Posting new Web site to old location

[David Kirk]

I've just spent about 100 hours building a completely re-
designed Web site, to replace my already-published site
that desperately needs a re-do. I've develoepd it in a
web folder on my hard drive and need to publish it to a
remote server with my Web host, Interland. It just
occurred to me that the hundreds of links between and
among the pages on my new, local site may have to be
manually "re-aimed" one-by-one once I publish the new
site to the server. (That would take another 100 hours!)
What's the smartest way for me to replace my exsiting
site with this new one so that the links I've established
locally survive when published? Should I simply
important files from my local drive to the remote server,
or do I need to "publish" the site, pointing to the URL?
If that's the case, is it best for me to delete
everything or most things that are already in the current
Web before publishing? And finally, there are some sub-
Webs on the remote server that I want to keep when I put-
up the new site, that I have not re-created on my local
drive; in other words, they only exist on the remote
server at this time. How do I assure that they survive?
Sorry to be so full of questions; I tried to find the
answer here and in the KB but I just couldn't get what I
needed. Many thanks in advance!

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

Assuming your online site has FP server extensions:

Open the online web in FP, and delete all the files and folders except
_private and images. You can, however, delete the files within those
folders.

Then, do a full publish (not changed pages only) from your local machine to
your online web.
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Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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| I've just spent about 100 hours building a completely re-
| designed Web site, to replace my already-published site
| that desperately needs a re-do. I've develoepd it in a
| web folder on my hard drive and need to publish it to a
| remote server with my Web host, Interland. It just
| occurred to me that the hundreds of links between and
| among the pages on my new, local site may have to be
| manually "re-aimed" one-by-one once I publish the new
| site to the server. (That would take another 100 hours!)
| What's the smartest way for me to replace my exsiting
| site with this new one so that the links I've established
| locally survive when published? Should I simply
| important files from my local drive to the remote server,
| or do I need to "publish" the site, pointing to the URL?
| If that's the case, is it best for me to delete
| everything or most things that are already in the current
| Web before publishing? And finally, there are some sub-
| Webs on the remote server that I want to keep when I put-
| up the new site, that I have not re-created on my local
| drive; in other words, they only exist on the remote
| server at this time. How do I assure that they survive?
| Sorry to be so full of questions; I tried to find the
| answer here and in the KB but I just couldn't get what I
| needed. Many thanks in advance!

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

When you do a complete redo, it is best to open the live site directly in
FP, then make sure the under Tools | Web Settings | Advanced tab that
viewing of hidden directories is enabled, then delete all content within
your web, except the images and _private folders, these two folder, just
delete the content that is within them, Do NOT delete these two folders.

The just publish your new site to the server.

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Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, WebCircle,
MS KB Quick Links, etc.
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[David Kirk]

Thanks Thomas and Tom! There are a number of directories
that I either know I need to keep on my current published
site -- such as cgi_bin, which contains scripts I need to
run certain surveys on my site, admin directories, report
directories and so forth. I assume that no harm will be
done if I keep them and that they will not be
overwritten. But just to put the fine tune on it: if I
don't delete sub-Webs, will they remain intact?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Yes, yes....

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Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, WebCircle,
MS KB Quick Links, etc.
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[Mr B]

IMHO I'd recommend also making sure you have a backup of the existing web (local or by opening the
live site and publishing it back down) before you do the new upload just in case something goes
wrong. heh heh.