Webpage Size?

You are correct, I have to use ReplaceInfFiles each time I update my
websites. It's two mouse clicks, one to start ReplaceInFiles and one to run
the update.

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Don
Vancouver, USA


"MKay" <MKay.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C14914D6-F27B-4B73-8526-416FE2501386@microsoft.com...
> Per earlier post, I'm using 2007. Today I re-installed an old FrontPage
> CD
> and you can view the source code and make global changes, making it easier
> to
> update your site without updating code each time. If Publisher thought to
> have the code screen - I use a split screen, they'd make it easier.
>
> If you use ReplaceInFiles, it looks like you have to do this each time you
> change the site.
>
> I think I'll import into FrontPage, update the code, then import into
> Publisher and upload.
>
> The point is that Microsoft should be listening to all these issues and
> fixing them. Some of the postings I've seen have just said to go get
> another
> product, and that shouldn't be necessary.

Excuse me but though your complaints are valid, I think you have some
unrealistic expectations about Publisher's web building capability.

Why don't you just use FrontPage to build your site to begin with? Probably
because even though it was specifically designed for building websites, it
also has limitations. There is no such thing as a perfect program...every
program has its limitations. Publisher is primarily a DTP with limited web
building capability. It is intended for relatively simple, small, static
sites. By design it produces a left justified, fixed width page with
absolute positioning. It is not an code editor. If you want a code editor,
use FrontPage, or the new Web Expression...or one of the other zillion code
editors out there. We who choose to use Publisher for building webs are
willing to make the tradeoff because of convenience and ease of use, and
learn to workaround the limitations, and change our design as necessary. You
also have that choice.

Yes, it would be great if MS would add the option of centering the web pages
in Publisher, but it isn't going to happen in the near future. And I suspect
that there is little motivation to improve Publisher much, because MS wants
people who outgrow Publisher or find it too limiting to buy Web Expression.
I still use MS Works 4.5 because it offers everything a small business
person needed. In fact it was so good that every version since then through
9 has been dummied down, with functionality stripped from the program. Why?
Cuz if they didn't there would be little motivation for most people to
invest in Office.

As Don suggests, once you get things set up correctly, you can use
replaceinfiles to edit the code of Publisher web pages with two clicks and
produce pages that will center dynamically. If you don't want to do that,
then David Bartosik suggested ways of simulating a centered page in the
article I referenced. It and other articles may seem outdated, but since all
versions of Publisher produce left justified pages, it is still relevant.
The difference is that this group has figured out workarounds for centering
pages, since he wrote that article. If you want the directions for centering
Pub 2007 pages, let us know and we will post it.

In the meantime, I would suggest that you are going to end up with a total
mess if you try to import your Pub html into FrontPage, and then back again.
Use one or the other...not both. The code produced by each is very different
and is not compatible.

Just my 2 cents worth...

DavidF

"MKay" <MKay.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C14914D6-F27B-4B73-8526-416FE2501386@microsoft.com...
> Per earlier post, I'm using 2007. Today I re-installed an old FrontPage
> CD
> and you can view the source code and make global changes, making it easier
> to
> update your site without updating code each time. If Publisher thought to
> have the code screen - I use a split screen, they'd make it easier.
>
> If you use ReplaceInFiles, it looks like you have to do this each time you
> change the site.
>
> I think I'll import into FrontPage, update the code, then import into
> Publisher and upload.
>
> The point is that Microsoft should be listening to all these issues and
> fixing them. Some of the postings I've seen have just said to go get
> another
> product, and that shouldn't be necessary.

It will make a big mess (using FP on Publisher web).

Good luck though!



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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression






"MKay" <MKay RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C14914D6-F27B-4B73-8526-416FE2501386@microsoft.com...
> Per earlier post, I'm using 2007. Today I re-installed an old FrontPage
> CD
> and you can view the source code and make global changes, making it easier
> to
> update your site without updating code each time. If Publisher thought to
> have the code screen - I use a split screen, they'd make it easier.
>
> If you use ReplaceInFiles, it looks like you have to do this each time you
> change the site.
>
> I think I'll import into FrontPage, update the code, then import into
> Publisher and upload.
>
> The point is that Microsoft should be listening to all these issues and
> fixing them. Some of the postings I've seen have just said to go get
> another
> product, and that shouldn't be necessary.

I thought I'd let you know what happened. When I last wrote, I was very
frustrated with the lack of progress, lack of features. I was thinking of
using FrontPage instead, but I had worked hard on my Publisher site and
didn't want to re-do everything. I had used GoLive before, and that was OK
but has quirks, too.

I tested importing into FrontPage and there were some missing parts of the
design, but it would have been workable with some adjustments but not really
worth the trouble.

I have the site uploaded and it is off to the left.

I downloaded ReplaceInFiles and completed it as y'all had instructed, but it
came up with 0 files to change. I am not sure why this didn't work. I
manually inserted into a test file the command </head> <center> and the page
reset to the right, not to the center. It's strange as I took HTML years ago
and it seems it should have worked.

I'm updating my other sites and think I may use FrontPage instead. It's too
bad as I do like some of the Publisher features and have made some nice
fliers, brochures and such with it.

Thank you for your help. I really appreciate it and am sure others do, too.