i have 2 sites done with CoffeeCup ( same templat )
how can i import a page already done on the other site ?
so i don't have to rebuild it all over again.

Hiya Benjamin,

Unless you have the files that VSD created the site with, then you'll have to do it over. There is no import function in VSD at all, it can only use the .vnu file and the file structure it creates.

Use the add files tool to add the second sites pages to the first. Keep in mind you will still have to open the second site in VSD to edit it but when publishing the first site VSD will see the changes and publish them. As far as linking to the pages you will either have to enter the url in VSD when creating the link or use a HTML box and hand code it in.

I have a completely different approach to this problem (not a problem, but a challenge?). And yes, it can be done, but not easily, and you'll have to be a computer nerd more or less....

The first thing you'll have to do is to make it possible to open 2 instances of VSD at the same time (some people will know now what my solution is: copying things from one VSD instance to another). Coffeecup deliberately made it impossible to open 2 instances of VSD at the same time some years ago, to avoid having to solve problems some unexperienced users might encounter not knowing they had 2 (or more) instances of the software active at the same time. Try to click at the VSD icon while you have the software active already: it refuses to open a second time, telling you it's already active.

So what you'll have to do to open 2 instances of VSD at the same time? To be short: copy VSD.exe to VSD_2.exe. You'll find vsd.exe in the folder where you've installed VSD, most of the time C:\Program Files (x86)\Coffeecup Software\Visual Site Designer if you're using W7, and C:\Program Files\Coffeecup Software\Visual Site Designer, if XP. Then paste it into the same folder. It will be renamed automatically to VSD_2.exe (you might want to make a shortcut on your desktop to VSD_2.exe). Now open VSD_2.exe and VSD.exe and voila: 2 instances of VSD are open at the same time! Now open your first design in one of these instances and the second one in the other. And copy and paste objects from one instance into the other...

I know this is more or less hacking VSD and it is not a procedure unexperienced PC (Windows) users should use. But if you know what you're doing, it solves this problem and can save you lots of time!

Sucess, John

And if you're not willing to do this, thinking this is too adventurous, you can still copy all objects from the page in the first site (Edit>Select all>Copy) and paste these into the second site (File>Open Website -this is the second site-), then make a new page and paste all objects there). VSD, having copied all objects onto the clipboard, will paste them onto the new page). In the same way you can copy the background of the first page to the second page. It is a nuisance, takes some time, but works...

Sucess, John