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Can website created in Dreamweaver be converted to Frontpage?

 
 
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I've inherited the responsibility of updating my saddle club's website. The
gentleman who created it has moved out of the country. He used Dreamweaver to
create the pages. Now, the club wants to purchase FrontPage since it's less
expensive. Will the pages convert from the old program to the new and be
easily edited? Also, which program is more user friendly? Thanks.
 
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      30th Jan 2006
> Now, the club wants to purchase FrontPage since it's less
> expensive.


Hmmm....

> Will the pages convert from the old program to the new and be
> easily edited?


There would be minimal 'conversion', depending on the original pages. Can
you post a link to the site?

> Also, which program is more user friendly?


That would depend entirely on a) your definition of "user friendly" and b)
your knowledge of HTML and CSS. If the latter is close to zero, then FP is
likely your better choice. If the latter is much higher than 40% (rather
arbitrary), then it won't matter which you use.

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"troylynn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I've inherited the responsibility of updating my saddle club's website.
> The
> gentleman who created it has moved out of the country. He used Dreamweaver
> to
> create the pages. Now, the club wants to purchase FrontPage since it's
> less
> expensive. Will the pages convert from the old program to the new and be
> easily edited? Also, which program is more user friendly? Thanks.



 
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      30th Jan 2006
Thanks for your response. The link to the saddle club website is:
http://www.peculiarsaddleclub.org/
My knowledge of HTML is pretty much zero. My experience is in print
publishing and at one time had excellent command of PageMaker and
QuarkXpress.
So, after looking at the website, do you think FrontPage would work for me?
I very much appreciate your response.

"Murray" wrote:

> > Now, the club wants to purchase FrontPage since it's less
> > expensive.

>
> Hmmm....
>
> > Will the pages convert from the old program to the new and be
> > easily edited?

>
> There would be minimal 'conversion', depending on the original pages. Can
> you post a link to the site?
>
> > Also, which program is more user friendly?

>
> That would depend entirely on a) your definition of "user friendly" and b)
> your knowledge of HTML and CSS. If the latter is close to zero, then FP is
> likely your better choice. If the latter is much higher than 40% (rather
> arbitrary), then it won't matter which you use.
>
> --
> Murray
> --------------
> MVP FrontPage
>
>
> "troylynn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:7D95589E-AF46-4E3E-A082-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I've inherited the responsibility of updating my saddle club's website.
> > The
> > gentleman who created it has moved out of the country. He used Dreamweaver
> > to
> > create the pages. Now, the club wants to purchase FrontPage since it's
> > less
> > expensive. Will the pages convert from the old program to the new and be
> > easily edited? Also, which program is more user friendly? Thanks.

>
>
>

 
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      30th Jan 2006
I didn't go through the site - just looked at the page you linked.

You should have no problem with this page and if it's representative of the
rest of the site, then no problem there either. However, the site has two
problems -

1. It uses frames
2. It uses Flash buttons

Both of those can be problems for your visitors.

If it were me, I would recast the site to use flat pages, not frames, and to
use plain text links (or image links) not Flash buttons.

Otherwise, you would just import all of these pages, and their corresponding
images and other files into your newly defined FP site, and you would be
fine.

I do see alot of missing images on the site, for what that's worth. For
example, on the home page, this image is
missing -http://www.peculiarsaddleclub.org/arena641.jpg

Also, the clinics page is not found....

--
Murray
--------------
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"troylynn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:B42A3584-50AA-4511-8808-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for your response. The link to the saddle club website is:
> http://www.peculiarsaddleclub.org/
> My knowledge of HTML is pretty much zero. My experience is in print
> publishing and at one time had excellent command of PageMaker and
> QuarkXpress.
> So, after looking at the website, do you think FrontPage would work for
> me?
> I very much appreciate your response.
>
> "Murray" wrote:
>
>> > Now, the club wants to purchase FrontPage since it's less
>> > expensive.

>>
>> Hmmm....
>>
>> > Will the pages convert from the old program to the new and be
>> > easily edited?

>>
>> There would be minimal 'conversion', depending on the original pages.
>> Can
>> you post a link to the site?
>>
>> > Also, which program is more user friendly?

>>
>> That would depend entirely on a) your definition of "user friendly" and
>> b)
>> your knowledge of HTML and CSS. If the latter is close to zero, then FP
>> is
>> likely your better choice. If the latter is much higher than 40% (rather
>> arbitrary), then it won't matter which you use.
>>
>> --
>> Murray
>> --------------
>> MVP FrontPage
>>
>>
>> "troylynn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:7D95589E-AF46-4E3E-A082-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > I've inherited the responsibility of updating my saddle club's website.
>> > The
>> > gentleman who created it has moved out of the country. He used
>> > Dreamweaver
>> > to
>> > create the pages. Now, the club wants to purchase FrontPage since it's
>> > less
>> > expensive. Will the pages convert from the old program to the new and
>> > be
>> > easily edited? Also, which program is more user friendly? Thanks.

>>
>>
>>



 
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      30th Jan 2006
Thank you very much for your input. I will try to get this website looking
better with FrontPage.

