Where do the web files live prior to conversion to html?

[Ken Gaskell]

Where do the files live prior to conversion to html?

I know where the html files live, they are exported to a directory of my choice when I publish.

I ask this in case I wish to transfer the files to another computer without starting again from scratch. Presumably it is the pre-conversion files I need to find.

Also, I am giving up on Web Designer 6 and switching over to the new Designer 6. Before doing so, I would like be sure I know how to make the transition without losing my webfiles.

I used to use FrontPage and I knew where everything lived. The thing that is confusing me with Xara is that I work on the site as if it were a desktop publisher, I then publish and it exports the files. When I am working on my site prior to publishing, where are the files? Or are there only html files?

If it is the latter, does this mean I can get everything back just by going to the html files?

Can someone explain what is going on here?

Ken

[steve.ledger]

Your *.web files are saved to a location on your hard drive of your choosing Ken.
When you press 'Save' for the first time I believe the default folder would be My Documents.
However if you previously saved a *.web file to another location, the dialogue may open with the last location first.

Note that embedded flash or gif animation, linked PDF or other docs are not self-contained inside the *.web file, these resources are saved to a folder in the same location as the *.web file to which they belong and will share the same name as the *.web file.

Or are there only html files?
If it is the latter, does this mean I can get everything back just by going to the html files?

Because Web Designer or Designer Pro are not HTML editors, you cannot import previously exported HTML.

[BONES]

Yeah, everything is contained with the Xara file you save, noithing is separated out and no HTML files are generated, until you publish it as a website. So the only thing you need to cart around with you is the .web or .xar file for the website, plus any embedded videos or flash stuff. i.e. Anything that requires a placeholder instead of the actual file.

[Ken Gaskell]

Thanks for you help.

Ken

[Ken Gaskell]

Does all this mean that having moved to a new computer, I have to rebuild my website from scratch?

If I do, what happens when I upload it to the files that are already there?

Surely, there must be something I can do to manage my existing website stuff from my new computer without having to start again.

Can anyone help tell me the best way forward?

Ken

[xtom]

You don't have to start again. Just copy over the xara .web files and any resource folders/files. You can then continue making changes and uploading updates as if you were still using the old computer.

[Ken Gaskell]

Thanks. I did that. I tried selecting open and then the index file. It just tipped the contents of the site into a heap on the page. Having copied the folders across. How do I go about opening it up again? Can you tell me the steps I need to take?

Ken

[zaphodeist]

Select the .web file :-)

[Ken Gaskell]

Sorry if you think I am a fool. On my old computer I have no problem. Prior to this I have created a site and simply opened it using recent files.
I go to recent files and select the file, which as you say, ends .web

However, if I don't use the recent files option, I don't know how to open the website using open because search in the folders as I might, nowhere does it have a file ending .web

I have been in the folder called index_htm_files and they are mainly the pictures and banners etc. Nowhere in that folder does it have a file ending .web

The main folder contains the names of all the pages. None end with .web Clicking index achieves nothing.

I am sure it is quite simple, but this old fool has tried everything and failed.

On my new computer, with no recent files to open, I don't know to access it. I have tried clicking on the html file called index but that just succeeds in emptying its contents in a pile.

Any constructive help would be appreciated.

Ken

[zaphodeist]

I don't think you're a fool! No more than I am at any rate You must have saved your .web locally when you made the site. Find it and copy it across.

PS You could do a computer wide search for it