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Hi Camille,

Normally you can't lock out a web site. If you have permission to the FTP account (uploading and downloading files) then you can make changes.

The code you sent me uses library items, which are covered on our Dreamweaver Intermediate course.

A library item is a snippet of code, kept in an .lbi file. Whenever the contents of the .lbi file are changed, Dreamweaver goes through all the files in the site and searches for code like this: <!-- #BeginLibraryItem "/newlib/language_bar.lbi" --> and updates the library item on each page. It's a quick way to make a simple or large change across a lot of pages within your site.

Library code should be highlighted a light yellow colour in Dreamweaver code view. Dreamweaver does lock out code that is linked to library items. This maintains consistency over all the pages that use the library items.

To edit a library item, click the text. The whole library item should be highlighted. Now look at the properties panel. You should see information about the library item, including a button to edit it. It will open as a separate file in Dreamweaver. Once you make changes and save, Dreamweaver should update all files that use the library item. You'll then need to upload all files that were updated back to the web server.

So on your local machine, you should have these folders within the root folder:
/newlib
/library/2left-col/en/

If you don't have them, try to download them from the server. However, the library items may have only existed on your ex-colleague's local machine (you don't actually have to upload the library items to the server). If you can't find the library items, you can re-create them by copying and pasting the code from any page that uses them into a new library item, and save the library item as the same name.

eg.
<!-- #BeginLibraryItem "/newlib/language_bar.lbi" -->
The library item is called language_bar.lbi and is in a folder called newlib.

I hope this helps. Let me know if you get stuck.

Regards, Rich