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   sto6lsj
   Member

   Hi,

   I'm new to all this CMS stuff, initially used CushyCMS but repeatable regions was lacking and found PageLime, brilliant, much better!

   Bascially I designed a site in dreamweaver and am getting my head around linking it with PageLime so my friend can edit easily!

   Just one question: say he edits a page and then wants to mess with the CSS or whatever and comes to me, whats the best way to get the up-dated webpage back into Dreamweaver?

   Initially, I thought I would just look at the edited pages on PageLime and use the admin account on PageLime to access the HTML and basically copy and paste over the original Dreamweaver page on my HDD.

   Or are there any other ways?

   Thanks for your help.

   EDIT: I would have the original website on my HDD, so have all the required info, just not any updated text etc. With this method I would also lose the new images, but could get them from the 'live' website and re-input via dreamweaver.

   Posted 4 weeks ago #
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   Mick
   Member

   You're correct in thinking that files on the server that have been updated by the client via Pagelime will be out of sync with your local site files on your HDD.

   If the CSS file is a seperate file you should be able to edit this in DW and just upload to the server without affecting any uploaded content.

   If your CSS is included in the HTML files (not a good idea) however, you will need to view the remote site in DW and then 'get' the most recent version on the pages you need to edit. This downloads it to your HDD and you can make your changes and then upload the modified version.

   It is best to do this in DW rather than the Pagelime admin.

   Posted 4 weeks ago #
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   sto6lsj
   Member

   Thanks for mentioning about the CSS, my CSS is in a seperate file, so I will keep that in mind, about just re-uploading the CSS file.

   ..."you will need to view the remote site in DW and then 'get' the most recent version on the pages you need to edit"...

   whats the best way to do this ^, is it by copying and pasting the HTML from PageLime (when I'm in an admin account) over the original HTML on my HDD?

   Thanks for your help.

   Posted 4 weeks ago #
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   kmnelson01@gmail.com
   Member

   I want to make sure I am understanding your question correctly. You are concerned that if you make updates on the local version of the website and then upload (or put) the files onto the web it is going to overwrite all of the changes made by your customer?

   If this is the case you need to do the following. I always (get from) in the files window next to the (put to and synch) options before I make any changes. This pulls all of the updates that have occurred online through Page Lime into your local version. From here you can than make all of your changes and then re-upload (put to) your remote site.

   In a nutshell choose the (get from) option which updates your local version with all changes. Then make your changes and choose (put to) and it will place your new changes onto the net. You can even choose synchronize instead of put to. (I like this because it gives me the option to delete all files off of the remote site that are not on my local version. This prevents you from having a load of content in the folders of your remote site that are not being used any longer.

   I went in and visited your website. I am actually a teacher and teach drivers education on the side. I have been interested in starting up my own drivers education program separate from the high school that I teach at. I would love to talk shop on what it would take to get such a business up and running. I wouldn't be asking but I noticed you are based out of the UK therefore I would not be competing with your clientele. If you can offer any information or would be willing to open up a conversation please email me at the following: kmnelson01@gmail.com.

   Posted 4 weeks ago #
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   sto6lsj
   Member

   Thanks for your response, I knew I was missing something, the 'get' button!

   Thanks for the detailed answer as well it has helped me understand the process. I'd lose any images like this, suppose there is no way not to lose images when they're being stored with PageLime, it only takes a few clicks to get to the image gallery anyway, and I suppose if I sync the page back the images will re-link anyway, but I can also get the images from PageLime and re-link when I download them onto my HDD as well.

   I will ask my friend to email you 'kmnelson01@gmail.com', and say that you have helped me get a CMS running for this site.

   Thanks

   Posted 3 weeks ago #

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