+ADwAIQ-DOCTYPE Gibberish

[robst]

Hi Folks,

I’m getting a bunch of gibberish: “+ADwAIQ-DOCTYPE..” when I open a file in my web editing software (Dreamweaver). At first it displayed the contact page correctly, but when I went to open the file the next day to make edits, I keep getting this non-sense (random symbols/letters/numbers).

Has anyone encountered this before, and what did you do to resolve the problem? It doesn’t matter if I bring this in Notepad, etc…I get the same gibberish.

Thanks for your assistance,
R.S.

[Roxon]

What is the file extension/file type?

[robst]

Hey Roxon, It’s an HTML file. Geez, I forgot to post the link. Here we go: http://mcculloughmarcom.com/frontline/contact.html

strangely enough, the page appears fine in I.E. and then garbled in Safari/Firefox. I did some additional research this evening, and possibly it might have something to do with old UTF encoding. I never found a solution or a work-a-around as of yet.

Thanks for your response,
R.S.

[TheDoc]

The only search result I found interesting was something mentioning Front Page. But you and that person seem to be the only two people on the planet to have experienced this!

[Roxon]

Yeah and stop using Dreamweaver – immediately.

[TheDoc]

Definitely not Dreamweaver’s fault.

If you’re on Windows, it is certainly one of the better options.

[robst]

Hey Guys, Thanks for the feedback! I, too, have found that this is a possible Frontpage issue as well.

Mark–I tried that–copying the code from I.E. and then pasting into Notepad, and I still got the same gibberish.

I use an equal combination of Notepad and Dreamweaver, but this is the first time I’ve encountered this “strange phenomenon!” inside of Dreamweaver. hehe :) I’m gonna keep researching and see what I can find in terms of a fix. Thanks everyone for posting your findings as well.

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