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Acadia
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Help making a frames page web into a non frames page one - 12/2/2004 23:27:56
I used Front Page 2000 to make a Framed website.
www.uo-goodman.com
That web is in excess of 800 pages and it took me weeks to do.
I've been asked to make some changes to it; he no longer wants the frame.
If you view that web you can see the buttons in the frame link to a corresponding page. All the subsequent pages for that "area" link back to that page using the 'anchor' image located in the top right of each page.
Each page is designed to open in the main frame window.
Links that aren't part of the web (IE: external links) are set to open in a new window.
My mind is boggled as to how to manage this.
First, is there a way in Front Page 2000, to change the web from a frames page to a non frames page, or do I have to start this thing from scratch?
Second, I know I need to make new buttons and have them on the main arrival page, but is there a way to get them onto the other 800 plus pages without having to go and do it one page at a time? I do realize that I can use copy/paste once I have the buttons set up on one page, but I'm not keen on having to go and revisit over 800 pages pasting hyper linked buttons on each page.
Third, he wants a different colour for the background of the pages. The white was ok with the frame, but now without the frame it will be too bland and plain. I know how to change the background colour or picture on each page, but is there a way to do it in a mass batch and adjust it for ALL of the pages at the same time?
< Message edited by Acadia -- 12/3/2004 7:16:16 >
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BobbyDouglas
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RE: Help making a frames page web into a non frames pag... - 12/2/2004 23:45:28
First, is there a way to change the web from a frames page to a non frames page, or do I have to start this thing from scratch?
- Sounds like you almost have to start over, but you can use most of your existing code.
This is what I would do:
I would create a left navigation for all pages, and put what you currently have on the left side, inside the left navigation. Apply changes to all pages, and that should be fine.
Make sure you create a full backup of everything before you try my suggestion, or any other suggestions people might come at you with. The last thing you want to do is screw up the entire site, but hey, mistakes happen 
If I was you, I would create a new template, and incorporate the left/top/content areas into this template, and then use this to form all of the other pages. You aren't starting over just because you can copy/paste most of the existing code into the new template.
For your second & third questions:
Second, I know I need to make new buttons and have them on the main arrival page, but is there a way to get them onto the other 800 plus pages without having to go and do it one page at a time?
- Search & replace. Search for a tag that every page has that you want to add this information to, but make sure the pages you do not want to add this information to does not have the tag.
Then replace the tag with the menu code.
Basically, don't search and replace the </head> tag because there might be some pages that use the </head> tag but you do not want the menu to appear on those pages.
Onoce again, make sure you create a backup. When I do search & replaces, I end up having around 15-30 different backups while I do this. The last thing you want to do is start all over from the beginning, or try to correct a search & replace problem.
I hope that is explained well enough, let me know if anything I said is unclear.
< Message edited by BobbyDouglas -- 12/2/2004 23:54:05 >
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