Simply change Golive CS2 site over to Dreamweaver CS5

Is there a simple step-by-step tutorial on this somewhere that doesn't go all over the place in its explanation?

Hi, that's pretty clear, thank you.
The first part of the problem was finding the correct proceedure for the specific version of GL (I use CS2).
The next part of the problem was figuring out the process for the version of DW I was converting to (CS5 in this case).
Next was finding a copy of GL2DW Extension (and getting it installed).
It seemed every link I found to GL2DW was broken.
It seemed every set of notes I found went all over the place.
After saving my .ste file and copying it to a Win7-CS5 machine, I began using your steps, I hit another problem:
First, Win7 was not showing file extensions (and the person did not know how to make her machine show the .set extension).
Next, I got all the way to the part where I selected the correct .ste file, clicked Open (or whatever it was) and it didn't work.
Eventually, after going throug the steps about 10 times, she took over and dinked around and it worked.
Very ill-documented, time-consuming, frustraiting process (IMO) -- glad it's over.

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I am currently doing the same thing after holding off for 4 years. This is what I have found out the hard way:
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TangledRibbon wrote:
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MAB34,
GLCS2 has been running fine on 10.6.7 for me on a 27" iMac (2010) so I would think it should work for you.
It won't work on Lion of course but since your post was before Lion was released this obviously isn't your problem.

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> When did Adobe get like MicroSoft?
No such company name as MicroSoft.
> All the files seem to be there, except my old Templates,
> and such. But the ".ste" file does not show up.
Are you sure you would get an .ste file at the end of this
process? Or
would you just get a DW site?
> tells me, on two separate warning boxes, that an ".ibi"
file cannot be
> copied.
Does GL use .lbi files?
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> Running OS 10.4.9
>
> I am so angry. >
> I got the extension to convert GL to DW. It stalls right
near the end, and
> tells me, on two separate warning boxes, that an ".ibi"
file cannot be
> copied.
> The process locks up GL for a few minutes, each time,
and then it
> progresses to
> the end of the export. All the files seem to be there,
except my old
> Templates,
> and such. But the ".ste" file does not show up.
>
> 1. What's the cure?
> 2. Is there another way to import the site?
>
> Thanks so much.
>
> Note: I am running the Trial, until I can determine that
I can make the
> transition). Adobe says that the extension is not
available to the public
> (I
> Googled for it) and so gives me the run around, and a
lot of blather about
> policy. Is this extension dedicated to a licensed
version?
>

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I have two different FTP servers: One is provided by
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Suddenly, it became unable to connect to Startlogic's ftp in
Dreamweaver MX2004. So, I upgraded to 8 in order to see if it works
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setting is just correct. By the way, my OS is Windows 2000.
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has been lost. Click refresh to reconnect."
Then, I click "OK" and I get this error message: "togglinng
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connection. Select or de-select the checkbox and click Test to try
again. If the problem persists, check your network setting,
including the local firewall settings on your computer, or consult
your network administrator."
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the following reasons: ...."
On the other hand, there is no problem with Dreamhost ftp. I
have tried to test with different applications such as GoLive CS2
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on both Dreamweaver and GoLive, but it works on ta generic ftp
application.
I tried to connect to Startlogic's ftp on a ftp application
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> Hello,
>
> I have the same problem..
> I have a Startlogic FTP as well and I can not connect
either. I have been
> working with someone from the company. I was able to
conect into my ftp
> via a
> web page that they posted on the internet but I was
still not able to get
> on in
> Dreamweaver.
>

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Can I upgrade from Golive CS2 to DW CS3 using DW SC3 upgrade
package or do I have to buy the full blown DW CS3 software?

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seeing on the website. However, in this case I would recommend
contacting the Adobe sales team as their may be unadvertised
promotions for switching from GL to DW.

