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Chop Smith · 2005-01-07, 06:17 PM

Pat,

Be careful doing this server side and make sure you have a good backup. If I understand you correctly, I would mirror the site to my harddrive, make the changes locally (while maintaining a copy of the original files) and then ftp the changed files back to your server. You can use a text editor like EditPro , open all the documents, and do a replace all.

As DD says, Cleo probably has a better solution, but from experience server side editing, as in all editing, is not very forgiving.

2005-01-07, 06:17 PM	#5
Chop Smith Eighteen 'til I Die Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mississippi Posts: 2,168	Pat, Be careful doing this server side and make sure you have a good backup. If I understand you correctly, I would mirror the site to my harddrive, make the changes locally (while maintaining a copy of the original files) and then ftp the changed files back to your server. You can use a text editor like EditPro , open all the documents, and do a replace all. As DD says, Cleo probably has a better solution, but from experience server side editing, as in all editing, is not very forgiving. __________________