lost page content in fp editor

Robert · May 12, 2004

after re-installing front page, I imported my web site from the web. went to edit the home page, but all the content was gone. Didnot try to save a empty page, so tried to view the home page in the browser. all the content was there. How can I get the content back so I can see it and edit it.? infact, all the content on all the web pages is gone !!! but each individual file can be viewed in a browser.I never had this problem with frontpage 98 Please Help
Robert Holsti.

Jim Buyens · May 12, 2004

Define "import".

If you use the Import command on the File menu, that's
most likely your problem. You need to open the remote site
in FrontPage, and then Publish it back to a local folder.

If you customarily publish by FTP, then open the remote
site in your FTP program, copy the whole site back to an
empty folder on your disk, and then choose Open Site from
the FP File menu and open that folder.

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-----Original Message-----
after re-installing front page, I imported my web site

from the web. went to edit the home page, but all the
content was gone. Didnot try to save a empty page, so
tried to view the home page in the browser. all the
content was there. How can I get the content back so I can
see it and edit it.? infact, all the content on all the
web pages is gone !!! but each individual file can be
viewed in a browser.I never had this problem with
frontpage 98 Please Help.

Thomas A. Rowe · May 12, 2004

Sound like your page is missing one or more of the following, </table>, </body> or </html> tags.

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Robert said:
Ok, thanks.. I removed the site I stored on disk, and went to open my online web site with front

page. Wanted to see if I could edit the home page live, so I clicked on index.html but the file in
the editor came up blank, it does have the shared borders and nav structure., but no page content.
If I preview my home page in a browser, it is normal. What could it be??

Robert · May 12, 2004

ok, I published it to the local hard drive, and my index.html is still blank in the editor, but when I view it in the browser, its ok, wonder what it could be, I have been going over and looking at all of the options, could it be a setting in ms word?
Robert

Tom Pepper Willett · May 12, 2004

Robert: Explain to us how MS Word configures into this situation.
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Robert said:
ok, I published it to the local hard drive, and my index.html is still

blank in the editor, but when I view it in the browser, its ok, wonder what
it could be, I have been going over and looking at all of the options, could
it be a setting in ms word??

Tom Pepper Willett · May 12, 2004

MS word is not the FP editor. FrontPage is. So, I'm not sure where you're
going with the MS Word.

BTW, I didn't have anything attached to my message ;-)
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Robert said:
I have no idea how or if ms word figures into this, but it seems like a

editor problem to me, if I import or publish I end up with the same results,
a blank web page in the editor, but the file can be viewed in the browser
with all content and everythoing intact., its just driving me bananas. by
looking at the html in the editor, I realy do have a blank page staring at
me..... Now, I will read to see what you have attached to your message, I
realy hope it helps. Thanks..

Robert · May 12, 2004

Every single page that has shared borders is blank in the front page editor. Pages that do not have shared borders are visable....... considering the blank pages in the editor, if I click the file name in the left pane, and view the so called blank page in the browser, the page is ok and 100% intact
Rober

Thomas A. Rowe · May 12, 2004

Open the shared border pages in your _border folder and make sure that they are not missing any
ending </table>, </body> or </html> tags.

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Robert said:
Every single page that has shared borders is blank in the front page editor. Pages that do not

have shared borders are visable....... considering the blank pages in the editor, if I click the
file name in the left pane, and view the so called blank page in the browser, the page is ok and
100% intact.

Robert · May 12, 2004

found one bad one, fixed it, bu tstill same thing, no change
Robert

Thomas A. Rowe · May 12, 2004

Also check the pages that the shared border is also included in.

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Robert · May 13, 2004

Thomas, That fixed it. It looks like the top border page did not save properly, and the </> tags were missing. I put the </> tags back where they were supposed to go, and now, Im a happy man, Thanks a million, I almost had a camp fire with frontpage 2003, it was a hair puller. !!!! Thanks again to you and every one else that helped
Robert.

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Also check the pages that the shared border is also included in

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Thomas A. Rowe · May 14, 2004

You are welcome.

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Robert said:
Thomas, That fixed it. It looks like the top border page did not save properly, and the </> tags

were missing. I put the </> tags back where they were supposed to go, and now, Im a happy man,
Thanks a million, I almost had a camp fire with frontpage 2003, it was a hair puller. !!!! Thanks
again to you and every one else that helped.