Hi guys, as thread title really, I've made a website with VSD. I already own the domain that I wish to use for it, and I have a host lined up.

So my question is can I upload and host the site with my host (FastHost) using the domain I have waiting, then edit the website further in HTML at a later date, to make more advanced changes etc..?

Cheers, Chris.

Also, I've added this bit of code to my 'header' via some online guides and tutorials about IE9+ changing the layout of some of my text (appears fine in all other browsers)..

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE8" >

And when I 'preview' in IE it has no effect.

However, when I preview, then open that page in my HTML Trial version, I can add the above code, preview and the changes work.

So is this an issue with VSD? This brings back my first question, as I need to be able to get that code working, so I'm hoping that once the site is up and running, I can use HTML to make these 'behind the scenes' changes. Hope that makes sense.

Hiya cds90,

There's one major hitch to your request. If you edit anything at all outside of the program, you will not be able to edit it again inside the program without losing all your outside changes. The file that VSD uses to create it's websites and save them is not importable, meaning it cannot and does not see any changes you make outside of the program. This of course means any changes you do inside the program after editing it outside of it, will lose all outside changes and you'll have to manually redo them again.

So to answer your question, yes, you "can" edit them and fine tune them with more advanced changes once the site is uploaded, but you cannot in any way convenient go back to editing it in VSD after you do that.

Having said this, why not just use the HTML Editor to create your sites rather than VSD. The code will be much more familiar and although it's a coding system, and not a drag and drop, you will have the type of code you want right from the start. VSD, although very useful, and makes some extremely nice websites, really isn't meant for those with lots of coding background, it's more for those that don't have any experience or very very limited experience with coding, or those that just don't have time to mess with the code at all and want a quick website up that looks nice.

Don't get me wrong, I've seen some wonderful sites made with VSD, but truly editing it after the fact, if you're that knowledgeable that you can edit HTML, you really don't want to have to edit what this program creates, everything is in absolute positioning and it's not easily recognizable as to what positioning goes with what part of the page as it's all by numbers as the way to identify them. HTML from the start would be a whole lot simpler in the end.

But ... yes, you can edit the code after the fact, and yes all your changes should take effect if they are coded correctly, but you'll need to make sure nothing clashes with what's already on the page... that there is the clincher for me Good luck on it!

You can host your site on sdrive and have the domain you already own direct traffic there, that's what I do with mine in the signature line below.

I'm unsure as to what you are accomplishing in forcing ie9 to emulate ie8, what on your site is killing IE9?

Thanks for the replies guys,



Unfortunately this does describe me! I've no HTML or coding experience at all, I've put a website together for a company my friend works for using all VSD, it's been really easy to use and the (almost) end result is great!

Problem is below..

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i311/cdsmith1990/browserfail.png

The top one is how it appears in VSD. The middle is in Opera, my browser of choice, and the third is, of course.. IE9.

I posted this and asked on a car forum I use regularly, and few people that are clued up on web design and stuff explained about the way browsers interpret stuff, namely IE being different to all the rest. I did some research and found that bit of code fixes the issue, but like Jo Ann said, the changes don't save.

See I'm not too experienced with hosting, which is why I was hoping that once I publish the site via VSD (and it converts itself to HTML), that once it's hosted wherever I decide to put it, I can make future changes to it in the HTML Editor, whether this would mean downloading the live site in HTML Editor, making the necessary changes then replacing the files made in VSD with the altered ones made in HTML Editor..?

In VSD when you code the menu can you set the padding to zero?

I'm not 100% sure here, but I do believe you can insert HTML code into the head of the page(s) to accommodate any settings you need there. Hopefully someone that actually uses VSD will chime in here and let us know how that's done. I've seen posts on it before, but I don't use VSD so although I skim through them I don't always pay close attention to what's done to fix things sorry *blushes*.

I'm pretty sure that can all be done within the program though so hang tight, I'm sure someone will come in with where/how to enter the code for that issue.

How do I do that David?




Well, that's what I tried first.. It seemed obvious because it lets me add simple code to the header, but as I said above I did try this and when I previewed it made no difference.. However when I Previewed in VSD, downloaded to HTML, added the code manually there then re-reviewed via HTML, the changes did occur

Like Jo Ann I have only breezed over VSD in the past, I HTML by hand, but it probably is in the options when you are configuring the menu, probably something like a fill in area with padding left, padding right, padding top, padding bottom, area with boxes where you can set a value.

If you want to use some custom HTML, CSS... whatever – You have to do it on VSD's terms
Use the add HTML tool to place code within your page, go to Edit > Edit Header to place code in the head of your site, and use Edit > Add Files for any other things that might need to be included with your code or scripts.
Changes and additions made this way can be saved and included in uploads.