VSD - Moving Page from one website to...

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I'm using VSD - only. I have a page in Website A that I'd like to move to Website B. It will work perfectly with only minor modifications.

Can I do that?
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You should be able to select all the design elements on the first page and copy them, then open the new site (old one will close) and paste onto a new page. Of course the new page should be the same size as the old.
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Remember that VSD will number some graphics element. Copying a page with all the (numbered) elements might overwrite elements numbered the same or number new elements with numbers that already exist.

Confused?

If an existing graphic element is called "IMG_10.jpg" (which could be a button - See FILES folder), it could be accidentally be replaced with a "IMG_10.jpg" from the copied page.

Or, if you make a new graphical element and the IMG_10.jpg is next in line to be created but already exist, it will not recognize that and neither will it overwrite the existing file. You might encounter unpredicted results.

Long story short: Be careful and backup often.
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As I understand the process VSD won't assign the numbers until you actually save/publish the page, and it's entirely possible the numbering of a given image will change over time (hence the need to upload the files folder every time you publish, if you do so manually). When you paste content into a fresh VSD page it'll either re-number it as needed, or link the instance to the original file name (to save space) as appropriate.
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Yes it should. I had issues as described above when I was just linking to images out of the files folder from a disregarded site. (VSD)

It messed up the sequence somehow. In case of images, I learned that it's better to link to the original source than to an already generated IMP_##.JPG out of a -not in use anymore- files folder.

I not saying it is so, but it suggest than the "sequence number" is stored somewhere and linking to an already numbered files will mess it up?
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Dick Rikkengaa wrote:
I learned that it's better to link to the original source than to an already generated IMP_##.JPG out of a -not in use anymore- files folder.


Yeah, that was the problem. Everything in the folder of generated HTML and the associated files folder is "temporary" in the VSD environment. You can delete the whole folder structure ahd it will simply re-create it. The "copy" of the image you're seeing on the page when you're in VSD (not previewing) is a link to the original that you dropped into place. Try moving that original somewhere else and opening VSD, and it freaks out because it can't find it any longer.

Since the images in the files folder are just meant for publication, and the names could change at any given time, using them as "originals" in another page can be trouble.

When you copy and paste design elements (like images) from one VSD page to another, though, the new copy should be linked to the original image, not it's publish-only copy in the files folder. If you're doing the copy and paste from within the same VSD project file each new copy should still only result in a single copy being made in the files folder. Example, you make six image buttons on your main page and then copy them to all five other pages. There will still be only six associated images in the files folder, not thirty.

When you copy from one VSD project and then paste into a different one it the publish-only copy will be made and will be assigned a number that doesn't conflict with what's already in the files folder. If somehow that's not what's happening then I'd report a possible bug.
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