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Sorry if this has been posted before.
I had an old copy of my Frontpage website containing a Webstyle navbar. Recently I updated my Webstyle Navbar in my current website but, when I opened Webstyle, it reverted to the old copy not contaiiong all the menu selections.
My questions are:
Where does Webstyle save the files it produces?
How can I change to an alternative set of files if needs be?
Apologies if this is a bit confusing.
Hello dwo,
Welcome to Talkgraphics.
Which files are you wanting to find? The Webstyle project files? Or the graphics and javascript files for the menu.
The project files are saved to C:\Program Files\Xara\Webstyle 4\WSTemplates folder and have the text (Project) appended to a folder name.
Your exported graphics and javascript files for a menu are saved to a folder determined by where you last exported. If you created a menu using Webstyle 4 via the Frontpage extension, the graphics and javascript will be exported to a folder determined by your Frontpage project.
Thanks for trying to help.
What has happened is that the nav bar that shows up on the page I am editing in frontpage is not the nav bar that Webstyle uses when I try and edit it. Also if I use the nav bar suggested by Webscape and save it to the page in Frontpage, when I view the page in a browser the nav bar is blank.
What I want to do is to use the nav bar shown in frontpage and not the one opened by Webscape. Really confusing I know.
One quick question:
What is the folder called you mention that is saved by the Frontpage project and where is it?
Thanks.
You tell Frontpage where to save your project and what to name it, I cannot know what name you used or where you saved the project.
You could look for a My Webs folder within your My Documents folder, your project folder may be within the My Webs folder. However as I already mentioned you may have selected another location and folder name.
I do not use Frontpage so cannot provide any assistance on that subject.
BTW it is not necessary to quote a post that immediately preceeds your own post. It is a waste of space and bandwidth and makes reading threads more difficult. I will delete the quoted text from your post.
Sorry about quoting but it is good when you can see what you are replying to when composing a post especially when you forget what was said. Also you cant know if someone else is going to post before you so, if they did, your post would not be after the one you are referring to.
Thanks for trying to help. A couple of last questions:
If I have two websites with two Webstyles how can I change one for the other?
When I alter a nav bar how do you ensure it alters the nav bars on every page os the site?
Are the websites created in Frontpage? Or other program?
Question 1: If you are using say notepad to create or edit your html pages you simply use find and replace to change the references for the javascript created by Webstyle. Make sure you copy the correct graphics and javascript to the folder specified in the html for the files you replaced the names with.
If using Frontpage you would delete all references to the existing menu then use the Frontpage extension to open Webstyle and open (or create new) project for the menu you want to use.
Question 2: Use the same technique mentioned in Question 1 reply. If using notepad then open each html file and do the find and replace.
If using Frontpage your pages will all be in the one Frontpage project.
BTW if you need to refer to the previous post while composing, simply scroll down. All the previous posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Thanks again for trying to help.
I think I will leave well enough alone as I have masses of pages on my website plus I am not that sure of what I am doing.
Hi, me again.
Still struggling with this problem.
What happens is that the Webstyle4 that opens in Frontpage i.e. the Navigator bars, is not the same as is displayed on the internet when the website is visited.
When I open Frontpage the navbars shown are correct but when I right click and open the 'Frontpage Components Properties' that launch Webstyle4 it opens up different nav bars.
One question might help. Where does Webstyle save its files it creates?
Also is it possible to find the correct files as obviously there must be two sets floating around my system and copy one set over the other?
This is really confusing so I hope someone can help with some idiots guide.
When using the Frontpage extension the files created by webstyle are saved to the location you specify for your frontpage web site.
I understand that but I can't find them. Can you tell me what they are? If not what extentions should I look for? Thanks.
When you create a menu using Webstyle 4 the files are exported as images. They can be jpg or gif or png depending on your selection. There is also a javascript file which places the images on your page as needed for mouse off and mouse over conditions.
I could ask my question another way.
The navbar at the top of my website that is on the internet is not the navbar that Webstyle opens. Obviously I must have several files all over my computer so, when you launch Webstyle exactly where on the hard drive does it load the files from?
If this is a problem is it possible to get the files shown on the internet and bring them into Webstyle so starting over again but not loosing any links?
Thank you for trying to help but I understand this. My problem is that I have created several web sites using Webstyle and I have now got all the files mixed up. I have tried replacing them by ftp but Webstyle still opens an old set of navbars, not the ones just created via Frontpage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soquili
It is so hard trying to explain my problem.
Webstyle does not import images, html, or javascript.
If you did not save your Webstyle project you will need to recreate it. A project is saved in the Program Files/Xara/Webstyle 4/WSTemplates folder. The project will be a subfolder with a name you have given it and (Project) appended to the folder name.
The attached image shows a Windows Explorer view of a project on my computer. Double Click the thumbnail to see the larger image.
Hi
I have such files but when I open the Project in Webstyle it does not open but just lists the files.
Can you provide a screen shot of the contents of your Project file.
BTW I am not a Xara employee nor any type of offical support. Webstyle is not one of the programs I use often if at all. So all my answers are best guess.
Sorry being an idiot but how do I get and show a screenshot?
Use Windows Explorer to view your project folder. Keep the Explorer windows to a size that does not exceed 800 pixels wide.
With the contents of the project file on display in the right hand pane of the explorer hold down an Alt key and hit the Prt Scrn key on your keyboard. This will put a copy of the active window, which should be Windows Explorer, in the clipboard.
Open a graphics application and then Paste from the clipboard to put a bitmap of the active window in the application. If you don't have any other graphics application you can use Windows Paint which is installed on all versions of Windows. After the paste operation you will see the bitmap. Save this as a .jpg image to your hard drive. You can then attach the jpg image to a post here at Talkgraphics.
To attach an image you scroll the edit window where you enter your post and there is a Manage Attachments button in the left side of the page.
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Me again.
Is this any good?
Yes that shows not only your project files but also the image and javascript files. It is not usual to place both in the same folder.
Is this from your Webstyle 4 folder in the Program Files folder, or your Frontpage project folder?
Have you configured the Frontpage personal web server to use your Webstyle 4 Project folder as part of your localhost? The _vti_cnf subfolder would indicate that you have.
You screen grab does not show the folder name the files are in.
The folder name will be the project name in Webstyle 4.
When you start Webstyle 4 the main screen, click the Projects button.
Find the Project and double click it's icon.
Click the menu image to open the project.
See the attached images.
I opened the Project in Friontpage OK. I can edit but cant save as it is greyed out.
Have you cleared your browser cache? Until that is cleared you will see your locally cached version of the web page rather than the page as it exists on your site.
The following link will explain how to clear the cache for most of the current browsers. http://www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser's-Cache
Cleared cashe. Still no joy.
The files operating the site on the internet are not the same files that Webstyle opens. That is the problem.
Your FTP program may not be replacing the files that exist on your site.
Check with your web host to see what they would recommend.
OK. Thanks again for trying to help.
I understand that but I can't find them. Can you tell me what they are? If not what extentions should I look for? Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soquili
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Hi doramide7,
Welcome to Talkgraphics.
The default location for a saved Webstyle project is in the C:\Program Files\Xara\Webstyle 4\WSTemplates\Project name (Project) folder.
The filename extensions saved in the project folder are the same as those used in the Templates so they are not unique to your saved files.
The word Project within parenthases is the most unique part of Webstyle saved projects.