how to modify a website which is already online?

[Guest]

I already have my website online, but now I need to modify it (modify the
text, delete some pictures, change subjet and content of a page, add one
link) and the person who did that for me is not available anymore ! Can
somebody give me a few tips from where to start ? Thanks !!

 

[David Berry]

File, Open Site and put in the URL to your web site, ex: http://www.xyz.com
(you'll need the username and password from your web host). Then open the
page, make the changes and save

 

[Jeff Teel]

To add to the tips that David mentioned since it sounds like you are new to
editing your web site be sure you understand that your are editing your live
site (files on the server). If possible you should backup your site to your
harddrive and make changes to that copy then publish the changes to the
server. In most cases you can see if the changes will work correctly before
you publish to the server and if they are not as you want you can change the
local file without hurting the server copy. This may be a personal thing
but I avoid editing server files (if possible) so I don't cause problems if
the edits are not as expected. Even if you are going to edit the server
files it is still a good idea to backup your server files to your harddrive
so you can republish to the server if something goes bad.

Jeff

 

[David Berry]

Good tip. If you're running Windows XP Pro at home and have IIS installed
(Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Windows Components) then you would open
the live site and publish to http://localhost/webname

 

[Jeff Teel]

Another good tip!! If you don't have IIS installed you can still publish
the live site back to your local drive (if you need a local copy to work
with) to have for a backup or to edit.

Jeff