saving changes in Notepad [Moved from IE]

fuzzyhat · 03-24-2008, 02:13 PM

I designed my website(s) using PrintShop22. I ran them thru an html validator which suggested I add a few lines of code at the beginning for search engines to crawl. So I did, but Notepad won't save the changes. Any suggestions?
www.raptureink.com

**Go The Power** · 03-25-2008, 01:11 AM

Hello and welcome to TSF

I have moved your thread to web design as I think you will get more help there.

**Jaxo** · 03-26-2008, 12:03 AM

Hello fuzzyhat,

First thing I would want to know is if you get any kind of error message when you try to save it? You are using vista, correct? From a search online it sounds like security issues can keep notepad from saving the changes.

Perhaps you can try this?

Select the 'Save as type' to All Files, then save it to the desktop. Replace the original (after backing it up) with the version on the desktop.

Let us know if this works.

wowfood · 03-26-2008, 12:14 AM

if that doesn't work i have the simple method i use whenever any text editor won't save.

Once changes are made, highlight everything, and press ctrl+c.

Now open a new textpad thing and press ctrl+v

now save and voila no problems because its a fresh save :P

**sobeit** · 03-26-2008, 12:16 AM

try saving the page in notepad as a .txt file, then rename it to html in windows explorer. If that does not work, try windows wordpad.

fuzzyhat · 03-26-2008, 11:22 AM

Thank you Sobeit666, yours' was the correct solution. What started my whole Notepad experience was trying to add code at the beginning to specify DOCTYPE. I don't know how to write code (yet) so I tried to copy and paste a few lines I found so that SE crawlers would find my site easlily.
After I added the code I tried an html validator and it went crazy so I removed the code that I added yesterday and now I'm back to square 2.

fuzzyhat · 03-26-2008, 11:22 AM

Thank you Sobeit666, yours' was the correct solution. What started my whole Notepad experience was trying to add code at the beginning to specify DOCTYPE. I don't know how to write code (yet) so I tried to copy and paste a few lines I found so that SE crawlers would find my site easlily.
After I added the code I tried an html validator and it went crazy so I removed the code that I added yesterday and now I'm back to square 2.

**Jaxo** · 03-26-2008, 11:45 PM

Glad you figured out the notepad problem.

For your doctype issue you briefly touched on I think I have a solution for you. The below code was pulled from http://www.w3schools.com/ which is a great resource if you haven't already checked them out. Looking at your code I would figure doctype of html 4.01 transitional. So you would want to add below code at the top of the document.

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC
"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

If you read up on the html tutorial on w3schools website it will give you more information on why I think the doctype above works for your document. It will also help you get your code ready for validation.

03-24-2008, 02:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
fuzzyhat Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Vista	saving changes in Notepad [Moved from IE] I designed my website(s) using PrintShop22. I ran them thru an html validator which suggested I add a few lines of code at the beginning for search engines to crawl. So I did, but Notepad won't save the changes. Any suggestions? www.raptureink.com

03-25-2008, 01:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
Go The Power Moderator, Microsoft Support Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Australia Posts: 10,718 OS: Windows XP Home SP2 Blog Entries: 1	Re: saving changes in Notepad Hello and welcome to TSF I have moved your thread to web design as I think you will get more help there. __________________ Merry Christmas

03-26-2008, 12:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jaxo Design Team Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Deming, NM Posts: 291 OS: XP SP2 & Vista	Re: saving changes in Notepad [Moved from IE] Hello fuzzyhat, First thing I would want to know is if you get any kind of error message when you try to save it? You are using vista, correct? From a search online it sounds like security issues can keep notepad from saving the changes. Perhaps you can try this? Select the 'Save as type' to All Files, then save it to the desktop. Replace the original *(after backing it up)* with the version on the desktop. Let us know if this works.

03-26-2008, 12:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
wowfood Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 66 OS: WinXP home	Re: saving changes in Notepad [Moved from IE] if that doesn't work i have the simple method i use whenever any text editor won't save. Once changes are made, highlight everything, and press ctrl+c. Now open a new textpad thing and press ctrl+v now save and voila no problems because its a fresh save :P __________________ Mobo: Asus Striker II Formula skt 775 Ram: 2x Corsair 2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz in dual channel Processor: intel q6600 quad core, 2.4ghz HD: 2 x Maxtor 500GB 1x Maxtor 1000gb PSU: Tagan 700w ATX2 Power Supply Sound: Asus soundcard that came with mobo GPU: 2x MSI 7900 GT/GTO 512mb memory in SLi

03-26-2008, 12:16 AM	#5 (permalink)
sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 6,174 OS: windows/linux	Re: saving changes in Notepad [Moved from IE] try saving the page in notepad as a .txt file, then rename it to html in windows explorer. If that does not work, try windows wordpad. __________________ Do not feed the trolls.

03-26-2008, 11:22 AM	#6 (permalink)
fuzzyhat Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Vista	Re: saving changes in Notepad [Moved from IE] Thank you Sobeit666, yours' was the correct solution. What started my whole Notepad experience was trying to add code at the beginning to specify DOCTYPE. I don't know how to write code (yet) so I tried to copy and paste a few lines I found so that SE crawlers would find my site easlily. After I added the code I tried an html validator and it went crazy so I removed the code that I added yesterday and now I'm back to square 2.

03-26-2008, 11:22 AM	#7 (permalink)
fuzzyhat Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Vista	Re: saving changes in Notepad [Moved from IE] Thank you Sobeit666, yours' was the correct solution. What started my whole Notepad experience was trying to add code at the beginning to specify DOCTYPE. I don't know how to write code (yet) so I tried to copy and paste a few lines I found so that SE crawlers would find my site easlily. After I added the code I tried an html validator and it went crazy so I removed the code that I added yesterday and now I'm back to square 2.

03-26-2008, 11:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
Jaxo Design Team Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Deming, NM Posts: 291 OS: XP SP2 & Vista	Re: saving changes in Notepad [Moved from IE] Glad you figured out the notepad problem. For your doctype issue you briefly touched on I think I have a solution for you. The below code was pulled from http://www.w3schools.com/ which is a great resource if you haven't already checked them out. Looking at your code I would figure doctype of html 4.01 transitional. So you would want to add below code at the top of the document. Code: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> If you read up on the html tutorial on w3schools website it will give you more information on why I think the doctype above works for your document. It will also help you get your code ready for validation. __________________ Help TSF Fight Cancer! Web Developer Tools: Firebug for Firefox \| IE Developer Toolbar \| Run multiple versions of IE