Migrating TO Frontpage 2003 - how to get old site files into an

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Guest

I have been programming my own website - and some websites completely in CSS.
Now, I want to start using Frontpage 2003 even though my clean code will go
to crap - it'll be easier to operate.

So - how do I get the basic information from my current sites into
Frontpage? I have a site backed up onto my hardrive. How do I get Frontpage
to recognize the files that belong to a website? If I go to open a website -
FP shows nothing in the folder - so obviously - Frontpage needs to build
information into a file that FP uses. How do I get FP to do this - so I can
get started on FP - using my own site (backed up of course). I can open
individual htmls - and I am suprised- FP has handled the CSS very very well.
 
T

Thomas A. Rowe

Open FP, then File Menu | Open Site and browse to the folder containing your web files. All files
and folders need to be contained in a single folder. FP will then prompt you to let it convert the
folder to a web, let it.

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Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
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G

Guest

Thank you, but this does not work for me. The websites I created before -
were done each page at a time, and not through any website creation program.
Specifically, I used a freeware editor, HTML-Kit. FP will open individual
files in the folder, but does not see anything in it as being in a website -
ans hows nothing to open up.
 
G

Guest

Wait - it does work - I misread your response - Opening the folder itself
seems to do the trick. THANK YOU.
 
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=?Windows-1252?Q?Rob_Giordano_\=28aka:_Crash_Gordo

Did you try what Thomas said?

With Windows Explorer place all of your files & pages & images...everything, previously created with HTML-kit, into one folder...then Open that folder with FP...you will be prompted to create a web...let FP create the web.


| Thank you, but this does not work for me. The websites I created before -
| were done each page at a time, and not through any website creation program.
| Specifically, I used a freeware editor, HTML-Kit. FP will open individual
| files in the folder, but does not see anything in it as being in a website -
| ans hows nothing to open up.
|
| "Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:
|
| > Open FP, then File Menu | Open Site and browse to the folder containing your web files. All files
| > and folders need to be contained in a single folder. FP will then prompt you to let it convert the
| > folder to a web, let it.
| >
| > --
| > ==============================================
| > Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
| >
| > FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| > ==============================================
| > To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
| > http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| >
| > | > >I have been programming my own website - and some websites completely in CSS.
| > > Now, I want to start using Frontpage 2003 even though my clean code will go
| > > to crap - it'll be easier to operate.
| > >
| > > So - how do I get the basic information from my current sites into
| > > Frontpage? I have a site backed up onto my hardrive. How do I get Frontpage
| > > to recognize the files that belong to a website? If I go to open a website -
| > > FP shows nothing in the folder - so obviously - Frontpage needs to build
| > > information into a file that FP uses. How do I get FP to do this - so I can
| > > get started on FP - using my own site (backed up of course). I can open
| > > individual htmls - and I am suprised- FP has handled the CSS very very well.
| >
| >
| >
 

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