Front Page to DreamWeaver

i have downloaded DreamweaverCS4 and trying to get it to take over where my web page was Front Page but cannot find a place to put in the product key for Front page so it will upgrade.Please help.

What Michael said. At some point there may have been a competitive sidegrade offer (ands I seem to have some vague memory of that indeed), but you are using a legacy version and whatever that offer may have included is long past its due date. Other than that simply download the DW CS5.5 trial. It can even clean up the mess that FrontPage code usually is with some automated commands....
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Compare "Front Page" to Dreamweaver

We had our server set up with "FrontPage" extensions and I
was pleasantly surprised to see how easy it was now to save
documents, web pages, etc etc etc, everything in Office to my web
space. Does Dreamweaver supply such ease? We're looking of moving
away from FrontPage to the entire Adobe web collection, but I want
to know how easy it will be for our entire school staff to use,
both in-house and while at home. So, besides the obvious advantages
of functionality of Dreamwever over FrontPage, is saving to the web
as easy with Dreamweaver? What "extensions" etc have to be enabled
at our server?
Dave

If your staff has no interest in learning some HTML, then
Dreamweaver will
be a steep climb for them, candidly.
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"dniemeye" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> We had our server set up with "FrontPage" extensions and
I was pleasantly
> surprised to see how easy it was now to save documents,
web pages, etc etc
> etc,
> everything in Office to my web space. Does Dreamweaver
supply such ease?
> We're looking of moving away from FrontPage to the
entire Adobe web
> collection,
> but I want to know how easy it will be for our entire
school staff to use,
> both
> in-house and while at home. So, besides the obvious
advantages of
> functionality of Dreamwever over FrontPage, is saving to
the web as easy
> with
> Dreamweaver? What "extensions" etc have to be enabled at
our server?
>
> Dave
>

Viewing new template in dreamweaver cs3 reverst to front page ??

When i save a new template in Dreamweaver CS3 and then try to preview in IExploer it asks me "do you wnat to open or save this file? when i select either it reverst to my old MS Front Page editor

From their website:
" Adobe Flash (version 8 or higher) is required to edit the
FLA file.
- Use the source codes at your own risk after downloading and
flashmo.com is
not responsible for any bugs or errors caused by
ActionScripts."
Do you own Flash? Are you familliar with action scripts? If
not, then you
probably want to start with a plain html template and learn
how to code html
and CSS. Flash sites look nice but they are not friendly for
Search Engines
or users who don't have flash player installed on their
system.
Here are some on-line tutorials to help you get started with
html and CSS
code:
www.w3schools.com (free)
www.Lynda.com (pay videos)
Adobe help - "Getting Started"
--Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
www.alt-web.com
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> I am a first-time user of DreamWeaver and am currently
learning how to
build a
> website with the Adobe HTML article that they have.
However, I found a
flash
> template that I downloaded as it is exactly what I want
to use for my
website.
> My problem is, I don't know how to make it work.
>
> The template is located at
http://www.flashmo.com/home
and it is the one
on
> page 5 called "037 Wooden". If anyone can tell me what
to do to get this
to be
> my website, I would really appreciate it.
>

Convert Front Page 2003 to Dreamweaver 8

I've done my best to go through the help pages and forums and
only have found import and conversion "extensions" for Dreamweaver
MX to import / convert a Front Page site - but I have Dreamweaver
8. My Front Page site is not to complicated. Just a lot of basic
content with FP shared borders and links:
www.alfredricci.com
(click one link on the home page to see the shared borders
and links)
I have the site on my Mac Book Pro with DW8 on OSX. Please
be so kind to guide me to the best / fastest / most efficient way
to import & convert this without starting from scratch.
Much appreciated,
Alfred

