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Editing with FrontPage

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doyle9732

doyle9732

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Some of our administrative assistants edit cfm pages. In the past it wasn't an issue. When they first opened the file, FrontPage would ask them if they wanted the page to be treated as html (or something like that)....and they were able to make minor changes to the appearance of the page, save it and all was well.

Now, FrontPage plays havoc with the file! All the text from <cfincludes> get pasted into the file, it changes characters and generally makes a mess of things.

Does anyone know what settings I must change to allow cfm files to be edited without harm?

many thanks!
Stephanie
 
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Go to Start-->Settings-->Control Panel-->Add\Remove Software and get rid of Frontpage then get a hold of Dreamweaver MX or Homesite.

That should solve your problem..

Now, sarcasm aside, if you are using .CFM pages why not use a tool that's designed to work with them? DWMX and/or Homesite are perfect tools for CFM development.

You could try to kill a fly with a hammer but what's the point when you can get a hold of a swatter??

Pick the right tools for the right job.

Frontpage is the devil... well at least it has been created by him...


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Steph,

Get a couple copies of Contribute: inexpensive, lightweight, intuitive, and designed to do the job at the non-tech admin level. Banish FrontPage from your entire domain; it makes DW code re-writes look downright helpful, as you've discovered.


My US$.02

Phil Hegedusich
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I've looked and can't find them. Yes we were stuck using FP in the past. FP is way to idiot proof. since CF is a tag based language it tries to put them where they belong. this means everything goes between the <html> tags and if it din't have <html> tags before it will now... i agree with above. contribute for small changes and content management, DW for developers.

even asp pages which isn't messed with by FP still included the <html> and <body> tags on pages that were included so i'd have <html> <body> ....<html> <body>included stuff</body></html></body></html>

some times even more than that.



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