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I am a web developer for the API Web Services dept., where I learn a little more about cows and PHP every day.

GL2DW Extension Updated

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Rob Keniger has kindly taken the time to patch the GL2DW extension. You can get it here: http://menumachine.com/download/GL2DW.zip. From his description in the Adobe Forums:
1) the extension is now tolerant of any errors copying components or templates. If these errors occur, you will still see an error message but the conversion process will not abort. [...]

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Help Resources

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

There are days when tutorials just won’t cut it. Is your question too advanced for the forums? Need to talk to a person instead?
Try connecting to a community of developers. Yahoo! Groups and the Figleaf Mailing Lists are great ways to find and talk to the pros. The ones I subscribe to are:

Dreamweaver on Yahoo! [...]

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To prevent a bumpy ride when using the GL2DW migration tool, try these preflight tips:

Duplicate or back up your site. Experiencing the pain of irretrievable data is unnecessary. Why inflict more pain upon yourself?
Open your site file and make an assessment. Remove any unused files. Forcing the migration tool to copy the folder where you [...]

Popularity: 49% [?]

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Common GL2DW Questions

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Sifting past the Trolls, Flames and Complainers so you don’t have to: pulled from the Adobe Forums, here are some useful common questions and answers about migrating from GoLive to Dreamweaver, using the Migration Extension Tool.
If you would like step by step instructions on manually migrating from GoLive to Dreamweaver, visit Adobe’s web site. They [...]

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5 Tips to Enhance the GL2DW Workflow

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

GoLive Users: Migrating to Dreamweaver doesn’t have to be a headache. Quickly make Dreamweaver look less intimidating and reclaim your workflow with these handy tweaks.
1. Break the File Panel out of the box.

In the Files Panel, Files tab, look for this button: Now it will look reminiscent of GoLive’s Site File View.

2. Change the [...]

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