Recovering broken web

[datadan]

I have a webiste designed with Frontpage. The _vtf and_private directorys on ...\mywebs\ were deleted. All individual pages still exist and work with HTML via desktop browser, but now cannot publish, and Front Page directory tree does not see all files under: C:\mywebs\tempweb\ even though desktop explorer does show them.

Is there a repair utility I can run to fix this? I Don't want to retype all pages.
Thanks,

 

[AMysticWeb]

Hi datadan,

If your site is published to the web, it would be a simple process to publish down to file.

So as to not overwrite your remaining pages, create a new folder for this purpose. e.g. if your web folder was widgets, just name the new one widgets2. Mine are stored in C:\\\MyDocuments\MyWebs

Once you create the folder, open your site live by typing the URL into the box reserved for the page name.
One the site is open, open any page. Now go to File >> Publish web. Use browse to locate the newly created folder.

Of course you could let FP create the folder. I prefer to create the folder first so I control the naming.

If this isn't an option for you, you could use FP to create a new web. Once again name it widgets2 so you don't accidentally replace the existing web.

Now, you could copy and paste the existing pages into the web in Windows Explorer view. Don't paste over the folders FP creates in the new web, just add the pages.

OR

Open the pages one at a time with FrontPage and do a Save As to direct them to the new web.

You may of course need to create and files you might have been in the folders e.g. _Private if you had something like form_results.txt as FP won't know you had one.



Hope I have been of some help,
Micheal

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