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Transferring from FrontPage to Expression Web
19-12-2008 4:36 PM
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However, I now find that PlusNet does not support ASP which seems to be the preferred MS method of providing navigation round the website.
I have just been looking at a tutorial on EW and that is talking about using a dynamic web template. I think I can understand this but will it work on PlusNet.
There must be lots of users in a similar position of having FP webs and am looking for some guidance on how to procede, as I cannot afford for my site to go down. I realise that it will possibly be a steep learning curve but just need to get on the right track so I can get on and refresh my site. I am sure it is a fairly simple site (www.thousandoaks.plus.com) by comparison to many others and it seems the main problem I will have is with the navigation, but all sites have some sort of navigation so I am sure it is achievable with Expression Web which is meant to be standards compliant.
Re: Transferring from FrontPage to Expression Web
19-12-2008 11:45 PM
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A quick look at your site I cant see why you need FP extensions and it should host on the normal site. The navigation seems to be straight html so no problem there. It would be better to rebuild the site from scratch with style sheets etc. I note as it is there a few errors on the site on the front page you have.
Click on the photo page to see the end results of our labour. were a java applet fails to load and the link doesnt work
Have you viewed the tutor on MS site for Expression web they are very good especially the use of a master page which if you change it changes the whole site.
see
http://www.learnexpression.com/
or
http://expression-web-tutorial.com/Video_Tutorials_Expression_Web.html
free templates
http://www.expression-web-designer-help.com/Free_expression_web_templates.htm
Re: Transferring from FrontPage to Expression Web
20-12-2008 1:02 AM
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I have just started to work through some tutorials and I have the Que bookby Jim Cheshire. Reading that, I thought it necessary to use ASP to create a navigayoion system, then learnt that Plus Net does not support ASP and wondered where to go from there. However I have just looked at a tutorial at [urlhttp://www.expression-web-help.com/tables/expression-web-help/expression-web-help.html][/url] which seemes reasonably easy to follow but I did not want to go further if PlusNet did not support Dynamic WebTemplates.
This probably also sounds a silly question, but once I start putting a site together it woulld be good to see how it looks when it is uploaded to Plusnet's server. But I do not really want to take my existing site down to do this. Is it possible to run 2 sites in ones web space.
Re: Transferring from FrontPage to Expression Web
20-12-2008 9:11 AM
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Quote from: Chris . Reading that, I thought it necessary to use ASP to create a navigayoion system, then learnt that Plus Net does not support ASP
How well do you know html /css - it's much better to do a navigation system with some fairly simple css - with the links in a simple list ?.
OK - maybe you don't use much code and have relied on Frontpage for now - but just a while learning some html / css will reap dividends and you will be able to sort out problems much much easier.
Quote Is it possible to run 2 sites in ones web space.
Why not just put /testsite folder in the existing site - and put the test site in there ?.
Re: Transferring from FrontPage to Expression Web
20-12-2008 5:21 PM
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The info given has been very useful and I am going to do as you suggest, ie put a test folder in my existing site to give me a "play" area. I was a bit concerned about not being able to use ASP (Not that I know how to in the first place) but it looks like I just need to get down and try and put some pages together.
The on line tutorials are also helpful, so hopefully I will get there eventually.
Many thanks
Re: Transferring from FrontPage to Expression Web
20-12-2008 5:40 PM
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But that in itself meant if I wanted to REALLY understand what was happening under the hood - I had to learn html and / css .
So good luck - it might take a bit of reading and experimentation - but it is always better to understand the underlining code rather than rely on a software programme.
There s a lot of help here if you need it.
Re: Transferring from FrontPage to Expression Web
20-12-2008 11:49 PM
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Re: Transferring from FrontPage to Expression Web
21-12-2008 8:39 AM
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Re: Transferring from FrontPage to Expression Web
21-12-2008 11:53 PM
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see my page
http://www.crewetown.co.uk/sk8/ It has buttons and a form using plusnet form no FP extensions needed as its all javascript
Re: Transferring from FrontPage to Expression Web
22-12-2008 7:39 AM
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Quote from: samuria
http://www.crewetown.co.uk/sk8/ It has buttons and a form using plusnet form no FP extensions needed as its all javascript
Yes but the menu doesn't even appear with Javascript disabled - and a fair number of users have that disabled according to my webstats.
?
Why not just keep it simple with a menu controlled by CSS
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/slidingdoors
And you have two DOCTYPES
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