Import an Existing Website
If you have HTML and CSS files for your existing website, you can import the site and save yourself some time. If you have the original files for your site, zip all the folders into a single zip file.
To upload a zip file:
- Click on the Base Folder, located in the left asset tree, in the Home area of the system.
- From there, click Tools --> Zip Archive for the upload screen.
- Click the Browse button for the Zip Archive field, and choose the zip file from your file system.
- The Placement Folder is already set correctly.
- Click the Submit button to upload and unpack your site files.
Integrate Folder Conversion
Now with all the HTML files in the system, you need to have them converted to system pages.
- From the top navigation menu, select Tools --> Integrate Folder.
- Click the Base Folder browse icon and the chooser window will appear. In the chooser window, select "Base Folder" and click "Confirm."
- Browse for a Base Page in the same fashion and choose "example" as our base page.
- The default region names are suitable for many common region names found in Dreamweaver templates and do not need to be changed for the demo site.
Note: Dreamweaver template markup is recognized when creating a new template. This can be used to quickly create regions and static block content. When importing a Dreamweaver template into Cascade Server, Dreamweaver template regions will become the regions in the Cascade Server Template and the content between the Dreamweaver template regions will be stored as XHTML Blocks. Those Blocks will automatically be assigned to the new regions on the new Cascade template.
Click the Submit button to start the integration. The integration runs in the background while you can continue to use the system. You may see the progress of the integrate folder task by repeatedly clicking on Base Folder in the left asset tree and observing the HTML files being converted to Page assets. All of your existing content has been converted to Pages.
