[TIP] How to re use a placeholder

**nickydude** · 13 March 2009, 05:30 PM

Sorry Sledger, should have made it a bit clearer. I have no problem running your example, it's the one on my site that's giving the problems. I'll attach it here.

**steve.ledger** · 13 March 2009, 05:35 PM

Ah ok...

Will test

**steve.ledger** · 13 March 2009, 05:53 PM

OK - looked at, previewed in WD, exported then viewed in all browsers. No problems here, no IE error messages in the preview or in any browser And working fine in Windows 7

Looks like a local problem possibly caused by an IE add-on?
Try disabling them.
Tools->Options->programs->manage addons
Disable one at a time until you find the culprit?

**nickydude** · 13 March 2009, 06:02 PM

Navagate to the YouTube page, then click on the first black square under the large one, see if an error pops up then.

**steve.ledger** · 13 March 2009, 06:07 PM

Yes I did that, tested all of them. No problems

**Boy** · 13 March 2009, 08:07 PM

Still having problems, sledger. I even reinstalled IE7 (7.0.5730.13) and, as you suggested, disabled the add-ins, all of them.

I could just shrug, saying that this is only one set of code that doesn't work. But since you believe it has to do with IE, this is a problem because whenever I want to preview another web page in XWD and I get an error, I will not know whether the problem is caused by faulty code or by IE.

So, it's kind of important to find the culprit. I hope you have another suggestion. Thanks.

**steve.ledger** · 13 March 2009, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by Boy

I could just shrug, saying that this is only one set of code that doesn't work.

Well the <iframe> placeholder code works fine, but not on your PC. Why that is I can't tell because I can't repeat the problem here on any of my systems, so clearly the problem is caused by some other mishandling.

Your two screenshots show javascript errors (invalid character or object expected) which isn't part of the <iframe> placeholder code or the full screen YouTube URL (link) in the .web file.
nickydudes shows the same javascript error.
It might be the way your IE is handling the loading of the YouTube video, as you say - it works for you in FF, so clearly not a WD problem.

Have a look at How to troubleshoot script errors in Internet Explorer 6 and in Internet Explorer 7.

**nickydude** · 13 March 2009, 08:40 PM

Is the in built preview using IE as a base?

**covoxer** · 13 March 2009, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by nickydude

Is the in built preview using IE as a base?

Yes.

**nickydude** · 13 March 2009, 09:00 PM

Ok.

Also, instead of making a new thread (which I can if you want

) I have my page setup as 790 width but when viewing it at 800 x 600 the site is slightly wider than the browser and you have to scroll a little to the right. Does this happen to anyone else?