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Frontpage extensions...hmmm

One of my clients want me to reorganise there site specifically the images. I am sorting this out, but they use frontpage, so what will happen when they next decide to publish the site, if I have messed around with the structure of the site, will it just reupload all the images as it cannot find them? Is there a way round this?

Thanks in advance,

Jacob

coreybryant

If they do not publish from the server to their local computer the new structure - yes FP will publish the "old" images / structure to the server from their local computer

-Corey

Chris Raisin

Create a new Frontpage project and copy all the pages from your current site into that project (i,e, a new subdirectory on your local machine). You can then mess around with all your files to your heart's content without uploading to the Host page accidentally.

Another eay (but this involves copying the pages all up onto your host site) is to create a subdirectory under the current root directory of your existing site and then publish. All this does is create a subdirectory with a duplication of the pages on your host server. It will not affect users browsing your site since no links go to the new directory.

Once you are happy to "switch over" to the new site, simply delete all files on your host server under in the root directory and sub-directories (EXCEPT the new testing subdirectory) then move all your files from the testing subdirectory to the root directory. After testing that all is OK, you can then delete the "testing" subdirectory (a good name for it is "New_Site".

Be sure you take a complete backup of your existing site before you delete any files from your Web Serrver/host, though.

Hopt these ides help......

jacobcolton

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I am creating a photo gallery page, so is the best way to do it, is just to duplicate all the images in a subdirectory?

coreybryant

Ys - but remember - if the owner does not update her website & she publishes - she will erase all of your work. I have one client that tends to forget this so I am always having to go back in & re-publish

-Corey

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rbartz

I should have added that an obvious bonus is that IF they do overwrite your work by re-publishing their old stuff, they can easily correct their mistake themselves by publishing again from the new copy they made when you were finished!

Richard