fixing links in dreamweaver?

Timbo_La · 12 Sep 2006 at 00:19

Hi,

I messed up some links in the gallery section of mywebsite. I have been using the link checker to change them back but have come across a problem.

I thought if you had lots of .htm files if you changed the url in one it would auto update the other .htm files

is there a seperate program that will automate this as i don't fancy going through lots of .htm files changing them or having to re-build my gallery.

this is what i need to change: /destinationhome/gallery TO just /gallery knocking off the destinationhome bit.

hope i have made my self clear

Tim

xirokx · 12 Sep 2006 at 00:24

im also learning mate but I thought if you went to code view you could do a simple find and replace?

I do know what you mean but I think that only works when you cut the file and put it into another folder within dreamweaver as it gives you the choice to auto update - I THINK..

good luck with it ...

Timbo_La · 12 Sep 2006 at 08:48

Hi,

Yea i have used find and replace function on some of the .htm files.

the problem i have is that i have over 100 hundred .htm files which need changing which have the wrong links in. have tried taking them out of dreamweaver and placing them back in, but this doesn't seem to do anything.

the only other way is to go through each .htm relinking the images which will take some time :-(

hope that more clear, i agree it is confusing.

Timbo

Augmented · 12 Sep 2006 at 09:29

I'm sure there was a 'find and replace in files' option in Dreamweaver the last time I used it, allowing you to run the replacement on multiple files e.g. *.htm. Is there not an option in one of the drop-down boxes when you select the 'find and replace' option?

Other than that, you should be able to use WinGrep, the Windows equivalent to *nix's grep function.

Timbo_La · 12 Sep 2006 at 18:07

Augmented said:
I'm sure there was a 'find and replace in files' option in Dreamweaver the last time I used it, allowing you to run the replacement on multiple files e.g. *.htm. Is there not an option in one of the drop-down boxes when you select the 'find and replace' option?

Other than that, you should be able to use WinGrep, the Windows equivalent to *nix's grep function.

this man speaks the truth. i swear i looked through the help files for help but couldn't see it any where.

Thanks for the help

Timbo