Re: Use FP 2003 on a site developed with other software?

From: Murray (forums_at_HAHAgreat-web-sights.com)
Date: 01/18/05 

Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 08:46:18 -0500

> where can I get some pointers on
> how to do that, or is this truly one of the trial-and-error things?

Just learn HTML and CSS. Let those be the underlying understanding that
guides your use of FP. If you are comfortable with both of these
(comfortable is all you need - expert is not necessary) then you will have
no problems.

I would scour the net for tutorials on both - you could start at
http://www.bignosebird.com and go from there.... 

-- 
Murray
"Serious_Practitioner" <Serious_PractitionerNOSPAM@att.net> wrote in message 
news:1i8Hd.20824$S11.17479@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> Hi, Murray, and many thanks for your informative reply.
>
> I thought that some of the HTML on the newer pages looked sort of, um,
> exotic, but I don't really have the experience to make that judgement. And
> I'm less worried about conflicts - I know they will occur, but hopefully 
> not
> horrible ones.
>
> I do have a question about one sentence in your reply. You say that a good
> coder can use FP and produce a page that is authoring system agnostic. I'm
> probably not that good, but I learn fast...where can I get some pointers 
> on
> how to do that, or is this truly one of the trial-and-error things?
>
> Again, thanks.
>
>
> Steve E.
>
>
>
>
> "Murray" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
> news:uFQ1aoP$EHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Net Object Fusion creates the most grotesque HTML I have ever seen.  Be
>> prepared.  If you do NOT know HTML then you are in for a treat.
>>
>> A Dreamweaver page should be a piece of cake for you to bring into FP. 
>> Its
>> code is clean and tidy (mostly).  The one thing to be aware of is this -
> if
>> the pages are under control of a Dreamweaver template, and if that
> template
>> was created using Dreamweaver MX or Dreamweaver MX2004, then you are in
>> trouble, since FP cannot understand DMX/DMX2004 template markup.
>>
>> I hope that nobody in the current round of 'ownership' will be using
>> anything other than FP to maintain this site - that's where other 
>> troubles
>> will arise, too - two simultaneous editors using different authoring
>> products.
>>
>> > 3. If I use FP, how likely is it that the next person will have 
>> > problems
>> > using a different product?
>>
>> It would entirely depend on how good you are.  A good coder can use FP in
>> such a way that the page is nearly authoring system agnostic.
>>
>> --
>> Murray
>>
>> "Serious_Practitioner" <Serious_PractitionerNOSPAM@att.net> wrote in
> message
>> news:BpXGd.18217$S11.11467@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>> > Hello, all, and thank you in advance for your assistance and opinions.
>> >
>> > I may have to begin taking a fairly active part in the management of a
>> > small
>> > Web site. I just recently acquired a copy of FP 2003, and I have a
> couple
>> > of
>> > questions that I'd like to ask before I break something! I know enough
>> > about
>> > this to believe that the site is fairly simple, having made small
> changes
>> > to
>> > the site with text editors and the like, but I'm concerned about a
> couple
>> > of
>> > things.
>> >
>> > 1. The site has been developed and/or maintained using Dreamweaver,
>> > primarily.  Currently, the fellow who is doing
>> >     the work is using NetObjects Top Page, by IBM. The question that
> comes
>> > to my mind is - what conflicts might or
>> >     will be caused by my beginning to use FP 2003?
>> > 2. If one creates or changes a page with FP, in these circumstances, is
> it
>> > necessary to republish the entire site, or can
>> >    one page simply be moved to the server? I detect some differing
>> > information about that in one of the other newsgroups.
>> > 3. If I use FP, how likely is it that the next person will have 
>> > problems
>> > using a different product?
>> >
>> > I'm certainly interested in other comments, cautions and information as
>> > well. Thank you again.
>> >
>> >
>> > Steve E.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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