How do I edit FrontPage sites with Dreamweaver 8 without messing them up?

I have to edit a friend's Front Page site using Dreamweaver
without messing up her ability to publish also.
I'm running Dreamweaver 8.0. I already installed an extension
for dreamweaver mx called "Import Front Page Site Wizard for
Dreamweaver" but it doesn't seem to work. Is there a version of
this for DW8? When I "import" the site using IFPSWFD it says
restart DW to complete the process, and when I restart it says the
new site "has been added" but I don't see it in my list of DW
sites.
Does anyone have tips on using DW8 to edit FP sites without
corrupting them?
Thanks for your help!
-jt

i won't touch front page sites where the client/user/owner
intends to keep
on using frontpage. Not even with a borrowed ten foot pole.
if they will keep there fingers out of it, yes; it can be
worked on. If they
want to keep using fp, no because in cleaning it up i'll
break it as far as
they and fp are concerned. Or worry about breaking it which
is worse and not
worth the aggravation.
> You could be right - it's been many years since I worked
with FrontPage and
> the FP extensions and it's definitely a risk. I guess it
just depends on what
> changes are made to what pages, etc.
Alan
Adobe Community Expert, dreamweaver
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/

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