Before doing anything else, take a couple of weeks to
gothrough the DW
tutorials, and also to study HTML and CSS. The more you know
about those,
the easier your transition will be. DW expects alot more from
you than FP
did, and as a result, you may find it much more frustrating
to have the raw
reality of web development staring you in the face rather
than the wizards
of FP.
> Is there a way to convert a Frontpage site into a
> Dreamweaver site
1. I'd define a Dreamweaver site that points to a location on
your hard
drive for the local site's root, and to the current FP site
on the web as
the remote site
2. I'd use Dreamweaver (if your host supports FTP
connections) to download
the remote site to the root of the site you just defined on
the hard drive.
This will pick up all the pages *after* webbot action so that
shared borders
and all are already present in the page HTML. This will also
pick up all of
the server scripting. Note - in the event that you are not
able to connect
using FTP since some FP hosts block that protocol, you will
have to use a
third party 'site copier' like Black Widow, QuadSucker, or
WebCopier, (or
even the DW extension called SiteAssist from WebAssist) to
connect and
download using http protocols. Doing it this way will *not*
retrieve any of
your server-script code, if any (unless you have used the
WebAssist
extension).
3. I'd create a DW template for the pages, that captures the
"shared
border"
effect you had in FP.
4. I'd copy and paste content from each FP pages to a new
template child
page and then save the new child page with an easily
identifiable
nomenclature that is distinct from what was used on the FP
site (since you
are saving the new child pages into the same local site as
the FP pages).
5. When the basic site is completed, I'd upload the new DW
pages to some
staging area/webspace, and by using the browser, I'd verify
that the site
(as it now exists remotely) is complete.
6. Then I'd create a *new* DW site in a new location on the
hard drive, and
connect to and download all the files from the staging site.
7. You can now delete the original FP site from your local
system if you
want.
You now have a complete site (minus any of the FP extension
server-side
code) that has no FP footprint.
If you have used any FP server extension functions on the
original FP site
(form processing, guestbooks, tables of contents, etc.), you
will have to
recreate those functions in DW using 3rd party scripts, or
scripts that you
write yourself.
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"Chosen 1" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> I've done my best to go through the help pages and
forums and only have
> found
> import and conversion "extensions" for Dreamweaver MX to
import / convert
> a
> Front Page site - but I have Dreamweaver 8. My Front
Page site is not to
> complicated. Just a lot of basic content with FP shared
borders and links:
> www.alfredricci.com
> (click one link on the home page to see the shared
borders and links)
>
> I have the site on my Mac Book Pro with DW8 on OSX.
Please be so kind to
> guide me to the best / fastest / most efficient way to
import & convert
> this
> without starting from scratch.
>
> Much appreciated,
> Alfred
> https://alfredricci.com
http://alfredricci.com
>

Dreamweaver CS6 edits to old Front Page site display in preview browser but NOT on live server site.

Howdy Folks,
My Dreamweaver CS6 edits to old Front Page site changes display in preview browser OK …But will NOT display on live server site.
To anyone who can step up to the microphone and speak “solution” I will be much grateful?
Bob MacDonald / VIPpromotions

Are you sure you are uploading the pages to the correct location?
Could you post a screen capture of your expanded files window, showing the remote server and local file structures?
I'm guessing they're not identical and that you may be uploading to a redundant root folder.

Dreamweaver CS4 and Front Page

I am rather new to Web design and editing. Currently I have Dreamweaver CS4 installed under Vista 64. Now I need to update a Web site designed in Front Page. What would you recommend as the best way to clean up the old code? Has anyone used the DW extensions (Import Front Page Site Wizard, Cleanup Front Page HTML Sitewide, Publish Web command) for DW MX2004 on Vista 64 bit?

How are you exporting? If you want a working button dirextly from FW with no other coding then export as HTML and images then in Dreamweaver Insert>Image objects>Fireworks HTML
BUT the better way is to make the button with rollovers (images will be placed in frames) export images, be sure current frame only is not checked and export. In Dreamweaver insert button then use the swap image behavior for the rollover. When you exported from Fireworks the rollover image is appended with the number 2.

Dreamweaver and Front Page

This is a simple question. I've been asked to build a site for a friend who wants to be able to edit revise himself. He is PC/Front Page based, I'm Mac/Dreamweaver.Will he be able to access the site and make changes in Front Page?Thanks for any input.

