Unreadable Code

Hi,
I'm new to web design. Im learning Dreamweaver MX 2004. I tried to load a pre-design practice page in the HTML editor and I got a bunch of unreadable codes. Here's a couble of line sample:
tŒY´CWˆ:·ë‰t~ÆÿŠ
Ÿþû$ÿûRÀP¿[¬¼Il!,)†•r
¡“¬y{LÁ܆EcÌRœ_pk&¯ó|²³1T¨·èVc{ª—_ëu˜ó\ €ƒ!S-Ï%uË…O6O×81ž‚I¹$  ¾

I tried diffrent encoding parameter but nothing worked.

What gives? Is this some sort of encryption?

 

Is it an SWF or PDF ?

 

Yup, Joebert's on the right track. That's not encryption, it's just what you get when you take something like an image or a movie file and try to open it in a text editor. There's no text in that file, so whatever dreambeaver uses to turn the image into html hasn't done that yet.

 

Hi All,

The file I loaded was supposed to be just a basic index.html file. Though I did get it from a burnt disk. Maybe that the issue

 

Yes, I think so. File is corrupted.

 

Same place you got Dreamweaver? Don't go downloading updates from the Macromedia site.

 

If you plug "tÅ’Y" into Google, you get nothing but PDF & SWF format results. I think you either accidently opened a PDF or SWF, or the file got renamed somehow.

I don't know if the file is "corrupted" per say, probably just label with the wrong extension. Depending on what else is in your folder with it, I think it could either be a supporting SWF, or a sort of readme PDF.

If you're not worried about where the file came from, rename it to "filename.pdf" & try to open it with Acrobat reader. If it doesn't want to open there rename it to "filename.swf" & try to open it in your web browser. If that doesn't do it, try renaming it "filename.zip" & see if Explorer will open it as a compressed archive for a last-ditch effort.

If none of that works, I'd throw it out.

 

Hi all,

Thanks for the info but nothing seems to work so far. This is a long shot, but does anyone have the execise files for Lynda.com Learning Dreamweaver MX (2004)?

Thanks