Dumplin Posted February 21, 2004 Posted February 21, 2004 Ok I am thinking about.....well 99% sure I want to move my domain to TCH, the Domain is registered [4 years now] and has been hosted at Yahoo Webservices which was independent up until about 2 years ago and was taken over by Yahoo....sorry can't remember the orig name of the Host. Anyway the whole site was created with PageBuilder [it's a different version than the one on geocities] and my problem is can the site be transferred or will I need to build it from scratch? I have looked at the posts on Cute Site Builder and from what I have read appears to be a much better program than PB as it is not restricted to online use. Ok I also have FrontPage 2003 but have not had the time to learn it well enough to convert my whole site to that format. I have about 50 pages. TIA for any suggestions Donna Quote
DarqFlare Posted February 21, 2004 Posted February 21, 2004 If I'm not mistaken, those WYSIWYG editors actually make the HTML for the pages. So you should be able to just grab the physical HTML files (And images, javascripts, etc) from your old webhost, download them, then upload them here to your new hosting space without losing any coding. That is, of course, assuming that the PageBuilder you used just generated the HTML on the spot and didn't generate it when you loaded the page (Highly unlikely). Quote
jacobw Posted February 21, 2004 Posted February 21, 2004 I'd agree with Robert's assessment. 50 pages shouldn't take long either. Open up an FTP program, download everything to a folder on your computer and then all you'd have to do is upload everything under that folder to your TCH account. Quote
Dumplin Posted February 22, 2004 Author Posted February 22, 2004 If I'm not mistaken, those WYSIWYG editors actually make the HTML for the pages. So you should be able to just grab the physical HTML files (And images, javascripts, etc) from your old webhost, download them, then upload them here to your new hosting space without losing any coding. That is, of course, assuming that the PageBuilder you used just generated the HTML on the spot and didn't generate it when you loaded the page (Highly unlikely). Thanks for that info......the coding is called dirty by html geeks [no offence I am a geek too in other areas] but I will keep that suggestion in mind. I have a flash drive which I plan to use for backup. If all else fails I can experiment and try to convert the pages to FrontPage. Thanks again and have a Happy Day! Donna Quote
Dumplin Posted February 22, 2004 Author Posted February 22, 2004 I'd agree with Robert's assessment. 50 pages shouldn't take long either. Open up an FTP program, download everything to a folder on your computer and then all you'd have to do is upload everything under that folder to your TCH account. LOL oh gawd you make it sound so easy......I will have to run some trial and errors. I put many hours into the site and I do have everything...graphics and text files on my HD. Have a Happy Day2 Donna Quote
DarqFlare Posted February 22, 2004 Posted February 22, 2004 Oh, by the way... Welcome Donna! I hope you get everything sorted out correctly. Make sure to drop by and ask more questions if you need... Or drop by anyway! Quote
ThumpAZ Posted February 22, 2004 Posted February 22, 2004 One more we are pleased to welcome to the family from the presales forum! Welcome to the Family, Donna If you have any questions at all, ask and ye shall receive! You have made the right choice, and we will strive to continually prove that to you. On you transfer... one thing you want to do is make sure you download everything BEFORE setting the nameservers, or you may lose visibility to the site over at Yahoo. -GG Quote
TCH-Don Posted February 22, 2004 Posted February 22, 2004 Welcome to the Family Donna and your new home! We really are like family here. So if you need anything, just ask your new family! We love to help After you transfer your site, you can create a sub-folder to try other ways to build a site. Quote
Dumplin Posted February 24, 2004 Author Posted February 24, 2004 One more we are pleased to welcome to the family from the presales forum! Welcome to the Family, Donna If you have any questions at all, ask and ye shall receive! You have made the right choice, and we will strive to continually prove that to you. On you transfer... one thing you want to do is make sure you download everything BEFORE setting the nameservers, or you may lose visibility to the site over at Yahoo. -GG Ok thanks for the tip on the nameserver......I don't have a clue what that means but a good friend is going to help me. Thanks for the welcome....this web board was what really did it for me......Yahoo had no such setup....even though Yahoo has it's logo on the host services they bought out the orig Host about a year after I signed up and other than contact with Customer Care....which was ok I didn't have anywhere to really communicate with others.....I hate Yahoo popups so stayed away from there so called help communities. This type of board is close to what I love and that is the public usenet groups. I did order the Silver Plan last nite and received the first email but nothing yet about activation. Quote
Dumplin Posted February 24, 2004 Author Posted February 24, 2004 Welcome, Donna! Oh what a cute bunny and thanks glad to be here. Quote
Dumplin Posted February 24, 2004 Author Posted February 24, 2004 Welcome to the Family Donna and your new home! We really are like family here. So if you need anything, just ask your new family! We love to help After you transfer your site, you can create a sub-folder to try other ways to build a site. Thanks so much....I do feel welcome here and I will have lots of questions later Quote
Dumplin Posted February 24, 2004 Author Posted February 24, 2004 Welcome to the family, Donna! LOL thanks and what a nice smile you have Quote
Dumplin Posted February 24, 2004 Author Posted February 24, 2004 Oh, by the way... Welcome Donna! I hope you get everything sorted out correctly. Make sure to drop by and ask more questions if you need... Or drop by anyway! Thanks for your welcome....I have read lots on this board and like it.....there is a wealth of good information here. Quote
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