I have to work on a website, but im not sure how to edit a website through dreamweaver. Im taking over from someone who was fired, but I dont know what they were using before, and there is no way to find out. Do I need another program so that I can get into the site or something?
Hi! I am intrigued to know why your colleague got fired 
But on with the answer. I gather that the site is still up and running? Well, before you can access it you will need to know a few things :-
1. Who is hosting the site ( the ISP - Internet Service Provider )
2. The server ID plus the person’s login and password - if you ain’t got these then you are stuffed pretty much I am sorry to say. I do not know if the site was created in Dreamweaver or not - so this answer may be a tad generic if you know what I mean?
I do not know if you have access to the computer in your work where the guy kept all the files for the site but if you have then you will have to open them up ( assuming they have not been created using Dreamweaver ) copy each file and paste it into Dreamweaver. Now you may have a prob with the graphics as their paths may be all to pot - delete all the rubbish from their paths so you just have for example, picture1.gif. If the pics are impossible to get right then you will have to use something like Snagit to capture them from the site - Snagit has a trial period so you can use it to sort your website out without having to pay for it.
If in the unlikely event the guy has lost or taken away the details of the ISP, then there is another way to do this. Bring the site up then right click and view the source code. Copy and paste this directly into Dreamweaver. If the graphics have gone follow the above. Once you have the files in Dreamweaver it should be easy enough for you to edit the site. You will then have to find a new ISP or use the same one if you know who it is. The trouble with this method is that if you have to move ISP then you will need to transfer the domain name of your site. To do this you will need to request a MAC number from the old ISP in order for you to transfer the domain - they have to give it to you so don’t take any crap of them.
Hope that helped a bit.
Good luck!
J
February 16th, 2010 at 12:15 am
Hi! I am intrigued to know why your colleague got fired
But on with the answer. I gather that the site is still up and running? Well, before you can access it you will need to know a few things :-
1. Who is hosting the site ( the ISP - Internet Service Provider )
2. The server ID plus the person’s login and password - if you ain’t got these then you are stuffed pretty much I am sorry to say. I do not know if the site was created in Dreamweaver or not - so this answer may be a tad generic if you know what I mean?
I do not know if you have access to the computer in your work where the guy kept all the files for the site but if you have then you will have to open them up ( assuming they have not been created using Dreamweaver ) copy each file and paste it into Dreamweaver. Now you may have a prob with the graphics as their paths may be all to pot - delete all the rubbish from their paths so you just have for example, picture1.gif. If the pics are impossible to get right then you will have to use something like Snagit to capture them from the site - Snagit has a trial period so you can use it to sort your website out without having to pay for it.
If in the unlikely event the guy has lost or taken away the details of the ISP, then there is another way to do this. Bring the site up then right click and view the source code. Copy and paste this directly into Dreamweaver. If the graphics have gone follow the above. Once you have the files in Dreamweaver it should be easy enough for you to edit the site. You will then have to find a new ISP or use the same one if you know who it is. The trouble with this method is that if you have to move ISP then you will need to transfer the domain name of your site. To do this you will need to request a MAC number from the old ISP in order for you to transfer the domain - they have to give it to you so don’t take any crap of them.
Hope that helped a bit.
Good luck!
J
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