My contact page is displaying without any content after inserting a simple form

Hello~

I added a simple contact form to my page and now it's displaying without any content. It looks like some of the web assist paths aren't pointing to the correct folder, but I wanted to check with you before I start editing the code that was automatically generated.

Here's the link: http://www.prodew.com/prodew_2013/info/contact.php

Thanks!

When a page displays blank, it means a php error has occurred, add the following to line 1 of the form page to turn on error reporting to help troubleshooting:

<?php



error_reporting(E_ALL);



ini_set('display_errors','on');



?>

This is the line it's having trouble with....

<?php virtual("/webassist/form_validations/wavt_scripts_php.php"); ?>

I've added forms to lots of sites without problem, and this is the first time I've seen webassist generate these lines. There are two virtual lines that it generated:

<?php virtual("/webassist/form_validations/wavt_scripts_php.php"); ?>
<?php virtual("/webassist/form_validations/wavt_validatedform_php.php"); ?>

Why did it do that? And when I change the code to point to the local folder, the page still doesn't display.
This is the first time that I've added a form to a site that is check-out-able on Dreamweaver. Even though I have the server set to 'local' rather than 'remote,' it's still generating the lines as 'virtual.'

Thanks for your help!

I can't account for why the wizard assigns php virtual to your page, perhaps its a new thing - maybe Jason can help with that.

However, you can try the following, replacing the lines as follows...

<?php virtual("/webassist/form_validations/wavt_scripts_php.php"); ?>
<?php virtual("/webassist/form_validations/wavt_validatedform_php.php"); ?>

with

<?php require_once("../webassist/form_validations/wavt_scripts_php.php"); ?>
<?php require_once("../webassist/form_validations/wavt_validatedform_php.php"); ?>

(note you may need to change the path slightly in your particular instance)

Yeah... I did that without success. I realized that my extensions here on my home computer were older versions, so I've deleted the contact form, downloaded the updated extensions, and I'm installing them now. Then I plan to disconnect Dreamweaver from the server, add the contact form again, and then re-upload all the files to the server. I'll let you know how that works....

Thanks again for your help~


Update: That worked. At least the page is displaying.... I need to test the form, but I'm hopeful...

I noticed that there's a '_notes' folder that was generated in both the root folder and the content folder where the 'contact' page is located. These folders weren't there before updating the webassist extensions.... they're empty, but I'm wondering why there're there.

Thanks! Have a good morning~

  I can't account for why the wizard assigns php virtual to your page, perhaps its a new thing - maybe Jason can help with that.  

That's a Dreamweaver site setting.

When setting up the site, there is an option to Create Links relative to:
Site / Document

If you use Site, Dreamweaver uses the virtual() function for including files, if you select document it uses the require_once() function.

  I noticed that there's a '_notes' folder that was generated  

Also Dreamweaver. The _notes folder is created by Dreamweaver. it does not have anything to do with the webassist extensions.

In the Site settings, there is a section for Design Notes, if you save design notes, they are stored to the notes folder.

Go to File -> Design Notes to enter notes for a page.