ASP code re-write

[Guest]

My company's webpages are written in ASP. When ever I go in and "simple" edit
a page's text and save the changes using Front Page 2003, the company
programmer goes ballistic as it re-writes the code on the page and can cause
problems.

Are there any settings in FP 2003 that will not re-write an ASP page after
editing?

Thanks

 

[Kevin Spencer]

This often happens with poorly-separated code and presentation HTML. With
ASP, you can easily mix and match HTML and server-side scripting, and there
is a lot of spaghetti code out there to prove it. However, I doubt that you
will get your ASP developer to change, just because some MVP said that his
style needs work. I did write a "Best Practices for ASP Development" article
on the MSDN web site that goes into detail about how to do this using
FrontPage, but will he read it?

About your only alternative in this case, is to do the HTML separately from
the ASP page that your developer is working on, and give it to the developer
to add to the page. Only he will know how to do so safely.

Thankfully, ASP.Net makes this sort of mish-mash of code and presentation
logic much more difficult. Maybe you could convince him to start using
ASP.Net? ;-)

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
I get paid good money to
solve puzzles for a living

 

[clintonG]

If all you are doing is simple editing of text, edit the source with Notepad
or an HTML editor such as the well-known and highly respected
HomeSite (now owned by Macromedia. I don't recall if they
sell it separately but HomeSite).

Use an outstanding application like WS_FTP Pro to get the source
and put it back on the server. Your company's developer will luv you
and will probably agree with my comments.