repeating group

[Chris M]

Are any of the objects 'Sticky'? I've had a surprised look on my face more than once when a sticky object makes another dissappear.

[gwpriester]

If you have objects in the header that are sticky, they must all be sticky or stick to top. You cannot mix and match.

Also, make sure the header on all pages (and you may have to do this page by page) are on top (Arrange > Bring to Front).

[CK21]

Thank you so far. I am looking at all the replies. Although not exactly what you have said, I think it is leading me onto the answer (I hope).

[CK21]

Thank you. My theory didn't work, so I am still puzzling. We're not using sticky

On another try - there are two websites, one a tenth of the size of the other, but both have exactly the same repeating header that I am talking about. The smaller one does the right thing - sends up the complete repeating header on preview, as well as being correct in its fully published state.

The larger website's repeating header - exactly the same - shows the missing element on the workspace but doesn't show it on Preview. I have tried all the other browsers. We have also gone through comparing the two settings and layers and everything else I can think of, and they seem exactly the same. I haven't yet sent the faulty site up for publishing, but the smaller site not only does the local publishing all right but is now up and running as a public website, all the time showing all the elements.
If nothing changes I suppose we have to simply copy the header from the smaller website to the large one.

[Chris M]

Would you be able to attach the .web/.xar for us to look at?

[CK21]

Thank you very much. My husband meanwhile as a temporary quick fix simply copied the same header from the smaller website and replaced them on the larger website, the one that was missing one element. This has temporarily solved the problem but we'll have to address it again later.
I'm keen to get this all done asap, as it has had to hang on for a long time, and in fact I'm wondering how one finds people/firms locally that are expert in Xara who could be relied on. I maintained two websites with Dreamweaver for over ten years with no trouble and I thought going over to vector plotting would make the user interface simpler for whoever will take over the websites from me in the future. I don't think I've even got the real hang of it myself yet and am running out of patience a bit! I fear that I shall be back on the forum before long.

[Acorn]

Thank you very much. My husband meanwhile as a temporary quick fix simply copied the same header from the smaller website and replaced them on the larger website, the one that was missing one element. This has temporarily solved the problem but we'll have to address it again later.
I'm keen to get this all done asap, as it has had to hang on for a long time, and in fact I'm wondering how one finds people/firms locally that are expert in Xara who could be relied on. I maintained two websites with Dreamweaver for over ten years with no trouble and I thought going over to vector plotting would make the user interface simpler for whoever will take over the websites from me in the future. I don't think I've even got the real hang of it myself yet and am running out of patience a bit! I fear that I shall be back on the forum before long.

Please do come back.

Next time, consider offering up a bit more as guessing rarely works.

As the repeating group was only three elements, I would have copied & pasted as you have done but compare like for like to see what was different.
Alternatively, I would have started from fresh.

Comparing Dreamweaver to a Xara desktop application is worse than chalk and cheese; Xara is effectively a layout tool with the ability to achieve lots under the hood without looking at code.

As with all such projects, the best advice is start small and goes into the toolset through practice.

Acorn