Converting Frontpage to Expression Problems

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:20:59 Z

My computer fried last week and when I bought a new system I learned that Microsoft Frontpage had been discontinued. Since my website was created in Frontpage and it was so user friendly, I decided to go with Expression Web 2. Just bought Expression Web 2 and imported my old Frontpage website. Everything looks good in EW2 but when I publish, all my hyperlinks overlap. When I go back in EW2 to design there are several "anchors" all over the page. Is there an easy way to get these pages to convert so I don't have to redesign all of the pages. I'm still learning EW2 so it may be something simple, but when I used Frontpage the hyperlinks looked and worked fine. Thanks in advance for your help!!!

Converting Frontpage to Expression Problems

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:32:53 Z

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Please see the following forum thread for posting guidelines:

http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/web/thread/99c95aee-bfe6-4c4d-80d4-8d197194a942

Pay particular attention to Item #1 in the User FAQs. There is a reason why it is item #1.

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Converting Frontpage to Expression Problems

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:05:09 Z

UK,

There is a 'white paper' regarding moving from using Front page to Expression Web at the MS Learn Expression Web site:

http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/cc197140.aspx

The 'white paper' is at the bottom of the above linked page. There's a lot of other good stuff on the page, as well.

Cheers,

-Preston

Columbia, CA. USA http://www.gildedmoon.com

Converting Frontpage to Expression Problems

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:45:10 Z

Pat Geary and Tina Clarke have a very good ebook on migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web. It isn't free through they have free tips on converting at http://any-expression.com

MS MVP Expression Tutorials & Help http://by-expression.com and online instructor led Expression Classes

Converting Frontpage to Expression Problems

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:51:22 Z

"Everything looks good in EW2 but when I publish, all my hyperlinks overlap. When I go back in EW2 to design there are several "anchors" all over the page. Is there an easy way to get these pages to convert so I don't have to redesign all of the pages."

There is no way to answer your specific question unless you post a link to your page.

Converting Frontpage to Expression Problems

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:56:21 Z

Sounds like a layout using layers.

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Converting Frontpage to Expression Problems

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:11:10 Z

If the OP [Original Poster] had followed the posting guidelines in the sticky "BEFORE POSTING" we'd know, wouldn't we, sigh.

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Converting Frontpage to Expression Problems

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:16:19 Z

"If the OP [Original Poster] had followed the posting guidelines in the sticky "BEFORE POSTING" we'd know, wouldn't we, sigh."

Yeah, that be true.

My crystal ball is on an extended lunch break. ;-)

-Preston

Columbia, CA. USA http://www.gildedmoon.com

Converting Frontpage to Expression Problems

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:36:18 Z

The website page I'm having trouble with is http://www.thepersuader.org/VideoMessages.htm. As I said, when I look at the page in EW2 all the links are in a nice column and looks great, but when I publish I get this. Thanks

Converting Frontpage to Expression Problems

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:20:25 Z

You are using bad VML code. You can't expect it to look right in IE until you clean that up. (Opera, Chrome, Firefox, and EW's Design View ignores VLM styling. IE tries to deal with it, and shows the result you are seeing.)

Get rid of all the

<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
v\:*         { behavior: url(#default#VML) }
o\:*         { behavior: url(#default#VML) }
.shape       { behavior: url(#default#VML) }


<![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 9]>
<xml><o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1027"/>
</xml><![endif]-->


and so on

You also have code errors that EW will show you in Code View.

Frankly, it would probably be faster to recreate the page in EW - without cutting and pasting anything from Word, FrontPage, or the current page.

Converting Frontpage to Expression Problems

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:02:25 Z

I checked the page you list in both Firefox and IE8 and it looks displays OK for me. Not checked in IE 6 or 7 though. Both your menu and the listing of files would be better suited to an unordered list styled with your style sheet rather than using non breaking spaces and the <br> tag.

Looking at the head section you have a long list of styles you have let EW create for you. Read this and see if it helps any

http://www.expression-web-tutorials.com/style1-created.html

You also do not need all of the table heights you have and empty cells.

You can set up a basic template for the site which would include your masthead, the left side menu and the footer. Develop your content and attach the DWT to the content pages. Depending on your comfort zone, you could also move away from using tables to a css based layout.

If you want to experiment, try http://www.expression-web-tutorials.com/ew-templates.html

Tina Clarke has an excellent ebook on using DWT's with Expression Web http://any-expression.com/expression-web/ebooks/expression-web-dwt-ebook.htm

Sample of what you can do using an external style sheet and dwt which will make maintenance of your site much easier

http://huuweb.org/ or http://www.fpcusa.net/

pat

Pat Geary Microsoft MVP Expression Web http://www.expression-web-tutorials.com/ http://www.expression-web-tips.com/

Converting Frontpage to Expression Problems

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:06:16 Z

" checked the page you list in both Firefox and IE8 and it looks displays OK for me."

The VML stuff was cleaned up since the original post. :)