Nodding in sympathy. I did the same kind of error, I forget what it was now, but I was so focused on fixing the error that I didn't think it through. You *could* do a FIND for the same 2 letters and manually fix the surname ones. Again, if you have to do Find>Replace, figure out your change on paper first. Think about how much of the code you'll need to use before and after, in order to avoid the wrongly-changed characters in your content. And as much of a pain as it is, manually reviewing some pages to make the re-correction isn't horrible if you give yourself plenty of breaks. Now, I need to go learn the slideshow Barry made. I haven't had time until now to figure out how to use it but I'm determined to learn it before New Years. Wish me luck. Everyone, have a Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays / a great time on Days Off (whichever is your preference :-) Judy On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Charles Barnum <jcnreno@charter.net> wrote: > <snipped> > Here is a nightmare that I did to myself. The new code in a cell is <tr> > and the old FP used <TR>. So, smartly me, I did a find and replace to > make all TR's into "tr". The only problem was I forgot to add the < and > > . Since my web site is mostly Hispanic-leaning, the search and > replace made zillions of names like Trujillo into trujillo or trUJILLO > along with many other Hispanic names that have a TR in them. This was > not so easy to fix. I still find tr in the wrong case as I go along. > > <snipped>

Judy, Good luck on learning the sideshow. I want to learn about dwt but will ask about that on the ew list. I only have three more counties to convert to xhtml and will finish that by Jan 1. I know I should be using a template. I do that but keep it in my mind not on a web page. My problem is, as I go along I change the layout slightly to something that I like better. I use the web site on the server as my backup. I also have an Old copy on my computer that I never change just in case I have to go back to it to find a missing page. CB J.A. Florian wrote: > Nodding in sympathy. I did the same kind of error, I forget what it was > now, but I was so focused on fixing the error that I didn't think it > through. You *could* do a FIND for the same 2 letters and manually fix the > surname ones. > > Again, if you have to do Find>Replace, figure out your change on paper > first. Think about how much of the code you'll need to use before and > after, in order to avoid the wrongly-changed characters in your content. > And as much of a pain as it is, manually reviewing some pages to make the > re-correction isn't horrible if you give yourself plenty of breaks. > > Now, I need to go learn the slideshow Barry made. I haven't had time until > now to figure out how to use it but I'm determined to learn it before New > Years. Wish me luck. > > Everyone, have a Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays / a great time on Days Off > (whichever is your preference :-) > > Judy > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Charles Barnum <jcnreno@charter.net> wrote: > > >> <snipped> >> Here is a nightmare that I did to myself. The new code in a cell is <tr> >> and the old FP used <TR>. So, smartly me, I did a find and replace to >> make all TR's into "tr". The only problem was I forgot to add the < and >> > . Since my web site is mostly Hispanic-leaning, the search and >> replace made zillions of names like Trujillo into trujillo or trUJILLO >> along with many other Hispanic names that have a TR in them. This was >> not so easy to fix. I still find tr in the wrong case as I go along. >> >> <snipped> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSWEB-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.722 / Virus Database: 270.14.118/2584 - Release Date: 12/23/09 11:02:00 > >

Thanks CB. Everytime I think I'll get a block of uninterrupted time here, I (still) get interrupted anyway! I'm not an expert on this stuff, but I'd be scared to have anyone's server be my backup. Rootsweb servers haven't gone down much (at least since I started) and RW can (often? usually?) restore what one server loses. But--- imagine the "what if" -- what if your web was the one that got "lost"? What if you had 5,000 pages and Rootsweb server broke and for some reason, maybe they got 4,509 restored but the rest were just "gone"? You'd be happy about what was successfully restored, but, what about what was lost? Wouldn't it be nice if, right in your house, you had a copy made just last week of ALL 5,000 pages? Ooops, what if you did make a copy "just last week", but for some reason, that copy of files got corrupted. Wouldn't it be great if you had a back-up made just 2 weeks ago, and that you have the last 3 or 4 changes as complete back-ups -- ones you made each week or so? I make a folder called "Web_as of XX date" on an external drive and copy the entire "My Webs" into the "Web_as of XX date" folder. I *try* to back-up weekly or every 2 weeks. When I have an entire new month backed up, I delete all the ones saved in the previous month. They make some pretty big external drives (plug & play USB) at under $80.00 to 120.00. I got 1 as a gift, luckily. But Best Buy has good prices & sales. About a month ago they had a "Terabyte" (a terabyte !!) external drive for $100.00 (who would ever fill up a terabyte??). Seagate drives seem to be reliable. I had only 1 Seagate fail in 5 years. As far as making a template, I didn't comprehend at first how much easier it is to have one. It holds all the stuff that stays the same on every page. Then you just copy the template, re-name it, and add NEW content. Like, let's say you have across the top "Barnum Family" as the page header. And down the side you have navigation. At the bottom you've got copyright and contact info. None of that changes, so why not have one page--no content--just the never changing stuff, and call it template.htm Then, you just copy and re-name the "template" to a new name and add new content in the center area of the page. A template really helps to quickly add new content on new pages. Judy On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Charles Barnum <jcnreno@charter.net>wrote: > Judy, > Good luck on learning the sideshow. I want to learn about dwt but will > ask about that on the ew list. I only have three more counties to > convert to xhtml and will finish that by Jan 1. I know I should be using > a template. I do that but keep it in my mind not on a web page. My > problem is, as I go along I change the layout slightly to something that > I like better. I use the web site on the server as my backup. I also > have an Old copy on my computer that I never change just in case I have > to go back to it to find a missing page. > CB >