You are twisting the dragon's tail with this idea. I wouldn't recommend you allow your friend to edit the site with Frontpage. Why? For a number of reasons -
Because of the way that FP writes code and implements various program-specific features, you may have difficulty fixing things that he might have broken inadvertantly when you go back with Dreamweaver - UNLESS you are very familiar with HTML and CSS (and javascript)
Because of the way that FP wants to up/download files (using http protocols), if you upload any files to the site using Dreamweaver (with FTP) you may well "BREAK" any functionality he might have added to the pages
Allowing anyone to touch a carefully crafted site with FP just gives me serious willies
In summary, I DON'T RECOMMEND YOU PROCEED WITH THIS PLAN.

Dreamweaver from Front Page

My web site is in front page and has not been updated recently because of that. I would like to convert to Dreamweaver. I understand all the inconsistencies with Front Page and realize I can't just do a import. I just want to have roughly the same thing in Dreamweaver; a simple page with navigation bars.
I have been searching in vain trying to find how-to convert-material. For example, the Adobe site has an introduction page "Customizable starter designs for beginners" (probably what I need) but the link takes me to a non-Adobe site discussing CSS.
So I am looking for some get up and go information for Front Page users to allow me to REBUILD the web site (with cut and paste of course) in Dreamweaver.
Thanks,

Hi Fred,
In the time that the experts on the forum get back to you, have a look at a similar discussion where this topic has been discussed extensively.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1297510
Thanks,
Preran

Compatibility of Microsoft Front page 2003 files with Adobe Dreamweaver 8

Compatibility of MS Front page files with Adobe Dreamweaver 8
We have developed quite few HTML and Gef files in Front Page
and wondering how much work is involved if we want to use
dreamweaver now.
This will be great if you could sned us a document about the
compatibility of Microsoft Front Page with Adobe Dreamweaver 8.
We appreciate your immediate reply.
Thanks
Arshad

> but I don't believe there was much left
> of this in the 2003 version.
Sure there was. It was central to all of FP's enhanced
capabilities.
> won't be editable.
It's much more than not being editable. They will be broken
if you FTP
files to the FP site.
> Pretty much all you have to do is set up a site
definition and point it to
> your current files and you should be good to go.
Technically correct, but woefully understated.
From FrontPage to Dreamweaver (With CD-ROM) by Joseph Lowery
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0789726882/qid=1013348638/sr=1-10/ref=sr_1_10/002-5 917334-6040854
(watch the wrap!)
Before doing anything else, take a couple of weeks to
gothrough the DW
tutorials, and also to study HTML and CSS. The more you know
about those,
the easier your transition will be. DW expects alot more from
you than FP
did, and as a result, you may find it much more frustrating
to have the raw
reality of web development staring you in the face rather
than the wizards
of FP.
> Is there a way to convert a Frontpage site into a
> Dreamweaver site
1. I'd define a Dreamweaver site that points to a location on
your hard
drive for the local site's root, and to the current FP site
on the web as
the remote site
2. I'd use Dreamweaver (if your host supports FTP
connections) to download
the remote site to the root of the site you just defined on
the hard drive.
This will pick up all the pages *after* webbot action so that
shared borders
and all are already present in the page HTML. This will also
pick up all of
the server scripting. Note - in the event that you are not
able to connect
using FTP since some FP hosts block that protocol, you will
have to use a
third party 'site copier' like Black Widow, QuadSucker, or
WebCopier, (or
even the DW extension called SiteAssist from WebAssist) to
connect and
download using http protocols. Doing it this way will *not*
retrieve any of
your server-script code, if any (unless you have used the
WebAssist
extension).
3. I'd create a DW template for the pages, that captures the
"shared
border"
effect you had in FP.
4. I'd copy and paste content from each FP pages to a new
template child
page and then save the new child page with an easily
identifiable
nomenclature that is distinct from what was used on the FP
site (since you
are saving the new child pages into the same local site as
the FP pages).
5. When the basic site is completed, I'd upload the new DW
pages to some
staging area/webspace, and by using the browser, I'd verify
that the site
(as it now exists remotely) is complete.
6. Then I'd create a *new* DW site in a new location on the
hard drive, and
connect to and download all the files from the staging site.
7. You can now delete the original FP site from your local
system if you
want.
You now have a complete site (minus any of the FP extension
server-side
code) that has no FP footprint.
If you have used any FP server extension functions on the
original FP site
(form processing, guestbooks, tables of contents, etc.), you
will have to
recreate those functions in DW using 3rd party scripts, or
scripts that you
write yourself.
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> Well you should be able to open and edit all of the
documents. You might
> just
> have trouble if you used FP Extensions, but I don't
believe there was much
> left
> of this in the 2003 version. And some other functions
like that which are
> specific to FP won't be editable.
>
> Pretty much all you have to do is set up a site
definition and point it to
> your current files and you should be good to go. If you
have specific
> examples
> of things that you are afraid might not work, post them
for people to
> evaluate.
>

