Re: Need help with site conversion from Front Page to DW MX

I can't vouch for it since I haven't used it but there is a free 
Dreamweaver extension for MX and version 4 called "Cleanup FrontPage HTML 
Sitewide for Dreamweaver"

Go to the Dreamweaver Exchange at 
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?view=sn120
and search for "Cleanup FrontPage" to find it.

Be sure and back up your FrontPage files first!

HTH

At 10:08 PM 04/07/2003 -0700, you wrote:

>--- Missy Scott <mbscott(at)d-assistance.com> wrote:
> > From: "Missy Scott" <mbscott(at)d-assistance.com>
> > To: <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
> > Subject: Need help with site conversion from Front
> > Page to DW MX
> > Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 09:41:13 -0400
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a client who maintains a large site using
> > Front Page.  What he's been
> > doing, really, is just making new pages and throwing
> > them up there as he
> > links them, with no real thought to navigation or
> > organization.  We're
> > redesigning it, adding navigation, using CSS and
> > includes for menus,
> > headers, and footers to streamline it a bit.  I have
> > a couple of questions
> > that might speed the process a bit for me.
> >
> > 1. In Dreamweaver MX, is there a way to strip out
> > the Front Page - specific
> > comments from an entire *site* rather than page - by
> > - page using the "Clean
> > Up HTML" feature?  Most of these pages lack headers,
> > footers, navigation,
> > etc, so the real content of each page just needs to
> > go in the template, but
> > without all that FP stuff.
> >
> > 2. What *is* all that "vti_pvt" and "vti_txt" stuff?
> >  To me, it honestly
> > looks like all the pages are in the site two or
> > three times.  Why?  I've not
> > used FP for many moons and I don't remember all this
> > stuff!  Perhaps the
> > site isn't as large as I once thought.  I'd really
> > like to be able to pare
> > this down a good deal.  Last year, I had put up a
> > php-based newletter
> > manager for him and have noticed that the directory
> > now has a "vti_cnf"
> > folder under it... not needed at all.  Just taking
> > up valuable server space?
> >
> > 3. We have a good template in place and are really
> > ready (once the above
> > questions are answered) to fill them in with
> > content.  Anyone who has *been
> > there, done that* and has suggestions of the best
> > way to proceed, I'd love
> > to hear them.  I don't often do redesigns which
> > gives me the advantage of
> > starting from scratch and controlling file
> > organization and navaigation,
> > etc.  I'd hate to get almost complete only to
> > discover that I've left out
> > some vital step.
> >
> > Thanks much!
> >
> > Missy
> >
> >
> > PS... I'm not into starting the anti-FP, FP v. DW,
> > or WYSIWYG v. hand-coding
> > wars.  These are the tools involved in this project.
> >  Yeah, I know how to
> > hand-code.  This client will want the freedom to
> > maintain his own site once
> > we're done here, so hand-coding is not an option.
> > Thanks again!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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