Lost Site Definitions

Hi All,
Using Dreamweaver CS3 & Mac OS 10.4.11, so no Time Machine
Opened DW this morning and ALL site definitions gone. Have some of them backed up to .ste so can recover them easily, only about 25% though.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Niall

Aquaweb_IRL wrote:
Any ideas?
Yes, check the Dreamweaver FAQ. You'll be surprised what you can find in there. You're in luck because you're on a Mac. Windows users who fail to export their site definitions won't be so fortunate.

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Hi, all,
Thought I'd try to do a better job of explaining what my
issue is. In DW MX 2004, on my Mac G5, I removed and replaced my
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with. In the process, I lost all of my DW site definitions. I have
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Yes, check the Dreamweaver FAQ. You'll be surprised what you can find in there. You're in luck because you're on a Mac. Windows users who fail to export their site definitions won't be so fortunate.

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Had you EXPORTED your site definitions previously? If not,
you may be out
of luck.
It's always a good idea to keep a backup of your site
definitions by
EXPORTing them from Site Manager to cover you for just this
kind of thing.
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> i actually wrote the wrong thing earlier... it wasn't
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> should
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I also noticed there were some posts in here referring to IE
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and never installed the Beta.
Has there been a fix posted anywhere?

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=3491671c
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"innpact" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 2 separate computers using 8.0.2 I have been having
issues with my site
> definitions loosing the login info on only a select few
sites. This is
> only
> occasional but is annoying when you have deadlines.
>
> If I re-import the definition it works fine again.
>
> I just recently spoke with someone else that has the
same issue and now I
> tried it on Vista and had the same issue again.
>
> I also noticed there were some posts in here referring
to IE 7 Beta as
> being
> the problem, but I have the regular version of IE 7 and
never installed
> the
> Beta.
>
> Has there been a fix posted anywhere?
>
>
>

Site Definition losing FTP User ID and Password

My configuration:
iMac 2.4 GHz Intel C2D
10.6.1 Snow Leopard
DW v10 (Build 4117)
Not sure if my issue is related to the one described in this thread.
I recently performed a clean install of Snow Leopard and DW. Afterwards I imported my site definitions and everything was fine. On quiting and then re-opening DW the FTP User ID and (optionally Password) in the site sefinition(s) have disappeared. I re-entered them and am able to connect to my site(s) via FTP, but again on closing and re-opening DW the information has disappeared again.
What I've done;
- deleted and re-configured all Site Definitions several times.
- deleted the ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS4/en_US/Configuration/ folder
but still the problem persists.
Not sure if this a Snow Leopard/DW incompatibility issue, but I do recall this happening maybe once or twice with Leopard.
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hey there, I did a disk cleanup last night and lo... this
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from this to keep a record of all the site definition data , but in
the meantime, as I hadn't made a note of those, I have lost all the
details for connecting to my three websites.
Can anyone tell me where this information may be and how I
can reconnect dreamweaver to it? I haven't emptied my recycle bin
yet but can't see anything in there that may contain this data.
love Kim

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remember if MX
2004 had this or not .. been years since I used it), you can
reimport the
site definitions (if you exported them initially). If you
don't have the
ste files saved somewhere, then you'll have to rebuild them
.. thank
goodness you only have 3 and not 30. :)
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.. not sure on
Mac. However .. if it's gone .. it's probably gone from the
registry as
well and unless you do it routinely, I don't advise people to
mess with the
registry.
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"kimmgould" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> hey there, I did a disk cleanup last night and lo...
this morning I have
> no
> file information on dreamweaver. I have learnt from this
to keep a record
> of
> all the site definition data , but in the meantime, as I
hadn't made a
> note of
> those, I have lost all the details for connecting to my
three websites.
>
> Can anyone tell me where this information may be and how
I can reconnect
> dreamweaver to it? I haven't emptied my recycle bin yet
but can't see
> anything
> in there that may contain this data.
>
> love Kim
>

Where have my site definitions gone?

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Thanks in advance for any help on this matter.

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This is the reason why I suggested in my previous post, that you need to be careful to keep all editable and non-editable regions the same as the original template - because if you don't - THAT'S when the page/s can become a mess.
Sorry to be so ignorant, I've never done this kind of thing before. I'm a fairly new DW user and don't know how it behaves in this circumstance, and with all the re-building of lost data, time is at a premium.I appreciate the assistance!
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PS: Make sure that you Define a Site Dreamweaver first and then 'get' the files into the working folder you defined as the root.
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Hi Guys ,
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Losing your site definitions in Dreamweaver can be a disaster, but it does happen sometimes. The best way to prepare for such an eventuality is to back up your site definitions on a regular basis.
Creating a backup
You can back up all your site definitions in a single operation by selecting Site > Manage Sites. In the dialog box that opens, Shift-click to select all site names, and then click Export.
In Dreamweaver CS6, the Manage Sites dialog box looks like this:
In earlier versions of Dreamweaver, it looks like this:
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What if I don't have a backup?
Often, if you don't have a backup of .ste files, you need to go through the whole process of re-entering the details for each site manually.
However, you might be able to restore them by using a restore point on Windows or Time Machine in Mac OS X.
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In Mac OS X, they are at Macintosh HD:<username>:Library:Application Support:Adobe:Common:12.0:Sites:Site Prefs.
In recent versions of Mac OS X, the Library folder is hidden. In the Mac Finder, select Go > Go to Folder, type ~/Library in the search field, and click Go.
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Paul Whitham
Certified Dreamweaver MX2004 Professional
Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver
Valleybiz Internet Design
www.valleybiz.net
"Jim_Moore" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I am confused about what information I should put in my
remote site
>definition
> info and testing server FTC Host directory text boxes.
My host placed 3
> directories: database, log, and www on my server and
Dreamweaver placed
> two
> directories, Connections and _mmServerScripts in the
same directory as the
> above 3. I have placed all of my site files, including
my home page and
> folders
> in the www directory and my Access database in the
database directory.
> Dreamweaver placed the connection info in the
Connections folder an d
> _mmServerScripts in the same directory.
>
> In order to construct my local site to match the remote
site, I created a
> www
> folder on my local site and placed all of my HTML files
and supporting
> folders
> in it.
>
> From various Adobe Tech Notes I have read, I was led to
believe my FTP
> host
> directory
> Should be www/. However, when I do this and create a new
web page on my
> local
> site and upload it to my remote site, Dreamweaver
creates a new www
> directory
> inside of the one my host created on the remote site and
uploads the file
> to it
> instead of placing it in the www directory my host
created. Also, when I
> use
> F12 to test my page in my browser I get a 404 page not
found because
> Dreamweaver placed a www in the page URL that shouldn?t
be there and after
> I
> remove it I?m able to see my page in my browser. My URL
prefix on my
> testing
> server site definition is:
http://I.P.number.html.
>
> What am I not doing right?
> Should I use www/ as my FTP host directory or leave it
blank?
> Also, what should my URL prefix be?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>

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Assuming your .ascx.vb file is inheriting from the web part class, you can add the custom properties in the same manor (language syntax aside).
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http://www.sbrickey.com/Tech/Blog/Post/SharePoint_Attributes_for_Web_Part_properties)
Scott Brickey
MCTS, MCPD, MCITP
www.sbrickey.com

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