Freehold Fred
05-31-2006, 03:04 AM
Or are there any users of any similar online web stores.
These store front designs are very confining. They claim that because of security, they prohibit full FTP.
Therefore, the design is a hybrid of off-site design in FrontPage or Dreamweaver, uploading custom files, but all of the 'site' wide control is done online through file managers and site editors.
Case in point:
I am working with a client to redesign her site and homepage: http://www.kimboed.com
Each portion of the site layout is managed by online site editors: left navigation column, top banner, body1 they call message area, and body2 that they call news area, plus footer and company info.
The basic element of the page's design consists of fixed tables.
The issue I am having is to develop/modify a STYLESHEET.
Apparently, we can access, download, modify, and re-upload a modified Custom.css. The bxtch is that since we can't do true FTP, I cannot really link to the site and all of my design references are local. We can't upload the final page, only the table. And the only #$#%@!# way is through copy and paste.
We happen to be using Dreamweaver 8.
I can't copy the <STYLE> tag because that goes in the HEAD section, not the BODY section, and we can only access the table in the body.
I could do <DIV>, <SPAN> and inline styles, but this is overwhelming for my client to hand code this.
What to do? Any and all suggestions will be appreciated, including easier store fronts, hybrid systems (normal FTP or FP websites with redirects to the ecommerce portion).
Freehold Fred
These store front designs are very confining. They claim that because of security, they prohibit full FTP.
Therefore, the design is a hybrid of off-site design in FrontPage or Dreamweaver, uploading custom files, but all of the 'site' wide control is done online through file managers and site editors.
Case in point:
I am working with a client to redesign her site and homepage: http://www.kimboed.com
Each portion of the site layout is managed by online site editors: left navigation column, top banner, body1 they call message area, and body2 that they call news area, plus footer and company info.
The basic element of the page's design consists of fixed tables.
The issue I am having is to develop/modify a STYLESHEET.
Apparently, we can access, download, modify, and re-upload a modified Custom.css. The bxtch is that since we can't do true FTP, I cannot really link to the site and all of my design references are local. We can't upload the final page, only the table. And the only #$#%@!# way is through copy and paste.
We happen to be using Dreamweaver 8.
I can't copy the <STYLE> tag because that goes in the HEAD section, not the BODY section, and we can only access the table in the body.
I could do <DIV>, <SPAN> and inline styles, but this is overwhelming for my client to hand code this.
What to do? Any and all suggestions will be appreciated, including easier store fronts, hybrid systems (normal FTP or FP websites with redirects to the ecommerce portion).
Freehold Fred