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I'm using latest Update Golive CS2 (8.01) with SFTP.
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The error message box says:
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Buffer overrun detected
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An buffer overrun has been detected which has corrupted the program's internal state. The program cannot safely continue execution and must now be terminated."
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Deleting the Golive preferences did not result in any effort.
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Thinking maybe a program file had become corrupted, I ran the installation over and selected "repair". It completed without issue. And I reactivated without any problem. But the issue still exists.
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I've also noticed that my banner is 960 px wide and the layout grid inspector is NOTORIOUS about mysteriously resizing itself to 961 px makes me nuts!
Again, I'm assuming Adobe products are of higher quality than some other vendors, so I'm thinking it's me, but for the life of me, i don't know what I'm doing wrong.
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Your question: does GoLive work okay - is it me? is tricky for me to answer as the question straddles that line between being wysiwyg or understanding the underlying code.
I don't know if there are kinks in the layout grid/CSS functionality or not. I use to place things on the grid and fuss around trying things randomly until I resolved problems but I didn't know why the problems resolved. When I went to writing my own CSS code I didn't use the grid at all and I don't use it now. The flow with CSS is basically to plop everything on the page first, then style it.
With HTML, everything defaults to one long row. Header art, text below, then a photo below the text, then more text, etc. So you put it all on the page. Then you go to the CSS editor and start creating the "rules" for the various parts of your page. Then you go back to the html source code and apply your rules, which then manipulates the text, photos, etc. You can do that in Golive without using on the grid. As I mentioned before, you can't totally rely on the Preview when you do this. Depending on how complex the layout is, Preview goes from being pretty accurate to completely useless. Regardless, you constantly need to check what you're doing in a browser.
This process is the opposite of the way I used to work when I laid out using tables. It's much slower for me, at this point, but the programmers love the final product, and you get SEO benefits because you reduce a lot of the coding on the page, the pages load faster, and the coding follows "rules". (Table-based layouts break "rules".) You make it easier for blind people to navigate your sites, etc. There's all kinds of stuff out there about the benefits of CSS-based layouts. (Not to say that CSS is perfect, though. There are times when you'll really miss tables. Sigh.)
The big problem for me was that I stared out life as a designer, and I had no interest in learning ANY code. I ADORED Golive because I could use it and NOT have a clue what was going on under the hood. Not to say that Golive didn't have challenges -- it's a deep program and there was some learnng curve. And, over time, I learned how to mess around in the HTML because I connected a site to Paypal, or had to connect to a javascript, etc. And there were the challenges of forcing tables to do things because of different browser behaviors, etc.
BUT! I would not have been able to code a website from scratch. And, as it turns out, I mis-used some aspects of HTML because I didn't know any better. As long as things appeared okay in the browsers, I was satisfied.
Now, I could code a site in a text editor and I would know what I was doing (pretty much.) And instead of wondering about whether to switch to DW, I'm thinking about learning HTML 5 and maybe some javascript.
At this point, I plan to use GL as long as I can because of all it's terrific site management tools and connection to other Adobe programs. But I'm using it as a CSS Editor now, not as a wysiwyg tool.
And if I eventually HAVE to retire it because of OS changes or whatever, I'll be looking for a program from the perspective of Site Management and CSS tools, NOT because it lets me build sites without having to understand the coding.
You can certainly learn to use GL, but you do need to know that it's days are numbered. It may be functional for some years yet, but not forever. Depending on whether you want to work professionally or as a hobbyist, you can decide whether to bite the bullet and learn HTML/CSS or not. If you're a professional, I would bite the bullet.

Downloading and editing an existing WordPress site in Dreamweaver CS5.

Hello! New to the forums, here.
I'll try to be brief. I've got a WordPress site in-place at metalmeter.com that is hosted through HostGator. Basically, what I'm looking to do is get the site from the remote server and edit it in Dreamweaver CS5, previewing all changes on a local testing server before putting the updated contents back on the remote server.
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If you know how to do exactly what I'm trying to do and have been successfully viewing and editing your existing WordPress site in Dreamweaver for upload, please take some time to explain the set-up. I'd be forever in your debt!

Nancy O. wrote:
I've been following this discussion for a while now and I don't understand why you hope to edit articles from DW. That's what the WP Admin panel is specifically designed for. Besides, you won't find your articles in any of the site files because they don't exist there.
I agree I don't see any reason to want to edit a Wordpress site in Dreamweaver. If you are using Wordpress then you may as well put Dreamweaver in the bin. Although people do actually want to edit and manipulate the design in Dreamweaver (including myself) and from what I've read its possible but I've never found a source which explains fully how to achieve this and those that I have it seems too much effort to even bother about.
I guess the Dreamweaver environment feels more like home and is more user friendly.
To put it another way, a typical WordPress installation contains around 800 files in some 80 folders. Those files don't contain any content, just a whole lot of PHP code. In fact, the only page most people ever see on your site is the index.php page which is dynamically created over & over by the server with content from the MySql and various include files.
For sure and that's why people who use Dreamweaver and feel the need to manipulate a Wordpress site in Dreamweaver because Wordpress is 'in vogue' get lost. Wordpress just containes a lot of pages with nothing to see apart from some php, many of who will not understand one jot.
Unless you're a coding guru, you should definitely NOT touch any of the core WP files as this could cripple your site. If you want to customize your Theme, look at the CSS and include files in your Themes folder. See Anatomy of a WordPress Theme:http://yoast.com/wordpress-theme-anatomy/
lol your not wrong there!
For a quick tip on Theming, open your remote site in Firefox equipped with the 'Web Developer Toolbar'. Edit CSS on screen. Save changes to your local site and upload it to the remote server. No testing server required.
Wordpress is Wordpress and Dreamweaver is Dreameaver. As far as I can make out the two don't mix.
Ideally you would just choose a Wordpress theme which most relates to the nice site you have designed in Fireworks of which you won't find any however goodthe themes are. Then manipulate the themes css that's if you can understand it. Even for a seasoned css expert its heavy going because everyone produces css differently to achieve the same results.
Leave Wordpress well anlone unles you're going to use it out of the box so to speak or as a web-developer don't mind a bit of reverse engineering.

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