really need some help with my website

flux64 · 30 May 2009 at 22:31

i have a website which connected to a rma, accounts and po system. the coder who made the site has left the company and we cant get in touch with him.

what i need help with is i want to change a few things on the sites homepage but all the files are .aspx pages which i dont have a clue how to change or where to start.

i know a little about html coding but this i have no clue. can someone please give me some help.

thanks in advance

HTMLHugo · 31 May 2009 at 00:25

what things do you want to change? word changes or something more in depth?

id start with visual studio express for now.

flux64 · 31 May 2009 at 15:51

i want to change some links on the homepage

Pho · 31 May 2009 at 16:00

In that case you should just be able to open up the aspx pages in a text editor and change them. If you want to make more major changes you will need to get hold of the Visual Studio project for the website though. Are there aspx.cs or aspx.vb files alongside the aspx pages at all?.

katie279 · 31 May 2009 at 23:38

yeah, just yank open the aspx files in a text editor - have you got ftp access?

Post code snippets here if you're struggling (thought scan them to ensure there's nothing sensitive!)

flux64 · 1 Jun 2009 at 00:22

here is the code for the home page, what do i change for links

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.IO;

public partial class Default2 : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (Request.QueryString["restart"] != null)
{
ApplicationStuff.Application_End(Application);
ApplicationStuff.Application_Start(Application);
}

if (Request.QueryString["rabbit"] != null)
{
Session["rabbit"] = true;
}

Session["showMe"] = true;

try
{
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(Server.MapPath(".") + "/middle.htm");
String description = sr.ReadToEnd();
litContent.Text = description;
sr.Close();
sr.Dispose();
sr = null;
}
catch
{
}
}

} // End of class

katie279 · 1 Jun 2009 at 08:35

hmmm, nothing there - what's inside the middle.htm file?

gord · 1 Jun 2009 at 10:04

Looks like its using aspx as a framework and the actual HTML is somewhere else. Thats just code. There are files somewhere in your file structure that have those links. You could get notepad++ and use the search function in that to search your web directory for the link you want to change. It should find a direct match for the url you want to change.

flux64 · 1 Jun 2009 at 12:12

i checked the middle.htm file and its just css styling code

Pho · 1 Jun 2009 at 12:34

The code you posted is from either an aspx.cs or aspx.vb page. The HTML is contained within the aspx files (no extension).

You _should_ be able to modify the aspx pages without having to recompile thte whole project.

flux64 · 1 Jun 2009 at 12:44

here is the code from the aspx file

<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPage.master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="Default2" Title="Untitled Page" %>
<%@ Register Src="uc_right.ascx" TagName="uc_right" TagPrefix="uc1" %>
<asp:Content ID="mainContent" ContentPlaceHolderID="container" Runat="Server">

<asp:Literal ID="litContent" runat="server"></asp:Literal>

</asp:Content>

Eriedor · 1 Jun 2009 at 13:07

Look in MasterPage.master, the navigation is likely coded in there.

flux64 · 1 Jun 2009 at 16:03

i've just checked the masterpage.master and ther is no navigation code there.

any other advice guys

~J~ · 1 Jun 2009 at 16:52

What about listing the files that are in the directory?

I'd have thought there'd be something obvious like "Left.aspx", "Menu.aspx", "Navi.aspx". Anything really.

Pho · 1 Jun 2009 at 20:20

Yep, a file list would be useful. If there's lots of files try this:

1. Open up a command prompt (start > run > cmd.exe)
2. CD to the directory where your web files are (i.e. cd c:\inetpub\wwwroot)
2. Enter:
dir /B/S > %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\files.txt

It should create a file called files.txt on your desktop with a list of all files and folders within that directory.

gord · 2 Jun 2009 at 12:56

Pho said:
Yep, a file list would be useful. If there's lots of files try this:

1. Open up a command prompt (start > run > cmd.exe)
2. CD to the directory where your web files are (i.e. cd c:\inetpub\wwwroot)
2. Enter:
dir /B/S > %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\files.txt

It should create a file called files.txt on your desktop with a list of all files and folders within that directory.

Interesting top tip!

nikebee · 2 Jun 2009 at 12:59

Pho said:
Yep, a file list would be useful. If there's lots of files try this:

1. Open up a command prompt (start > run > cmd.exe)
2. CD to the directory where your web files are (i.e. cd c:\inetpub\wwwroot)
2. Enter:
dir /B/S > %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\files.txt

It should create a file called files.txt on your desktop with a list of all files and folders within that directory.

gord said:
Interesting top tip!

Indeed! Did not know you could do that so simply

flux64 · 3 Jun 2009 at 15:01

thanks for the help guys, some really useful tips for the future.

finally got it sorted last night.