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How to change colors hello all, I have been asked by a friend to help with the monumental task of changing the background, border, text colors, font, font color, etc. on 1000 pages. This seems absolutely insane to me. I've never done this before - there's got to be an easier way! I don't think this person used a stylesheet to begin with. What can I do at this stage? It's taking me over 2 minutes per page to make all of the changes as he described. At this rate, wake me up at Christmas! He's sent me dreamweaver files for each page he wants me to help change the colors. Please, anyone, point me in the right direction! I'm not a webmaster. Thanks http://www.infysolutions.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Software development company Started By devon.philip on Nov 25, 2008 at 12:56:01 AM This message has been edited.

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MHenke on Nov 25, 2008 at 1:37:02 AM (# 5) Well, that's what stylesheets are for. It's indeed insane not to use them. If the layout of these ~1K pages is done with HTML attributes or inline CSS, you're probably boned. I'd guess one thing you could try is to use an appropriate editor with support for find/replace in folders (projects) and RegEx. Maybe there are (smart) CSS and/or (X)HTML editors with support for automatic conversion of HTML attributes, maybe in connection with an XHTML conversion (since these attributes are invalid in XHTML strict). But I don't know such a tool, and I'm not sure how Dreamwaver relates to all this. OTOH, 1000 pages at a ratio of 2 minutes per page results in 4.17 workdays. So, Xmas isn't actually in danger... :) RobinAnn on Nov 29, 2008 at 8:23:39 AM (# 6) EditPlus is a great *free* HTML editor which has a smart search function to replace sets for characters in multiple pages at once.. depending on how your pages have their code written (hopefully each page says something like < body background="whatever.jpg" > etc etc will dictate if your task is easy or not... Also, *cough* Microsoft Frontpage *cough* does a good job at this task.. you'll probably be on a learning curve/time eater there as well as I think the program is quirky... Good Luck! and.. ask make sure to ask for money or beer in exchange for this task!

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