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1. Re: Process for Migrating GoLive Site to Dreamweaver
Nitin Gupta aka LP Apr 11, 2013 11:54 AM (in response to TheFrankRyan)Moved from Creative cloud to Dreamweaver.
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2. Re: Process for Migrating GoLive Site to Dreamweaver
Nancy O. Apr 11, 2013 12:10 PM (in response to TheFrankRyan)First set-up your Local site definition in DW. Go to Site > New Site...
Tell DW where to find the GL site files on your local hard drive. See screenshot.
Now you can begin purging all the GL proprietary code from your pages. It's a lot of work but worth the effort.
Validate code and fix major errors.
Code Validation Tools
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CSS - http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
HTML - http://validator.w3.org/
JavaScript - http://www.jslint.com/
PHP - http://phpcodechecker.com/
Preview in all browsers.
When your page looks good and functions as you wish, then SaveAs Template. DW will create a Templates folder in your Local site folder. This is for .dwt files.
Next add Editable regions for content that will change from page to page.
Save Template & close it.
Go to File > New page from Template. This is a child page. SaveAs index.html or index.php.
Repeat for other site pages.
Finally, open your Template.dwt and add a menu with links to your other site pages. Save. DW will ask if you wish to populate changes to child pages. Hit yes. When done, preview in browsers to test.
That's pretty much all there is to it.
Nancy O.
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3. Re: Process for Migrating GoLive Site to Dreamweaver
TheFrankRyan Apr 11, 2013 12:22 PM (in response to Nancy O.)Thanks Nancy -- much appreciated!
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4. Re: Process for Migrating GoLive Site to Dreamweaver
Nitin Gupta aka LP Apr 12, 2013 9:06 AM (in response to Nancy O.)Thanks Nancy. Much Appreciated!
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5. Re: Process for Migrating GoLive Site to Dreamweaver
TheFrankRyan Apr 12, 2013 12:48 PM (in response to Nancy O.)Should I expect to run into any conflicts having both GoLive and Dreamweaver on the same machine, or will they run independently?
Thanks,
Frank
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6. Re: Process for Migrating GoLive Site to Dreamweaver
Jon Fritz II Apr 12, 2013 1:37 PM (in response to TheFrankRyan)They're separate programs.
You can have both installed without issue.
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7. Re: Process for Migrating GoLive Site to Dreamweaver
Nancy O. Apr 12, 2013 1:53 PM (in response to TheFrankRyan)What Jon says is true. However, once you strip GL code from your pages, don't use GL as an editor. It will muck things up again.
Nancy O.





