Harold if your hosts don't have FTP access, you can use this. http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/freefile/story/0,24330,3421779, 00.html I'm not familiar with this, but it may be easier than an FTP program. -Clint
----- Original Message ----- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" I think we went over this before. As I recall, you are going through some arduous process just to reply. Harold, just simply click "reply", that's all you have to do. Then highlight and delete the footer, and email header except for the email address of the sender(s). You don't need to start a new message in Word, copy and paste from emails to Word then back to an email again. You're causing yourself all kinds of work, when all you have to do is "reply". "Re:" Is automatically added in a reply designating it a REply, and showing others it's a reply and not an original post. ;-) You can get FTP programs all over the place for free. I use WS_FTP LE, I like it MUCH better than the Pro version. It's just too complicated to type in an email how to use one, since you never had. They are kind of complicated to use at first glance and first use. Very easy once you know how. See if you can figure it out by reading about it, and trying it out. If you can't, post what you're having a problem with and I (or someone else) can help you. http://www.ftpplanet.com/download.htm BE SURE you use the ASCII mode, if not you'll ruin all of your pages. Binary is only for images. FTP all of your pages onto your HD in their original format, and COPY THEM to another folder as a backup. They must be downloaded, AND UPLOADED in ASCII format. Once you have them in the original format and in a folder, you simply run a 'find and replace' program, tell it what to what to look for and what to replace it with. I wouldn't use Word, you don't need that. Your pages need to be in HTML format, with their .html extension in tact for easiest results. In fact, this is the only way they can be uploaded back to the server. FIRST you have to be sure your hosts offer FTP transfer. Not all do. If they don't, then you can't use an FTP program and you'll have to save each page manually, change them, then upload them again one by one. -Clint God Bless Us All Clint Hamilton, Owner Want to exchange links with us? http://OrpheusComputing.com � ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ORIGINAL ... <clip> ...conclusion seems to be that if I want to make changes on 100 pages that are already online, I have to do it one page at a time. What I have backed up can be changed all in one shot with find/replace but what's online, where each page is on its own editor (for example in GeoCities), has to be accessed and changed "one page at a time" ... somehow I feel that's what you are all saying. CLINT says ... No, as long as your host has FTP access, you FTP (download) the pages to your HD, then change them all at once. Then FTP them back online. (Why do you remove "Re:" from the subject line of your replies? :) - -Clint RESPONSE ... sorry about removing the "Re:" from the subject line; I didn't think it was important. I thought the subject was sufficient. This is like a new subject: Question ... how does one use the "Re:" in the subject line (when the text in the subject line seems to be enough) to better understand the sequence of postings in PCWorks? And Re the original problem, your answer above is very encouraging. It reads to me that it *IS* possible to make the changes that are online all in one shot using "FTP" ... I know that stands for "file transfer protocol" but do not know how to use it. Seems if I knew that, I'd have marginwidth="50" substituted for most of my blockquote's on all my pages "all in one shot" I already have the pages on my HD (in a word document with all the html tags in place) ... that's my backup. Exactly what are you asking me to download from GeoCities ... where each page is spelled out on its own GeoCities editor and then saved to their main site, where a teeny tiny part of it is mine (well, almost mine). Speaking to a FTP newbie, how would I do that? How would I make one change on all the pages in one folder that is in the File Manager of a GC website, and do it in "one brief shining moment"? If it can be done, please let me know (it would be a great help); if it cannot be done, say so and so be it. The world will still go on ... Harold B. (who loves ya all). ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
