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flashfire · 01-12-2004, 01:34 AM

Okay I have to change all the links on tons of html pages from one url to another...is there a fast way or doing this...any scripts or programs?? thanx

Mishi · 01-12-2004, 01:37 AM

UltraEdit has a "change in files" option. So do several other proggies...I'm sure someone will be along shortly with a better suggestion...

Brad Xtremepay · 01-12-2004, 01:37 AM

Try using include files. SSI or php includes. Whatever you have to work with. Split every page up into sections. Use templates!

Amputate Your Head · 01-12-2004, 01:37 AM

DWMX 04: Find & Replace

flashfire · 01-12-2004, 01:40 AM

Hey amp with DWMX dont I have to open all the files?? Can you give me some more info?

Thanx Guys

Ben-MensNiche · 01-12-2004, 01:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Brad Xtremepay
Try using include files. SSI or php includes. Whatever you have to work with. Split every page up into sections. Use templates!

What he said - I use SSI all the time in my own pages, it saves a HEAP of time in administration.

It also means that you can write a template, that has an SSI banner, sidebar, copyright and then you can use PHP to generate your page content - meaning that you only have administer a very small amount of pages instead of 1000s of them.

I remember my first website which I started supporting for a company, it was written in straight html, and had 64,000 pages. Can I say PAIN IN THE ASS?! After I changed to ASP, they had 1 database, 1 template and 5 asp files. Way easier to manage. I would definitely recommend this route!

flashfire · 01-12-2004, 01:41 AM

Oh, figured it out....THANX EVERYONE!

Amputate Your Head · 01-12-2004, 01:42 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by flashfire
Hey amp with DWMX dont I have to open all the files?? Can you give me some more info?

Thanx Guys

nope.... just open up one file. Find the string you wanna replace, open up Find & Replace, select Source Code, put in the string to find, and the string to replace it with, and select either, This Doc, Specify a folder, or Entire Site.

done in seconds.

flashfreak · 01-12-2004, 01:54 AM

if you plan to do it on your computer dreamweaver or homesite can do it.
here's what I'm using if I want to modify links on a server :

find . -type f | xargs perl -pi.bak -e 's/old_string/new_string/g'

it works recursivelly on the folders and makes a backup file too (.bak) which you can skip of course if you don't want it.

Baal · 01-12-2004, 01:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Amputate Your Head

nope.... just open up one file. Find the string you wanna replace, open up Find & Replace, select Source Code, put in the string to find, and the string to replace it with, and select either, This Doc, Specify a folder, or Entire Site.

done in seconds.

Does DWMX do this on remote files as well? Or just local files? Remote would be slow as shit (assuming it would have to use FTP, as opposed to opening a Telnet or SSH session, which I doubt it can do), but even via FTP, remote search & replace might have it's uses in some cases for me.

MadCap · 01-12-2004, 01:59 AM

all i got was people trying to sell me shit

dw is good but i was lookin for something to do it on the fly

Adulter · 01-12-2004, 02:00 AM

Dreamveawer

And try to use SSI next time

VeriSexy · 01-12-2004, 02:00 AM

Search and replace 98 can do it. It's free

leg4 · 01-12-2004, 02:01 AM

bk search and replace on the server

gin · 01-12-2004, 03:36 AM

do it right.. so you can change it all anytime you want..
make a text file and put the url into it..

PHP Code:


			
 $filename = ('../url.txt');

 $info = file($filename);

 $url= $info[0];





<?=$url;?> anywhere needed..

might be ghetto but it works

xxxoutsourcing · 01-12-2004, 03:38 AM

You can use a stream editor like sed that will do it a breeeeze

Baal · 01-12-2004, 03:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by leg4
bk search and replace on the server

Damn, I remember this tool from *years* ago! Do they offer S&R on the various Unix servers?
Gotta love Regular Expressions!

BTW, of course PERL, PHP, Python, shell, even C++ or even C could do it. It's just a matter of what's easiest to do it in.

Toni · 01-12-2004, 04:18 AM

The best program to do that is TextPipe Pro!

flashfreak · 01-12-2004, 04:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by gin
do it right.. so you can change it all anytime you want..
make a text file and put the url into it..

PHP Code:

$filename = ('../url.txt'); $info = file($filename); $url= $info[0]; <?=$url;?> anywhere needed..

might be ghetto but it works

the only prob is you have to have php files, so you can't do it for galleries.

lock · 01-12-2004, 04:27 AM

Textpad do em all in find replace 1 press

Krille · 01-12-2004, 04:43 AM

i use bk replace em for these kind of things, works like a charm, fast and easy

kenny · 01-12-2004, 04:47 AM

Here is the way I do it in server shell:

find directory -name '*.html' -exec perl -pi -e 's/http:\/\/www.oldlink.com/http:\/\/www.newlink.com/g' {} \;

uptheyingyang · 01-12-2004, 04:58 AM

multiupdate

http://www.ksware.com/mu.shtml

Dusen · 01-12-2004, 05:01 AM

Perl can do it. Search google for "perl find and replace"

DanielS · 01-12-2004, 05:04 AM

Multi Replace, by Martin Holmes.

WebDork · 01-12-2004, 05:07 AM

If you want to do it on your desktop, there are shitloads of programs out there.

If you want to do it on your server you can do it via PHP or PERL using regex (regular expressions).

Might cost you $10-$20 for someone to code it if you cant do it yourself.

Trax · 01-12-2004, 06:08 AM

best one is BKMReplace or something
its free

mikeeee · 01-12-2004, 06:22 AM

format c

why do you have a hundreds of pages? Use SSI or php includes going forward and you only have to change one file.

Zappu · 01-12-2004, 07:23 AM

With the best editor around: Homesite it's an easy job

01-12-2004, 01:34 AM	#1
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flashfire ICQ 1 6 7 8 5 3 4 9 2 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 13,098	Hey amp with DWMX dont I have to open all the files?? Can you give me some more info? Thanx Guys

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flashfire ICQ 1 6 7 8 5 3 4 9 2 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 13,098	Oh, figured it out....THANX EVERYONE!

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gin Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 672	do it right.. so you can change it all anytime you want.. make a text file and put the url into it.. PHP Code: `$filename = ('../url.txt'); $info = file($filename); $url= $info[0]; <?=$url;?> anywhere needed..` might be ghetto but it works

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mikeeee Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 481	format c why do you have a hundreds of pages? Use SSI or php includes going forward and you only have to change one file.

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