lost copy of website

[Elly Prior]

I would really appreciate some help. I had kept a copy of
my website compressed on a floppy. I now cannot retrieve
it. Does that mean I have to start all over again or is
there some way that I can recover it from the website
itself? It has taken me months to design it as I was a
complete novice and it had about 25 pages.

Anxiously awaiting a response!

Thanks in anticipation.

Elly

[Don Schmidt]

If you created your site with Publisher and it is gone, yes you will need to
start over again. I know the feeling, it happened to me.


--
Don
Vancouver, USA


"Elly Prior" <elly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:083801c48b6a$cfa33370$a601280a@phx.gbl...

> I would really appreciate some help. I had kept a copy of
> my website compressed on a floppy. I now cannot retrieve
> it. Does that mean I have to start all over again or is
> there some way that I can recover it from the website
> itself? It has taken me months to design it as I was a
> complete novice and it had about 25 pages.
>
> Anxiously awaiting a response!
>
> Thanks in anticipation.
>
> Elly

Thank you Don. Glad to know I am not the only one!

Elly

>-----Original Message-----
>If you created your site with Publisher and it is gone,

yes you will need to

>start over again. I know the feeling, it happened to me.
>
>
>--
>Don
>Vancouver, USA
>
>
>"Elly Prior" <elly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:083801c48b6a$cfa33370$a601280a@phx.gbl...

>> I would really appreciate some help. I had kept a copy of
>> my website compressed on a floppy. I now cannot retrieve
>> it. Does that mean I have to start all over again or is
>> there some way that I can recover it from the website
>> itself? It has taken me months to design it as I was a
>> complete novice and it had about 25 pages.
>>
>> Anxiously awaiting a response!
>>
>> Thanks in anticipation.
>>
>> Elly

>
>
>.
>

[analog@logwell.com]

Actually, Publisher 2002 is supposed to be able to import html and work on it as
a "native language". My limited experience with this was not to good, however.
I am not sure about Publisher 2003 in this regard.

Are you sure you do not have the original publisher files? You do not need the
htm or html files if the site was created in Publisher.

In any event, download the actual files from the server now to protect against
disaster until you figure out what you want to do. This might be a good time to
abandon Publisher and import the source code into Front Page or Dreamweaver and
patch it up. At 25 pages, you are already pushing the limit in Publisher,
especially if you are in Publisher 2003 (bloated code problem).

Good luck.

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 07:40:57 -0700, <elly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>
>Thank you Don. Glad to know I am not the only one!
>
>Elly
>

>>-----Original Message-----
>>If you created your site with Publisher and it is gone,

>yes you will need to

>>start over again. I know the feeling, it happened to me.
>>
>>
>>--
>>Don
>>Vancouver, USA
>>
>>
>>"Elly Prior" <elly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>news:083801c48b6a$cfa33370$a601280a@phx.gbl...

>>> I would really appreciate some help. I had kept a copy of
>>> my website compressed on a floppy. I now cannot retrieve
>>> it. Does that mean I have to start all over again or is
>>> there some way that I can recover it from the website
>>> itself? It has taken me months to design it as I was a
>>> complete novice and it had about 25 pages.
>>>
>>> Anxiously awaiting a response!
>>>
>>> Thanks in anticipation.
>>>
>>> Elly

>>
>>
>>.
>>

Thanks so much for that. I am using Publisher 2000. I am
not anticipating expanding the site, neither do I think
(but I don't know for sure) that it uses a lot of memory. I
am really an absolute novice and if I had known what
wonderful support there was here, I would have saved myself
days of frustration figuring things out.

So, the truth is I haven't a clue whether I have HTML
files, neither do I understand source code. I am very
grateful for your suggestion to download my site (I may
just about be able to do that!) in case of disaster.
However, I do not know how to you Front page and I started
to learn Dreamweaver, which given time I am sure I would
have come to grips with, but it just takes so long to start
from scratch. So, if I can transfer something straight in
there, I could just try to fiddle with it!

At the moment, I still have the original on 4 floppies,
compressed, but floppy 2 or 3 does not want to unpack and
therefore Publisher cannot open it. Do you know any way in
which I can rescue what might be left?

Thank you in anticipation.

Elly

>-----Original Message-----
>Actually, Publisher 2002 is supposed to be able to import

html and work on it as

>a "native language". My limited experience with this was

not to good, however.

>I am not sure about Publisher 2003 in this regard.
>
>Are you sure you do not have the original publisher files?