"Murray" wrote:

> I didn't go through the site - just looked at the page you linked.
>
> You should have no problem with this page and if it's representative of the
> rest of the site, then no problem there either. However, the site has two
> problems -
>
> 1. It uses frames
> 2. It uses Flash buttons
>
> Both of those can be problems for your visitors.
>
> If it were me, I would recast the site to use flat pages, not frames, and to
> use plain text links (or image links) not Flash buttons.
>
> Otherwise, you would just import all of these pages, and their corresponding
> images and other files into your newly defined FP site, and you would be
> fine.
>
> I do see alot of missing images on the site, for what that's worth. For
> example, on the home page, this image is
> missing -http://www.peculiarsaddleclub.org/arena641.jpg
>
> Also, the clinics page is not found....
>
> --
> Murray
> --------------
> MVP FrontPage
>
>
> "troylynn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:B42A3584-50AA-4511-8808-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thanks for your response. The link to the saddle club website is:
> > http://www.peculiarsaddleclub.org/
> > My knowledge of HTML is pretty much zero. My experience is in print
> > publishing and at one time had excellent command of PageMaker and
> > QuarkXpress.
> > So, after looking at the website, do you think FrontPage would work for
> > me?
> > I very much appreciate your response.
> >
> > "Murray" wrote:
> >
> >> > Now, the club wants to purchase FrontPage since it's less
> >> > expensive.
> >>
> >> Hmmm....
> >>
> >> > Will the pages convert from the old program to the new and be
> >> > easily edited?
> >>
> >> There would be minimal 'conversion', depending on the original pages.
> >> Can
> >> you post a link to the site?
> >>
> >> > Also, which program is more user friendly?
> >>
> >> That would depend entirely on a) your definition of "user friendly" and
> >> b)
> >> your knowledge of HTML and CSS. If the latter is close to zero, then FP
> >> is
> >> likely your better choice. If the latter is much higher than 40% (rather
> >> arbitrary), then it won't matter which you use.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Murray
> >> --------------
> >> MVP FrontPage
> >>
> >>
> >> "troylynn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:7D95589E-AF46-4E3E-A082-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > I've inherited the responsibility of updating my saddle club's website.
> >> > The
> >> > gentleman who created it has moved out of the country. He used
> >> > Dreamweaver
> >> > to
> >> > create the pages. Now, the club wants to purchase FrontPage since it's
> >> > less
> >> > expensive. Will the pages convert from the old program to the new and
> >> > be
> >> > easily edited? Also, which program is more user friendly? Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >>

>
>
>

 
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      30th Jan 2006
Good luck, troylynn. The more you know about HTML, the easier this will be.

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"troylynn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:957470B0-681F-42D8-A0FC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thank you very much for your input. I will try to get this website looking
> better with FrontPage.
>
> "Murray" wrote:
>
>> I didn't go through the site - just looked at the page you linked.
>>
>> You should have no problem with this page and if it's representative of
>> the
>> rest of the site, then no problem there either. However, the site has
>> two
>> problems -
>>
>> 1. It uses frames
>> 2. It uses Flash buttons
>>
>> Both of those can be problems for your visitors.
>>
>> If it were me, I would recast the site to use flat pages, not frames, and
>> to
>> use plain text links (or image links) not Flash buttons.
>>
>> Otherwise, you would just import all of these pages, and their
>> corresponding
>> images and other files into your newly defined FP site, and you would be
>> fine.
>>
>> I do see alot of missing images on the site, for what that's worth. For
>> example, on the home page, this image is
>> missing -http://www.peculiarsaddleclub.org/arena641.jpg
>>
>> Also, the clinics page is not found....
>>
>> --
>> Murray
>> --------------
>> MVP FrontPage
>>
>>
>> "troylynn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:B42A3584-50AA-4511-8808-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Thanks for your response. The link to the saddle club website is:
>> > http://www.peculiarsaddleclub.org/
>> > My knowledge of HTML is pretty much zero. My experience is in print
>> > publishing and at one time had excellent command of PageMaker and
>> > QuarkXpress.
>> > So, after looking at the website, do you think FrontPage would work for
>> > me?
>> > I very much appreciate your response.
>> >
>> > "Murray" wrote:
>> >
>> >> > Now, the club wants to purchase FrontPage since it's less
>> >> > expensive.
>> >>
>> >> Hmmm....
>> >>
>> >> > Will the pages convert from the old program to the new and be
>> >> > easily edited?
>> >>
>> >> There would be minimal 'conversion', depending on the original pages.
>> >> Can
>> >> you post a link to the site?
>> >>
>> >> > Also, which program is more user friendly?
>> >>
>> >> That would depend entirely on a) your definition of "user friendly"
>> >> and
>> >> b)
>> >> your knowledge of HTML and CSS. If the latter is close to zero, then
>> >> FP
>> >> is
>> >> likely your better choice. If the latter is much higher than 40%
>> >> (rather
>> >> arbitrary), then it won't matter which you use.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Murray
>> >> --------------
>> >> MVP FrontPage
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "troylynn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:7D95589E-AF46-4E3E-A082-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> > I've inherited the responsibility of updating my saddle club's
>> >> > website.
>> >> > The
>> >> > gentleman who created it has moved out of the country. He used
>> >> > Dreamweaver
>> >> > to
>> >> > create the pages. Now, the club wants to purchase FrontPage since
>> >> > it's
>> >> > less
>> >> > expensive. Will the pages convert from the old program to the new
>> >> > and
>> >> > be
>> >> > easily edited? Also, which program is more user friendly? Thanks.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>

>>
>>
>>



 
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