Is it possible to import an already existing web site into the coffee cup web builder program so that you can then just use coffee cup to maintain what you have already built?
If yes, does it import looking like what you built?
And how exactly do you import your existing web site.
I'm thinking it would be as easy as opening up your ftp and copying your files from the net to you computer, into Coffee Cup VSD prgram. Yes, or no?
Thanks. I need to know this before purchasing.
Donna Crow
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donna crow
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Kim
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2,649 posts
excellentthings@pcez.com wrote:
Is it possible to import an already existing web site into the coffee cup web builder program so that you can then just use coffee cup to maintain what you have already built?
If yes, does it import looking like what you built?
And how exactly do you import your existing web site.
I'm thinking it would be as easy as opening up your ftp and copying your files from the net to you computer, into Coffee Cup VSD prgram. Yes, or no?
Thanks. I need to know this before purchasing.
Donna Crow
541-485-7199
Is it possible to import an already existing web site into the coffee cup web builder program so that you can then just use coffee cup to maintain what you have already built?
If yes, does it import looking like what you built?
And how exactly do you import your existing web site.
I'm thinking it would be as easy as opening up your ftp and copying your files from the net to you computer, into Coffee Cup VSD prgram. Yes, or no?
Thanks. I need to know this before purchasing.
Donna Crow
541-485-7199
Are code 541? You live in Oregon?
Coffee Cup Visual Site Design does not have an import feature yet.
What program are you currently using. The coffee Cup html editor does have a visual mode for drag and drop and you just pull in the html files.
Let me know what your using now, maybe I can help you out.
Also all these programs have FREE trial so you can try before you buy if your not sure.
Kim
Craig Welch
Registered User
23 posts
Any change on having an import option for existing websites? I'm looking around in vsd and not finding any method of doing that yet.
Thanks,
Craig
Thanks,
Craig
Eric Rohloff
Senior Advisor
20,271 posts
This will probably never be an option. But you could use an html box to pull chunks of code off your existing page to make up your new one and then delete them as you rebuild them in VSD allowing you more time to accomplish this task.
I can't hear what I'm looking at.
It's easy to overlook something you're not looking for.
This is a site I built for my work.(RSD)
http://esmansgreenhouse.com
This is a site I built for use in my job.(HTML Editor)
https://pestlogbook.com
This is my personal site used for testing and as an easy way to share photos.(RLM imported to RSD)
https://ericrohloff.com
It's easy to overlook something you're not looking for.
This is a site I built for my work.(RSD)
http://esmansgreenhouse.com
This is a site I built for use in my job.(HTML Editor)
https://pestlogbook.com
This is my personal site used for testing and as an easy way to share photos.(RLM imported to RSD)
https://ericrohloff.com
Craig Welch
Registered User
23 posts
I think I did that properly. I just pasted the raw html from <head> to </body> into an html object for each page. It kind of defeats the visual part of the VSD and I assume I will now have to translate the html into visual objects. But on the other hand, I was using a different (non-caffeinated) html editor anyway.
My big problem now is that I broke the frames that the site was based on so it's not fully functional on the s-drive site. I guess I'll be digging through some code for a while before making any further changes.
My goal is to verify that I can move our site from the current hosting provider to the S-Drive. It looks like it will take me a bit longer than I had anticipated.
BTW Eric, thanks for the VSD tips site.
My big problem now is that I broke the frames that the site was based on so it's not fully functional on the s-drive site. I guess I'll be digging through some code for a while before making any further changes.
My goal is to verify that I can move our site from the current hosting provider to the S-Drive. It looks like it will take me a bit longer than I had anticipated.
BTW Eric, thanks for the VSD tips site.
paintbrush
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3,816 posts
Craig, if your site doesn't have too many pages, it might be easier to just start a new one. Get your pages set up in VSD with backgrounds, menus... then you can just copy the text from the old site, click the text tool in VSD and paste your text in. You don't have to mess with the html at all. You can also grab photos and graphics from your old site (right-click and save) so you can insert them into your VSD pages.
This is a good thing
http://www.reubenyau.com/top-10-reasons … s-are-bad/
I broke the frames that the site was based on
This is a good thing
http://www.reubenyau.com/top-10-reasons … s-are-bad/
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Craig Welch
Registered User
23 posts
Hi Paintbrush, I may well end up having to do as you suggest.
The weird thing is that if I open the s-drive site in IE explorer the index.html page is blank. If I then select edit in Microsoft Word the site shows up inside the frame a little off kilter but totally visible. Here's the code (I dummied up the title and mettadata).
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>TITLE REPLACEMENT TEXT</TITLE>
<META name="description" content="WB.">
<META name="keywords" content=" DUMMY DATA ">
</HEAD>
<!-- frames -->
<FRAMESET cols="15%,*">
<FRAME name="menu" src="menu.html" marginwidth="10" marginheight="10" frameborder="0">
<FRAME name="main" src="main.html" marginwidth="10" marginheight="10" frameborder="0">
<head>
<title>WB</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
</FRAMESET>
</BODY>
</HTML>
The weird thing is that if I open the s-drive site in IE explorer the index.html page is blank. If I then select edit in Microsoft Word the site shows up inside the frame a little off kilter but totally visible. Here's the code (I dummied up the title and mettadata).
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>TITLE REPLACEMENT TEXT</TITLE>
<META name="description" content="WB.">
<META name="keywords" content=" DUMMY DATA ">
</HEAD>
<!-- frames -->
<FRAMESET cols="15%,*">
<FRAME name="menu" src="menu.html" marginwidth="10" marginheight="10" frameborder="0">
<FRAME name="main" src="main.html" marginwidth="10" marginheight="10" frameborder="0">
<head>
<title>WB</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
</FRAMESET>
</BODY>
</HTML>
paintbrush
Ambassador
3,816 posts
edit in Microsoft Word
Can you grab your text from here? NO CODE – just the text. You need to get just your content out and lose all the frame stuff, don't bring any of that into VSD.
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. (Douglas Adams)
https://www.callendales.com
https://www.callendales.com
Jo Rice
Senior Advisor
10,951 posts
Always better to take anything you plan to put into code "out" of any editor like MS Word or Wordpad or any formattable text editor and paste it into something like MS Notepad or Notepad ++ or any raw text editor to strip it of any hidden code that those other programs love to add in. Then copy it from there into whatever web builder you're entering it into.
Hope that helps
Hope that helps
Prism
Ambassador
1,611 posts
I have gone from Net Fusion to Front Page to Html Editor then Blue Voda and now VSD Until I find a better solution. I will stick with this. It is like spring cleaning sometimes you have to move the furniture. Each time a rebuild. As Paintbrush said that is a good thing. Plus the site will be compliant with its creator. Now that has got to be a better thing
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