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I hit a real snag yesterday while using FP2000.
I'm in the process of converting a large (500 page) site
to use more css.
So I ran 2 search & replace jobs, using the within
html/down options. The 1st replaced <b><i> with <span
class="x">. That worked ok.
The 2nd was supposed to replace </i></b> with </span>.
That hosed the files, but not consistently - sometimes 1/2
page was right, 1/2 was wrong, and how they were hosed was
inconsistent from one page to the next. Behavior included
(but wasn't limited to) throwing a series of </span> tags
at the end of the page instead of where they belonged OR
putting the original opening <span> tag instead of
</span>. The variety was incredible.
If the stuff had been consistent, I'd buy the idea that I
simply entered the criteria wrong. Since results weren't
consistent, I had to fix every stinking page by hand - 12+
hours.
As far as I'm concerned, search and replace is a basic
core function - word processors have had it for years.
Yes, I could use VB or VBA. But I've used search & replace
before within the program, and survived just fine.
I thought it was time to upgrade, but now I'm considering
other products. Am I asking FrontPage to do too much,
given the size of the site? There are more conversions to
implement, but I'm real nervous at this point.
Help! Thanks.
I'm in the process of converting a large (500 page) site
to use more css.
So I ran 2 search & replace jobs, using the within
html/down options. The 1st replaced <b><i> with <span
class="x">. That worked ok.
The 2nd was supposed to replace </i></b> with </span>.
That hosed the files, but not consistently - sometimes 1/2
page was right, 1/2 was wrong, and how they were hosed was
inconsistent from one page to the next. Behavior included
(but wasn't limited to) throwing a series of </span> tags
at the end of the page instead of where they belonged OR
putting the original opening <span> tag instead of
</span>. The variety was incredible.
If the stuff had been consistent, I'd buy the idea that I
simply entered the criteria wrong. Since results weren't
consistent, I had to fix every stinking page by hand - 12+
hours.
As far as I'm concerned, search and replace is a basic
core function - word processors have had it for years.
Yes, I could use VB or VBA. But I've used search & replace
before within the program, and survived just fine.
I thought it was time to upgrade, but now I'm considering
other products. Am I asking FrontPage to do too much,
given the size of the site? There are more conversions to
implement, but I'm real nervous at this point.
Help! Thanks.
I don't think I'll attempt any more till