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DW to FP

What do I need to know?

Powdork

6:18 am on Nov 23, 2004 (gmt 0)

I've just finished redesigning a site in DWmx for a client that will be editing it in FP 2000. The site uses .css, .js, and has a few flash files embedded. If she edits it can she use the publish to web feature on FP or should I download her an ftp client? Is there a 'don't rewrite the code' function on FP? Is there anything else I should be aware of?
Thanks

bill

12:16 pm on Nov 23, 2004 (gmt 0)

FP will publish using its FTP client if there aren't FP extensions on the target server. There's no need for a separate FTP client.

Powdork

3:59 pm on Nov 23, 2004 (gmt 0)

Thanks,
Do I need to worry about FP messing up the css when she saves files?

bill

4:56 am on Nov 24, 2004 (gmt 0)

I haven't had experience with FP altering external CSS in any way. Depending on the setup FP could add some CSS inline. Sometime a copy & paste from IE or an Office document can introduce some unasked for styling, but this won't happen during a publish/FTP of the site.

Is there a 'don't rewrite the code' function on FP?

I didn't answer this last time did I?

<!--webbot bot="HTMLMarkup" startspan -->[i]nothing in here will be altered by FP[/i]<!--webbot bot="HTMLMarkup" endspan -->

This will work in the body of your page and should stop FP from making any changes. It will make that code inaccessible from the WYSIWYG, and all the user will see is <?> on the screen. To the best of my knowledge this tag will only work between the <body> tags (not in the <head>).

Powdork

5:46 am on Nov 24, 2004 (gmt 0)

Thanks for your help bill. I've convinced her to just download an ftp client and I'll teach her to use it. She'll be saving $3/month on her hosting package w/o the fp extensions anyway. I'll tell her about the cut & paste stuff. Now if I can teach her that the 'enter' key is not the same as a typewriter's 'return' key we should be okay.

Sometime a copy & paste from IE or an Office document can introduce some unasked for styling, but this won't happen during a publish/FTP of the site.

And firefox. I just tried to cut and paste that code in there.

pageoneresults

5:53 am on Nov 24, 2004 (gmt 0)

Almost everything you need to know right here in a previous topic...

Things to be aware of when using FrontPage [webmasterworld.com]

DW to FP

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