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ladyhrvy
Nov 6, 2006, 09:45 PM
I need to be able to migrate pages done in Pagemill to another WYSIWYG editor without straining my brain. Is there anything that will do this without sending me to bankruptcy court?? Webmastering a LOT of stuff so am getting kinda desperate. . . Pagemill does not work with 10.4! Thanks for any suggestions.
Marie



nightelf
Nov 6, 2006, 11:07 PM
Dreamweaver or any other WYSIWYG editor should open the PageMill files.

dpaanlka
Nov 7, 2006, 01:32 AM
PageMill files are just HTML files...

But... PageMill?

Gosh seven years is a long time to put off upgrading software...

You'll probably want to go Dreamweaver.

Foxglove9
Nov 7, 2006, 09:19 AM
I was a recent Pagemill switcher as well. I think you should try this program, as it's the closest thing to Pagemill I could find without being overly confusing.

http://www.nvu.com/index.php

ladyhrvy
Nov 7, 2006, 09:26 AM
PageMill files are just HTML files...

But... PageMill?

Gosh seven years is a long time to put off upgrading software...

You'll probably want to go Dreamweaver.



Not affordable on a senior's fixed income

ladyhrvy
Nov 7, 2006, 09:30 AM
I was a recent Pagemill switcher as well. I think you should try this program, as it's the closest thing to Pagemill I could find without being overly confusing.

http://www.nvu.com/index.php

I have that one but it is nowhere near as easy as Pagemill was so I am struggling to learn it --- meantime all 9 of my county genealogy websites are in limbo and in danger of being passed to a new webmaster. :(

dpaanlka
Nov 7, 2006, 09:53 AM
If your job is web design, then you really aught to get Dreamweaver. Buy a used copy on eBay, or on Amazon. They usually have much lower prices.

You can also download a free 30 day trial (http://www.adobe.com/go/trydreamweaver) from Adobe.

theappleguy
Nov 7, 2006, 03:22 PM
Also look at GoLive, which is the most similar to PageMill - though price may be a problem for you.

nightelf
Nov 7, 2006, 06:11 PM
Also look at GoLive, which is the most similar to PageMill - though price may be a problem for you.

GoLive is going to be discontinued, Adobe decided to stick to Dreamweaver.

theappleguy
Nov 7, 2006, 08:27 PM
Several online Web sites have posted information in the past couple of days stating that Adobe Systems will discontinue development and support for two of its products: GoLive and Freehand. Adobe says the reports are not correct and the products are not being discontinued.

“Adobe plans to continue to support GoLive and Freehand and develop these products based on our customer’s needs,” an Adobe representative told Macworld in a statement.

With the acquisition of Macromedia’s products, many people expected Adobe to cut its own Web authoring tool, GoLive, in favor of further developing Dreamweaver. Adobe did not dispute the importance of Dreamweaver for the future of the company’s products.

“Clearly Dreamweaver and Illustrator are market leading when it comes to web design/development and vector graphics/illustration,” said the Adobe statement. “Customers should expect Adobe to concentrate our development efforts around these two products with regards to future innovation and Creative Suite integration.” - http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/05/31/adobe/index.php

Has something changed since that article was written?

bousozoku
Nov 7, 2006, 09:25 PM
- http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/05/31/adobe/index.php

Has something changed since that article was written?

That pretty much means that, unless customers are willing to pay full price for them, as they won't be included in further bundles, they won't be developed. That would seem to be a death sentence.

As far as PageMill upgrades, even Adobe GoLive version 4.0 didn't accept SiteMill files, as far as I remember, so any product should be reasonable at this point and there are several up through $100.