag names with numbers

Buttons centered in Dreamweaver page but rendered left justified in browsers.
Answer. The center tag had an associated text style. i.e.

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<p align="center" class="TextType1">

Remove the tag and its style, then reapply the center tag.

welshstew · #2 (**permalink**) Dec 24th, 2007, 11:49

thanks for the heads up

Stuart · #3 (**permalink**) Dec 24th, 2007, 18:14

Yeah, thanks for that! I never use templates though, so I'm not worrying...

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