Dreamweaver 8/Front Page editing

A quick question for someone...If I build a basic website in
Dreamweaver 8 and upload it to a server, can it be edited by
someone else with Front Page, whether they download it from the
server or I give them directly the files?

I wouldn't dream of combining DW and FP on the same site.
And, if the site
has been built with templates in DW>4, FP won't know what
to do with the
template markup. Also, if you have used DW's Library items,
or Server-side
includes, FP won't know what to do with them either.
It's likely to be a long, slow, train wreck.
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>A quick question for someone...If I build a basic website
in Dreamweaver 8
>and
> upload it to a server, can it be edited by someone else
with Front Page,
> whether they download it from the server or I give them
directly the
> files?
>

MS Front Page Extension Problem

I am managing an old website that was built before using
Dreamweaver.
When I try to connect to the site through Dreamweaver II see
a message on the site;
Important information:
By activating MS Frontpage Extensions you can no longer
access your
website with FTP. Please make sure that the MS Frontpage
Extensions
are disabled.
If you still have problems after disabling the MS Frontpage
Extensions please contact our support.
Many thanks!
I do not have the Front Page extension in my Dreamweaver
Extension Manager.
Is there something in the old code that causes this problem?
Is it something that I can eliminate in a Dreamweaver edit of some
kind?
TIA, Dave Harding

> By activating MS Frontpage Extensions you can no longer
access your
> website with FTP.
This says about everything. Because the site was created with
Microsoft
FrontPage, and it uses FrontPage extensions, the host's FTP
access has been
disabled (FP does not use FTP, and in fact, connecting with
FTP will break
the FP extension's tight link with the files on the site). In
order to
maintain this site with DW now, you would have to ensure the
following -
1. All functions in the current site that utilize the FP
Server Extensions
have been replicated in your DW pages - this would include
Form
processing/emailing, guestbooks, etc.
2. FP will never again be used to maintain the site
3. You ask the host to enable FTP connection, and this has
been done
Otherwise, you are going to watch a train wreck happen.
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"hardingdg" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I am managing an old website that was built before using
Dreamweaver.
>
> When I try to connect to the site through Dreamweaver II
see a message on
> the
> site;
>
> Important information:
> ----------------------
> By activating MS Frontpage Extensions you can no longer
access your
> website with FTP. Please make sure that the MS Frontpage
Extensions
> are disabled.
> If you still have problems after disabling the MS
Frontpage
> Extensions please contact our support.
> Many thanks!
>
> I do not have the Front Page extension in my Dreamweaver
Extension
> Manager.
>
> Is there something in the old code that causes this
problem? Is it
> something
> that I can eliminate in a Dreamweaver edit of some kind?
>
> TIA, Dave Harding
>

Can i lock DW CS3 pages so Front Page can add links w/o changing file format?

I am in a situation where i create web pages for other users.
I am using Dreamweaver CS3 to create the webpages, in some cases
modify pages created in Front Page. Other users need to put
document links on the pages, they use front page to do this. When
they open the pages in Dreamweaver to insert the link, front page
chages the file automatically and saves it back to the server. Is
there a setting i can use to Lock the format or freeze it so Front
Page does not change formating automatically?
thank you for your help
Dennis

Can you try again to explain what format is being changed?
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>I am in a situation where i create web pages for other
users. I am using
> Dreamweaver CS3 to create the webpages, in some cases
modify pages created
> in
> Front Page. Other users need to put document links on
the pages, they
> use
> front page to do this. When they open the pages in
Dreamweaver to insert
> the
> link, front page chages the file automatically and saves
it back to the
> server. Is there a setting i can use to Lock the format
or freeze it so
> Front
> Page does not change formating automatically?
>
> thank you for your help
>
> Dennis
>
>

