DWT Templates/pages

[Guest]

I just started using FP2003...
Is this .dwt extension any less search engine friendly than using htm?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

The .dwt is not seen by the search engines.

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[Guest]

so in frontpage it is xyz.dwt and when it moves to server, it automatically
switches to xyz.htm?

I can have two pages one, abc.htm and another abc.dwt (is this allowable?)
How would this work if I am submitting this specific page to link exchanges,
etc.

This seems confusing. Please shed anymore light that you know about this.

Thanks.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

No. xyz.dwt is not used on the server, it is only used when you create a page. You would save your
pages as would normally, index.htm, etc.

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[Guest]

So if a page is created with .dwt and it contains all the info/special .dwt
features, how do you turn this page to an html page? Do you "save as" ?

It's still a little bit fuzzy but I think I get the jist of it, just not
sure on the functionality of dwt page and how that relates to webpage versus
html page.

Maybe an example may help clear things up.

Much appreciated.

 

[Kathleen Anderson [MVP - FrontPage]]

Jay:
This tutorial may help:
http://www.outfront.net/tutorials_02/fp_techniques/dwt-1.htm

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[Guest]

Thank you very much. I have looked at link. I just have to use it and see
how smooth the transitions are going from shared borders to dwt.
How easy or difficult is it going from existing pages with shared borders to
dwt?

Any other tips I should be aware of please don't hold back.

Thanks again!

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

The best approach is to start with a new site, create your dwt then as you create each page copy the
page content (outside of the shared borders) from your existing pages to your new pages.

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[Guest]

ok, i guess you would save pages with same name in different folder then move
those pages with new dwt format onto server and it will overwrite the older
(shared border) pages?

Thanks.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Actually, I would create a new on your machine to work in, then have both the new site and old site
open on your local machine, then cut and paste between, Then once you have the new site ready, open
the live/remote site in FP and do Tools | Web Settings | Advance and enable viewing of hidden
directories, then you would delete everything that you can see from within FP, except the images and
_private folders, these two folders, just delete the content within them, then you can publish your
new site.

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[Guest]

I use FTP to move all files, etc. to servers..will all these components work
using FTP ?

Thanks.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

The dwt will work, however any features/functions the requires the FP run-time extensions will not
work unless published to a server that has the FP extensions via FP's File Menu | Publish Web / Site
command to http://www.yourdomain.com

See (applies to FP2003 as well):
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;281532&Product=fp2002

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[Guest]

my hosting co. has fp2003 extensions so that shuold cover everything, agree?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

There are no FP2003 extensions, FP2003 support the same features/functions the FP2002 does, so it
uses the FP2002 extensions.

BTW: It also supports the same features as FP2000 and can also use the FP2000 extensions.

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