You do not need the

>htm or html files if the site was created in Publisher.
>
> In any event, download the actual files from the server

now to protect against

>disaster until you figure out what you want to do. This

might be a good time to

>abandon Publisher and import the source code into Front

Page or Dreamweaver and

>patch it up. At 25 pages, you are already pushing the

limit in Publisher,

>especially if you are in Publisher 2003 (bloated code

problem).

>
>Good luck.
>
>On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 07:40:57 -0700,

<elly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

>>
>>Thank you Don. Glad to know I am not the only one!
>>
>>Elly
>>

>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>If you created your site with Publisher and it is gone,

>>yes you will need to

>>>start over again. I know the feeling, it happened to me.
>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>Don
>>>Vancouver, USA
>>>
>>>
>>>"Elly Prior" <elly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

message

>>>news:083801c48b6a$cfa33370$a601280a@phx.gbl.. .
>>>> I would really appreciate some help. I had kept a copy of
>>>> my website compressed on a floppy. I now cannot retrieve
>>>> it. Does that mean I have to start all over again or is
>>>> there some way that I can recover it from the website
>>>> itself? It has taken me months to design it as I was a
>>>> complete novice and it had about 25 pages.
>>>>
>>>> Anxiously awaiting a response!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in anticipation.
>>>>
>>>> Elly
>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>

>
>.
>

[David Bartosik MS MVP]

A pub site is contained within the Pub file itself so it is the important
file, not the html files on the server, they can always be recreated from
the Pub file. Though 2002 and 2003 do open html files.
I'd be willing to try some experimentation with versions 2002 and 2003 if
you post the URL of the site.

--
David Bartosik - MS MVP
[url]www.publishermvps.com[/url]

"Elly Prior" <elly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:083801c48b6a$cfa33370$a601280a@phx.gbl...

> I would really appreciate some help. I had kept a copy of
> my website compressed on a floppy. I now cannot retrieve
> it. Does that mean I have to start all over again or is
> there some way that I can recover it from the website
> itself? It has taken me months to design it as I was a
> complete novice and it had about 25 pages.
>
> Anxiously awaiting a response!
>
> Thanks in anticipation.
>
> Elly

Thank you so much David, much appreciated.

[url]www.professionalcounselling.co.uk[/url]

Elly

>-----Original Message-----
>A pub site is contained within the Pub file itself so it

is the important

>file, not the html files on the server, they can always be

recreated from

>the Pub file. Though 2002 and 2003 do open html files.
>I'd be willing to try some experimentation with versions

2002 and 2003 if

>you post the URL of the site.
>
>--
>David Bartosik - MS MVP
>[url]www.publishermvps.com[/url]
>
>"Elly Prior" <elly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:083801c48b6a$cfa33370$a601280a@phx.gbl...

>> I would really appreciate some help. I had kept a copy of
>> my website compressed on a floppy. I now cannot retrieve
>> it. Does that mean I have to start all over again or is
>> there some way that I can recover it from the website
>> itself? It has taken me months to design it as I was a
>> complete novice and it had about 25 pages.
>>
>> Anxiously awaiting a response!
>>
>> Thanks in anticipation.
>>
>> Elly

>
>
>.
>

[David Bartosik MS MVP]

Nah, no good. 2002 pretty much trashes it. 2003 does a better job but
there'd still be so much fix-up work you'd just as well start over. And in
both cases you lose the menu bar.
Thing is the "ability" to open html files in Pub is designed for opening the
html files that version created, and in it's xml mode at that. Rather than
"other" html files.
I down-loaded the web site. If you wanted to send me your email address I
could send you the files. You can either open the web in FrontPage and then
proceed as is (FrontPage edits actual html files rather then use a
"middle-man" file i.e. .pub file) or you could copy paste the text into a
new Publisher web file starting over.
Let me know (email - [email]pub2003@davidbartosik.com[/email])

--
David Bartosik - MS MVP
[url]www.publishermvps.com[/url]

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0f4001c48bb1$8fcd86a0$a301280a@phx.gbl...

>
> Thank you so much David, much appreciated.
>
> [url]www.professionalcounselling.co.uk[/url]
>
> Elly
>

> >-----Original Message-----
> >A pub site is contained within the Pub file itself so it

> is the important

> >file, not the html files on the server, they can always be

> recreated from

> >the Pub file. Though 2002 and 2003 do open html files.
> >I'd be willing to try some experimentation with versions

> 2002 and 2003 if

> >you post the URL of the site.
> >
> >--
> >David Bartosik - MS MVP
> >[url]www.publishermvps.com[/url]
> >
> >"Elly Prior" <elly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:083801c48b6a$cfa33370$a601280a@phx.gbl...