Add'l Front Page conversion help

I have read the discussions concerning the steps needed to
convert a Front Page website to Dreamweaver 8 website, especially
the one from "ACE". After going through the tutorials though I have
defined the remote server where the front page site resides and
also a folder or place holder on my PC's hard drive to hold it. How
is it (the website) copied? I see that dreamweaver has touched the
front page site in that in a viewer mode "slideshow" works.
I tried exporting the site to an area but in looking at the
size I realize that the whole site was NOT exported. In reviewing
the article from ACE he suggests downloading the whole site which I
have done.
Can someone give me some guidance. Many Thanks

In DW, connect to the remote site. Expand the Files panel.
Select all the
files in the Remote site and GET them.
You now have the whole site in the local folder and can edit
them in DW.
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"masnee" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I have read the discussions concerning the steps needed
to convert a Front
>Page
> website to Dreamweaver 8 website, especially the one
from "ACE". After
> going
> through the tutorials though I have defined the remote
server where the
> front
> page site resides and also a folder or place holder on
my PC's hard drive
> to
> hold it. How is it (the website) copied? I see that
dreamweaver has
> touched
> the front page site in that in a viewer mode "slideshow"
works.
>
> I tried exporting the site to an area but in looking at
the size I realize
> that the whole site was NOT exported. In reviewing the
article from ACE
> he
> suggests downloading the whole site which I have done.
>
> Can someone give me some guidance. Many Thanks
>

Compatability with front page

Can one convert an active front page data into dreamweaver or does installing dreamweaver require all new data entry??

It's been a while since I heard anyone making use of Front Page!
Do check if your site is not using any Front Page server side behaviours, though - but probably in your case that would not be the case. To be sure we would have to see the actual website in question, so please provide us with a link.
If you really want to get into Dreamweaver, at least a medium level of html and css is required. Dreamweaver *is* very complex to get into, and the interface not the most intuitive one around. It is quite powerful, though, but I often feel that to appreciate DW the user requires a fair amount of web coding experience. That said, there are many tutorials and books available that teach and explain DW.
As an alternative to Dreamweaver, you might want to have a look at Microsoft's Expression Web, which is the "real" successor of FrontPage. While Expression Web was discontinued last year, it is still a good modern and powerful visual web editor, and is now a free download at the Microsoft website:
http://www.microsoft.com/expression/eng/
Of course, Expression Web is no longer under development, and Dreamweaver still is. Having said that, you mentioned your needs are not that great, and Expression Web may provide a slightly easier transition into more modern web page design for your existing website.
Also, an open source alternative would be Kompozer: http://www.kompozer.net
Quite similar to FrontPage and other wysiwyg web editors, and very easy to use. Though obviously not nearly as powerful as either DW or Exp Web.
Download the trial of DW, download Expression Web and Kompozer, test the waters, and base your decision on your own experiences with these.
Btw, there also exist purely visual web page editors like Adobe Muse and Xara Web Designer - though importing existing websites may be more difficult with those type of tools.
And do not forget to have some fun exploring all the options!

Creating Flash/Html Website Front Page

HI, i hope someone can help clear up my confusion.
Im creating a website in flash at the moment. I want the
first page of the site to be am HTML page where people without
flash can view the page (download flash if they havent got it) then
enter the site. Is this initial HTML page which will link to the
main flash site created within flash somehow or is it created in a
programme such as dreamweaver then links to the flash movie?
Thanks so much for any help (im new to flash so a bit unsure
of the complete process off making the site accessable for people
withouth flash and publishing to the web)
Adam

if ur using front page it easy...you don't link to individual
flash files but to html pages with flash embedded in them. you
create your flash website...and make sure you publish it by
selecting HTML and Flash in the publish settings..you embed the swf
file into a html page by opening the published html in notepad
copying the html and pasting it into front page. this html allows
the flash site to be seen. within that html there is a line of code
for an alternate page which will lead people without flash to a
different page..you can change this if u wish to one that you have
created allowing people to download flash player.

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