"Webize" Existing Site on Local Drive

I have an existing Website on my G: drive.
How do I get FrontPage to open it and recognize it as such without importing
it and copying everything to the C: drive?
I just want Frontpage to recognize it and process it and add the files it
needs to add so I can do global edits.
The real key is the ability to do global edits on the pages of the existing
site. (I can already do individual page editing.)

Just use File Open Site and browse to the folder on G: containing the "site" (or your pages)
- if it is not already a FP Site, FP will convert the folder into a FP site

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"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
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"Drew" <Drew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3D6E8FB3-7E09-4EA3-B825-58F80ABBDCEC@microsoft.com...
|I have an existing Website on my G: drive.
| How do I get FrontPage to open it and recognize it as such without importing
| it and copying everything to the C: drive?
| I just want Frontpage to recognize it and process it and add the files it
| needs to add so I can do global edits.
| The real key is the ability to do global edits on the pages of the existing
| site. (I can already do individual page editing.)

Open FrontPage
If a website opens then use File->Close Site (or Close Web) to close it.
File->Open Site / Web

Set Look In to My Computer, then browse to the folder on G drive that holds
your web files.
You will be asked to add files etc. to convert to a web - agree
The site will open.
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Ron Symonds
Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.

"Drew" <Drew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3D6E8FB3-7E09-4EA3-B825-58F80ABBDCEC@microsoft.com...
> I have an existing Website on my G: drive.
> How do I get FrontPage to open it and recognize it as such without
importing
> it and copying everything to the C: drive?
> I just want Frontpage to recognize it and process it and add the files it
> needs to add so I can do global edits.
> The real key is the ability to do global edits on the pages of the
existing
> site. (I can already do individual page editing.)

"Drew" wrote:

> I have an existing Website on my G: drive.
> How do I get FrontPage to open it and recognize it as such without importing
> it and copying everything to the C: drive?
> I just want Frontpage to recognize it and process it and add the files it
> needs to add so I can do global edits.
> The real key is the ability to do global edits on the pages of the existing
> site. (I can already do individual page editing.)

I can do File>Open... and open any single page.
File>Open Web doesn't "see" anything. None of the site's file are recognized
as the file type that Open Web is looking for.
It doesn't ask me to add files etc. to convert to a web.
I don't have a File>Open Site option.
I don't have a File->Open Site / Web option.

Use File Open Web (Site is from the newer versions of FP)
- You will only see folders until you open it (the folder containing your pages) in FP

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_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontP...53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________


"Drew" <Drew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9887EBFF-01E2-4C71-A3C1-66030051032A@microsoft.com...
|I can do File>Open... and open any single page.
| File>Open Web doesn't "see" anything. None of the site's file are recognized
| as the file type that Open Web is looking for.
| It doesn't ask me to add files etc. to convert to a web.
| I don't have a File>Open Site option.
| I don't have a File->Open Site / Web option.

File > Open Site is not available to me.
File > Open Web... does not convert anything for me.
"Stefan B Rusynko" wrote:

> Just use File Open Site and browse to the folder on G: containing the "site" (or your pages)
> - if it is not already a FP Site, FP will convert the folder into a FP site
>
> --
>
> _____________________________________________
> SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
> "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
> To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
> http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontP...53/Default.aspx
> _____________________________________________
>
>
> "Drew" <Drew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3D6E8FB3-7E09-4EA3-B825-58F80ABBDCEC@microsoft.com...
> |I have an existing Website on my G: drive.
> | How do I get FrontPage to open it and recognize it as such without importing
> | it and copying everything to the C: drive?
> | I just want Frontpage to recognize it and process it and add the files it
> | needs to add so I can do global edits.
> | The real key is the ability to do global edits on the pages of the existing
> | site. (I can already do individual page editing.)
>
>
>

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 06:40:03 -0700, "Drew"
<Drew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I can do File>Open... and open any single page.
>File>Open Web doesn't "see" anything. None of the site's file are recognized
>as the file type that Open Web is looking for.
>It doesn't ask me to add files etc. to convert to a web.
>I don't have a File>Open Site option.
>I don't have a File->Open Site / Web option.

When you are in the File Open dialog box and you have browsed your way
to your site on the G Drive, do you see any files listed at all?

Is it possible that the files in the site do not have a file extension
recognised by FP in the Files of type box (*.htm, *.html, *.shtml
etc)? If all your files had the extension .jsp, for example, they
wouldn't appear until you clicked on the arrow beside Files of type,
and chose All Files.

Just clutching at straws.

fido

File > Open Web
does not see anything special in the folder that holds my Website.
File > Open
has no problem seeing individual html pages.
I can't seem to find a way to tell FrontPage to create a new Website from my
existing files on the G drive without importing and copying them over to the
C drive.

"Ronx" wrote:

> Open FrontPage
> If a website opens then use File->Close Site (or Close Web) to close it.
> File->Open Site / Web
>
> Set Look In to My Computer, then browse to the folder on G drive that holds
> your web files.
> You will be asked to add files etc. to convert to a web - agree
> The site will open.
> --
> Ron Symonds
> Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
>
> "Drew" <Drew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3D6E8FB3-7E09-4EA3-B825-58F80ABBDCEC@microsoft.com...
> > I have an existing Website on my G: drive.
> > How do I get FrontPage to open it and recognize it as such without
> importing
> > it and copying everything to the C: drive?
> > I just want Frontpage to recognize it and process it and add the files it
> > needs to add so I can do global edits.
> > The real key is the ability to do global edits on the pages of the
> existing
> > site. (I can already do individual page editing.)
>
>
>

File > Open Web
does not see anything special in my folders containing html files.
The option to create a new web is not offered... unless I want to create a
new one on the C drive.

"Stefan B Rusynko" wrote:

> Use File Open Web (Site is from the newer versions of FP)
> - You will only see folders until you open it (the folder containing your pages) in FP
>
> --
>
> _____________________________________________
> SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
> "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
> To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
> http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontP...53/Default.aspx
> _____________________________________________
>
>
> "Drew" <Drew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9887EBFF-01E2-4C71-A3C1-66030051032A@microsoft.com...
> |I can do File>Open... and open any single page.
> | File>Open Web doesn't "see" anything. None of the site's file are recognized
> | as the file type that Open Web is looking for.
> | It doesn't ask me to add files etc. to convert to a web.
> | I don't have a File>Open Site option.
> | I don't have a File->Open Site / Web option.
>
>
>