> >> I would really appreciate some help. I had kept a copy of
> >> my website compressed on a floppy. I now cannot retrieve
> >> it. Does that mean I have to start all over again or is
> >> there some way that I can recover it from the website
> >> itself? It has taken me months to design it as I was a
> >> complete novice and it had about 25 pages.
> >>
> >> Anxiously awaiting a response!
> >>
> >> Thanks in anticipation.
> >>
> >> Elly

> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Elly Prior]

Thanks for that David.

>-----Original Message-----
>Nah, no good. 2002 pretty much trashes it. 2003 does a

better job but

>there'd still be so much fix-up work you'd just as well

start over. And in

>both cases you lose the menu bar.
>Thing is the "ability" to open html files in Pub is

designed for opening the

>html files that version created, and in it's xml mode at

that. Rather than

>"other" html files.
>I down-loaded the web site. If you wanted to send me your

email address I

>could send you the files. You can either open the web in

FrontPage and then

>proceed as is (FrontPage edits actual html files rather

then use a

>"middle-man" file i.e. .pub file) or you could copy paste

the text into a

>new Publisher web file starting over.
>Let me know (email - [email]pub2003@davidbartosik.com[/email])
>
>--
>David Bartosik - MS MVP
>[url]www.publishermvps.com[/url]
>
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:0f4001c48bb1$8fcd86a0$a301280a@phx.gbl...

>>
>> Thank you so much David, much appreciated.
>>
>> [url]www.professionalcounselling.co.uk[/url]
>>
>> Elly
>>

>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >A pub site is contained within the Pub file itself so it

>> is the important

>> >file, not the html files on the server, they can always be

>> recreated from

>> >the Pub file. Though 2002 and 2003 do open html files.
>> >I'd be willing to try some experimentation with versions

>> 2002 and 2003 if

>> >you post the URL of the site.
>> >
>> >--
>> >David Bartosik - MS MVP
>> >[url]www.publishermvps.com[/url]
>> >
>> >"Elly Prior" <elly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

message

>> >news:083801c48b6a$cfa33370$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> I would really appreciate some help. I had kept a copy of
>> >> my website compressed on a floppy. I now cannot retrieve
>> >> it. Does that mean I have to start all over again or is
>> >> there some way that I can recover it from the website
>> >> itself? It has taken me months to design it as I was a
>> >> complete novice and it had about 25 pages.
>> >>
>> >> Anxiously awaiting a response!
>> >>
>> >> Thanks in anticipation.
>> >>
>> >> Elly
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >

>
>
>.
>

[David Bartosik - MS MVP]

Clean design btw, good work.

--
David Bartosik - MS MVP
[url]www.publishermvps.com[/url]

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0f4001c48bb1$8fcd86a0$a301280a@phx.gbl...

>
> Thank you so much David, much appreciated.
>
> [url]www.professionalcounselling.co.uk[/url]
>
> Elly
>

> >-----Original Message-----
> >A pub site is contained within the Pub file itself so it

> is the important

> >file, not the html files on the server, they can always be

> recreated from

> >the Pub file. Though 2002 and 2003 do open html files.
> >I'd be willing to try some experimentation with versions

> 2002 and 2003 if

> >you post the URL of the site.
> >
> >--
> >David Bartosik - MS MVP
> >[url]www.publishermvps.com[/url]
> >
> >"Elly Prior" <elly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:083801c48b6a$cfa33370$a601280a@phx.gbl...

> >> I would really appreciate some help. I had kept a copy of
> >> my website compressed on a floppy. I now cannot retrieve
> >> it. Does that mean I have to start all over again or is
> >> there some way that I can recover it from the website
> >> itself? It has taken me months to design it as I was a
> >> complete novice and it had about 25 pages.
> >>
> >> Anxiously awaiting a response!
> >>
> >> Thanks in anticipation.
> >>
> >> Elly

> >
> >
> >.
> >

[DavidF]

Elly, Have you tried copying the files over to your hard drive and opening
them there? Saving to, and opening from, floppies can create lots of
problems. DavidF

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0d0c01c48b93$311a5840$a301280a@phx.gbl...

