Encountered an improper argument -...

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Tom wrote:
I encountered an improper argument once. I call her the ex. :lol:

Thanks Tom. I was drinking a pop while reading this and it came out my nose. ;)
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Hi All,

I just encountered this problem too. I went back in after killing the software and then noticed my homepage wasn't the first page in the list. So I organised it so it was first and then the problem disappeared...

Spooky.

Scott
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I've encountered the improper argument once. Luckily, it was pretty simple. I was pasting a webpage from one VSD website to another and the page contained links that didn't exist in the second website. Once I corrected or deleted the links, the error message resolved.
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Hi everyone.
I encountered the same problem today, trying to open my website in CoffeCup.
I went to forums trying to figure out the solution, but could not find one, so I tried to figure out the answer on my own.

So if you have the same massage displaying when you try to open your website try to:

COPY YOUR WEBSITE FOLDER (example_website) AND YOUR WEBSITE VSD DOCUMENT TO YOUR DESKTOP OR ANY OTHER LOCATION ON YOUR COMPUTER. I copied mine to the desktop.

AFTER, DELETE THE OLD FILES YOU COPIED FROM.

NOW, OPEN THE WEBSITE BY CLICKING ON THE COPIED VSD FILE.

Did it work for you too?

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The improper argument still pops up for some users from time to time but most didn't have the latest update. Do you have the latest one?:)
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I still get it from time to time. One thing that triggers it for me is editing text that was copied/pasted from a different source, much like Jeff's example above. I copied some paragraphs from my previous site onto my new site. Clicked in the text box and :mad: improper argument. Fortunately, hitting escape repeatedly usually gets me out of it. I hit CTRL + S a lot to be on the safe side :D
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I too had this message. After looking at your postings here I did something a little different. I too had made a copy page that I planned to edit, including getting ride of some text boxes. Instead of deleting the text in the box, after which I got the message, I just clicked on the whole box (highlighted in blue, instead of red) and deleted that way. Walah! No more message at all and I was able to save everything.

Blessings all.
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I've been getting it only SINCE I updated the my VSD software... argh! I've tried what the others here have done but nothing works for me! This is a brand new site I'm trying to build. With my existing sites, when that popped up the OK box actually works, but everytime I attempt to start a new site I end up getting stuck! again, I say, argh!

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I would open a support topic. If you can replicate it then CC may be able to find the solution to your problem.:)
I can't hear what I'm looking at.
It's easy to overlook something you're not looking for.

This is a site I built for my work.(RSD)
http://esmansgreenhouse.com
This is a site I built for use in my job.(HTML Editor)
https://pestlogbook.com
This is my personal site used for testing and as an easy way to share photos.(RLM imported to RSD)
https://ericrohloff.com

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