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Posted by dorayme on 10/03/06 22:29
In article <pan.2006.10.03.17.22.23.928606@no.spam.com>,
Arthur Rhodes <rhodesr@no.spam.com> wrote:
> I'm building a web store and I have to create a large number of
> product descriptions. The distributors do not provide spec sheets
> or marketing materials to me in html format. Instead, they advise
> me to simply copy the descriptions from their web sites.
>
> The problem is that the descriptions I need to copy are embedded
> in complex pages, with nested tables, etc. Simply copying the
> page source doesn't seem to be that useful. I end up having to
> cut out lots of table code, etc., and usually make mistakes that
> are time consuming to figure out and fix.
>
> The other alternative is to copy the text and then recreating the html
> formatting from scratch.
>
> Is there an easier way?
>
> Right now, I'm just writing HTML by hand in a text editor. Would
> this be any easier if I used a web editor like Dreamweaver?
It depends on how well you know Dreamweaver (or any other
software). I have a friend who would go this way and well. I
would grab the product descriptions and work hard and use a text
editor because it would take me less time. You are in the middle
of a job. Can you risk finding out? If you know what you are
doing with the text grabs, just do it and get it done and charge
the client. As you get going, you will find it going quicker and
quicker because you will be building patterns in your hand work.
Products are products, and if they are all in tables to show off
proper tabular specs, you will simply copy and paste a few table
types you have constructed, most data will fit in one or other of
them with little mods.
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dorayme
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