> Thanks so much for that. I am using Publisher 2000. I am
> not anticipating expanding the site, neither do I think
> (but I don't know for sure) that it uses a lot of memory. I
> am really an absolute novice and if I had known what
> wonderful support there was here, I would have saved myself
> days of frustration figuring things out.
>
> So, the truth is I haven't a clue whether I have HTML
> files, neither do I understand source code. I am very
> grateful for your suggestion to download my site (I may
> just about be able to do that!) in case of disaster.
> However, I do not know how to you Front page and I started
> to learn Dreamweaver, which given time I am sure I would
> have come to grips with, but it just takes so long to start
> from scratch. So, if I can transfer something straight in
> there, I could just try to fiddle with it!
>
> At the moment, I still have the original on 4 floppies,
> compressed, but floppy 2 or 3 does not want to unpack and
> therefore Publisher cannot open it. Do you know any way in
> which I can rescue what might be left?
>
> Thank you in anticipation.
>
> Elly
>

> >-----Original Message-----
> >Actually, Publisher 2002 is supposed to be able to import

> html and work on it as

> >a "native language". My limited experience with this was

> not to good, however.

> >I am not sure about Publisher 2003 in this regard.
> >
> >Are you sure you do not have the original publisher files?

> You do not need the

> >htm or html files if the site was created in Publisher.
> >
> > In any event, download the actual files from the server

> now to protect against

> >disaster until you figure out what you want to do. This

> might be a good time to

> >abandon Publisher and import the source code into Front

> Page or Dreamweaver and

> >patch it up. At 25 pages, you are already pushing the

> limit in Publisher,

> >especially if you are in Publisher 2003 (bloated code

> problem).

> >
> >Good luck.
> >
> >On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 07:40:57 -0700,

> <elly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> >

> >>
> >>Thank you Don. Glad to know I am not the only one!
> >>
> >>Elly
> >>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>If you created your site with Publisher and it is gone,
> >>yes you will need to
> >>>start over again. I know the feeling, it happened to me.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>--
> >>>Don
> >>>Vancouver, USA
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>"Elly Prior" <elly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

> message

> >>>news:083801c48b6a$cfa33370$a601280a@phx.gbl.. .
> >>>> I would really appreciate some help. I had kept a copy of
> >>>> my website compressed on a floppy. I now cannot retrieve
> >>>> it. Does that mean I have to start all over again or is
> >>>> there some way that I can recover it from the website
> >>>> itself? It has taken me months to design it as I was a
> >>>> complete novice and it had about 25 pages.
> >>>>
> >>>> Anxiously awaiting a response!
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks in anticipation.
> >>>>
> >>>> Elly
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>.
> >>>

> >
> >.
> >

[Elly Prior]

Thanks for that DavidF. I have had a go, but cannot copy
either as two of the four floppies cannot be read (get
stuck half way through).

It looks I will just have to do it again. Oh well ...

Elly

>-----Original Message-----
>Elly, Have you tried copying the files over to your hard

drive and opening

>them there? Saving to, and opening from, floppies can

create lots of

>problems. DavidF
>
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:0d0c01c48b93$311a5840$a301280a@phx.gbl...

>> Thanks so much for that. I am using Publisher 2000. I am
>> not anticipating expanding the site, neither do I think
>> (but I don't know for sure) that it uses a lot of memory. I
>> am really an absolute novice and if I had known what
>> wonderful support there was here, I would have saved myself
>> days of frustration figuring things out.
>>
>> So, the truth is I haven't a clue whether I have HTML
>> files, neither do I understand source code. I am very
>> grateful for your suggestion to download my site (I may
>> just about be able to do that!) in case of disaster.
>> However, I do not know how to you Front page and I started
>> to learn Dreamweaver, which given time I am sure I would
>> have come to grips with, but it just takes so long to start
>> from scratch. So, if I can transfer something straight in
>> there, I could just try to fiddle with it!
>>
>> At the moment, I still have the original on 4 floppies,
>> compressed, but floppy 2 or 3 does not want to unpack and
>> therefore Publisher cannot open it. Do you know any way in
>> which I can rescue what might be left?
>>
>> Thank you in anticipation.
>>
>> Elly
>>

>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Actually, Publisher 2002 is supposed to be able to import

>> html and work on it as

>> >a "native language". My limited experience with this was

>> not to good, however.

>> >I am not sure about Publisher 2003 in this regard.
>> >
>> >Are you sure you do not have the original publisher files?

