Using both FP and Word for a Website?

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Larry

I may be a little OT, but I need some advice from the web experts. I
maintain a church website, using FP2000. In order to "spread the wealth" a
little, I would like to be able to set-up a frames format, where I would
build and maintain the basic layout, and then allow others to publish
content of some pages, using MS Word. I understand how to use Word to save
documents in .html, but I can't find any support documents on how to publish
these pages from Word. Is it possible to publish to a web server directly
from Word, or must they use separate ftp software? Does this sound like a
workable concept, or bad idea? All suggestions are appreciated. Thanks for
your help.
 
I understand how to use Word to save
documents in .html,
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I might suggest the "compact HTML" filter from MS if these are
internet (not intranet) pages.
but I can't find any support documents on how to publish
these pages from Word. Is it possible to publish to a web server directly
from Word, or must they use separate ftp software? Does this sound like a
workable concept, or bad idea? All suggestions are appreciated. Thanks for
your help.
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A little beyond my scope but I think the only way would be to use some
of the MS "corporate intranet" features. I don't think that's going to
work across the internet, but I do claim some ignorance of the latest
enhancements to sharepoint services and such.
 
Larry,

You can publish Word files / html to a web server using
the MS Publishing Wizard or a FTP client. The method of
publishing would be dictated on a couple of variables.

1- What version of Word / Office does the person have
2- What will your Host Server support.

This is an option you may want to consider. Rather than
giving several people access to a server, have your
contributors create / update the files locally and then
send them to you for publishing.

The reason is not so much a security issue as giving
inexperienced people access to a web server may cause
more problems and work for you.

They could just send you the updated files and you would
just copy / paste. If you are using FP to generate your
html, use the Copy>Paste Special command, and then update
your web.

This option may seem like more work, but trying to track
down missing xml files Word creates and backing your
website up locally, everytime an update is made, may be
more time consumming.

Hope it helps
JDR
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Having multiple users upload files to your site is not a good idea. One misnamed file can disable the site. Your surest bet would be to have the word authors email you the attachment. It may sound like a little more work, but it is a lot safer. IMHO
 
Larry

I am new to this aswell but figured out a way to do it and it works for me
and the user.

I use FP 2000 and MS word 2000 (the user also has ms word 2000 but it could
be any wordprocessor that can save as htm/html)

On the page that will have the user content I create an 'inline frame' in
the body in html view as follows:-

<iframe src="content/usercontent.htm"
Width="100%"
Height="300"
Border = 1
</iframe>

as you can see I store the usercontent.htm in a folder called content, this
is on the web.

I provide a word document to the user as the starting point, this is saved
as usercontent.htm.

I use ws ftp pro at present to upload the document - I do this with a
script, this allows the user to just double click a shortcut to the script
and the document is automatically uploaded.

OK so the ftp process means the user having ws ftp pro and you writing the
script (the script is easy by the way and here is a sample:-

TRACE Screen
LOG Screen
USER ftpusername
PASS password
CONNECT ftp.yousite.co.uk
CD htdocs/Content
LCD C:/Web Update/
PUT usercontent.htm

There are free ftp programs available, I an currently working on a ftp
utility that will just do what the above does, when its finished you can
have ot for free.

Hope this helps

cheers

Ed
 
Just a quick note of thanks for all of the prompt and helpful responses. I
actually prefer the "DIY" suggestions and agree it would be less work rather
than more work. Due to other responsibilities, there's a perceived response
time issue that requires others to get involved.

Edwin, I appreciate the offer. I'm not sure I follow the script thing, but
if I can figure it out, I'd love a copy of the utility. Thanks again, a lot
of feedback I need to ponder over...
Larry
 
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