Dreamweaver - Front-page and Dreamweaver

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Front-page and Dreamweaver

PRWOODING

2004-03-09, 1:30 pm

I have been asked to maintain a web site. The problem is, this particular web
site has been built and edited in front-page. Is it possible to download the
site onto my PC and then edit it in Dreamweaver rather than front-page?

Murray *TMM*

2004-03-09, 1:30 pm

Yes - sure.

Will FP ever touch the site again? If not, then you should convert it AWAY
from FP. If so, then you should run quickly out the door and catch a plane
to Cabo San Lucas.

Assuming you can get FTP access to the site, here is the procedure -

1. I'd define a Dreamweaver site that points to a location on your hard
drive for the local site's root, and to the current FP site as the remote
site
2. I'd use Dreamweaver (if your host supports FTP connections) to download
the remote site to the root of the site you just defined on the hard drive.
This will
pick up all the pages *after* webbot action so that shared borders and all
are already present. This will also pick up all of the server script
(Note - in the event that you are not able to connect using FTP since some
FP hosts block that protocol, you will have to use a third party 'site
copier' like Black Widow, QuadSucker, or WebCopier, to connect and download
using http protocols. Doing it this way will *not* retrieve any of your
server-script code. You will have to recreate that in Dreamweaver).

3. I'd create a DW template for the pages that captures the "shared border"
effect.
4. I'd copy and paste content from the FP pages to the template child pages
and then save the new child pages with an easily identifiable nomenclature
that is distinct from what was used on the FP site.
5. When the basic site is completed, I'd upload to some staging area, and
by using the browser, I'd verify that the site (as it exists remotely) is
complete.
6. Then I'd create a new DW site in a new location on the hard drive,
connect to and download all the files from the staging site.

You now have a complete site (minus any of the FP extension server-side
code) that has no FP footprint.

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"PRWOODING" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:c2ku77$pu9$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> I have been asked to maintain a web site. The problem is, this particular
web
> site has been built and edited in front-page. Is it possible to download
the
> site onto my PC and then edit it in Dreamweaver rather than front-page?
>

PRWOODING

2004-03-09, 2:29 pm

Thanks for the reply. I have never used front page before and probably never
will. All I want to do is open up the web site in Dreamweaver and edit it. I
haven't had a chance to read your reply but I will do later on. Assuming that
the person who designed the site originally has done it the way I would in
Dreamweaver, things shouldn't be too difficult. I should be able to define a
new site using the root folder I will download. Anyway, thanks again and I will
read your reply in detail when I have a little more time.

Murray *TMM*

2004-03-09, 2:29 pm

You're welcome!

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Murray --- ICQ 71997575
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"PRWOODING" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:c2l1kp$20c$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Thanks for the reply. I have never used front page before and probably
never
> will. All I want to do is open up the web site in Dreamweaver and edit
it. I
> haven't had a chance to read your reply but I will do later on. Assuming
that
> the person who designed the site originally has done it the way I would in
> Dreamweaver, things shouldn't be too difficult. I should be able to
define a
> new site using the root folder I will download. Anyway, thanks again and I
will
> read your reply in detail when I have a little more time.
>