>> You do not need the

>> >htm or html files if the site was created in Publisher.
>> >
>> > In any event, download the actual files from the server

>> now to protect against

>> >disaster until you figure out what you want to do. This

>> might be a good time to

>> >abandon Publisher and import the source code into Front

>> Page or Dreamweaver and

>> >patch it up. At 25 pages, you are already pushing the

>> limit in Publisher,

>> >especially if you are in Publisher 2003 (bloated code

>> problem).

>> >
>> >Good luck.
>> >
>> >On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 07:40:57 -0700,

>> <elly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>> >
>> >>
>> >>Thank you Don. Glad to know I am not the only one!
>> >>
>> >>Elly
>> >>
>> >>>-----Original Message-----
>> >>>If you created your site with Publisher and it is gone,
>> >>yes you will need to
>> >>>start over again. I know the feeling, it happened to me.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>--
>> >>>Don
>> >>>Vancouver, USA
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>"Elly Prior" <elly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

>> message

>> >>>news:083801c48b6a$cfa33370$a601280a@phx.gbl.. .
>> >>>> I would really appreciate some help. I had kept a

copy of

>> >>>> my website compressed on a floppy. I now cannot

retrieve

>> >>>> it. Does that mean I have to start all over again or is
>> >>>> there some way that I can recover it from the website
>> >>>> itself? It has taken me months to design it as I was a
>> >>>> complete novice and it had about 25 pages.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Anxiously awaiting a response!
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thanks in anticipation.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Elly
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>.
>> >>>
>> >
>> >.
>> >

>
>
>.
>

[Elly]

Thank you for the compliment, but what does btw mean?

>-----Original Message-----
>Clean design btw, good work.
>
>--
>David Bartosik - MS MVP
>[url]www.publishermvps.com[/url]
>
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:0f4001c48bb1$8fcd86a0$a301280a@phx.gbl...

>>
>> Thank you so much David, much appreciated.
>>
>> [url]www.professionalcounselling.co.uk[/url]
>>
>> Elly
>>

>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >A pub site is contained within the Pub file itself so it

>> is the important

>> >file, not the html files on the server, they can always be

>> recreated from

>> >the Pub file. Though 2002 and 2003 do open html files.
>> >I'd be willing to try some experimentation with versions

>> 2002 and 2003 if

>> >you post the URL of the site.
>> >
>> >--
>> >David Bartosik - MS MVP
>> >[url]www.publishermvps.com[/url]
>> >
>> >"Elly Prior" <elly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

message

>> >news:083801c48b6a$cfa33370$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> I would really appreciate some help. I had kept a copy of
>> >> my website compressed on a floppy. I now cannot retrieve
>> >> it. Does that mean I have to start all over again or is
>> >> there some way that I can recover it from the website
>> >> itself? It has taken me months to design it as I was a
>> >> complete novice and it had about 25 pages.
>> >>
>> >> Anxiously awaiting a response!
>> >>
>> >> Thanks in anticipation.
>> >>
>> >> Elly
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >

>
>
>.
>

[David Bartosik MS MVP]

by the way


"Elly" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:073e01c48c0f$5b7922c0$a401280a@phx.gbl...

>
> Thank you for the compliment, but what does btw mean?
>

> >-----Original Message-----
> >Clean design btw, good work.
> >
> >--
> >David Bartosik - MS MVP
> >[url]www.publishermvps.com[/url]
> >
> ><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:0f4001c48bb1$8fcd86a0$a301280a@phx.gbl...

> >>
> >> Thank you so much David, much appreciated.
> >>
> >> [url]www.professionalcounselling.co.uk[/url]
> >>
> >> Elly
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >A pub site is contained within the Pub file itself so it
> >> is the important
> >> >file, not the html files on the server, they can always be
> >> recreated from
> >> >the Pub file. Though 2002 and 2003 do open html files.
> >> >I'd be willing to try some experimentation with versions
> >> 2002 and 2003 if
> >> >you post the URL of the site.
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> >David Bartosik - MS MVP
> >> >[url]www.publishermvps.com[/url]
> >> >
> >> >"Elly Prior" <elly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

> message

> >> >news:083801c48b6a$cfa33370$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> >> I would really appreciate some help. I had kept a copy of
> >> >> my website compressed on a floppy. I now cannot retrieve
> >> >> it. Does that mean I have to start all over again or is
> >> >> there some way that I can recover it from the website
> >> >> itself? It has taken me months to design it as I was a
> >> >> complete novice and it had about 25 pages.
> >> >>
> >> >> Anxiously awaiting a response!
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks in anticipation.
> >> >>
> >> >> Elly
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >

> >
> >
> >.
> >