I want my site to be exactly like another ... is there a quick way?

radhak

After sitting on my butt for almost a year, I now want to customize my smugmug site to look in a certain way.

And I'm happy to report that I have seen a site that appears to everything that I want my site to be like. I don't any changes at all to it - just an exact ditto.

That site is this : http://bigwebguy.smugmug.com/
(kudos to the Shepherd family for that site; I can't figure out who's the photographer though...)

So, what's the quickest way I could make my site somewhat like this site? Or is it not that simple?

gbear

I hate to sound any dumber than I am - but, that said - does the site have a "contact" ? - if so, maybe you could ask how they set it up. . . many people would be pleased by the attitude - " that's a great site - how can I make mine like that ?"

Thanks for reading. Bill Wilson (gbear) http://bill-wilson.smugmug.com/

radhak

That'd be a good idea - except that the 'contact' linke (to email the owner) doesn't work there!

I'm a DIY-er of sorts, so want to believe I should be able to do this, if I can get some direction on what to look for.

basflt

use Firefox developer addon
with that you can inspect and test any web site

Ferguson

Before focusing on the "another site", ask the same question about your own.

Suppose you want a copy of your site from last week to be restored.

In the old Smugmug, you could email snapshots of all the code to yourself, and fairly quickly restore them from that backup copy.

It would appear in the new site that there's no similar mechanism. If you screw up and publish, then want to go back, there's no apparent mechanism to do so.

That's roughly the equivalent of asking if you can copy one site to another.

I would really love to have a backup before undertaking significant changes.

basflt

it is just as easy to copy the content of entire CSS block to a text-file ( notepad )
besides that , backups are automatically made in the form of "copy of the name of your theme "

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=239541

Ferguson

basflt wrote: »

it is just as easy to copy the content of entire CSS block to a text-file ( notepad )
besides that , backups are automatically made in the form of "copy of the name of your theme "

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=239541

Is that really true? I have HTML and CSS scattered everywhere, pages are all different, CSS is not all in one place (nor is it all in the theme). Just FINDING all the pieces over time becomes difficult.

And I'd say only 10% of my relatively minor customizations are in the theme.

printergirl

Sorry, off topic, but Bas your macro shots are AMAZING!!!!

Why don't you have them "right click" protected, though? I wouldn't want anyone downloading them if I did that kind of work!

Good stuff.

denisegoldberg

printergirl wrote: »

Why don't you have them "right click" protected, though? I wouldn't want anyone downloading them if I did that kind of work!

Keep in mind that right click protection is not protection; it is easily bypassed.

I'd love to see that feature renamed to "right click warning".

--- Denise

basflt

Ferguson wrote: »

Is that really true? I have HTML and CSS scattered everywhere, pages are all different, CSS is not all in one place (nor is it all in the theme). Just FINDING all the pieces over time becomes difficult.

And I'd say only 10% of my relatively minor customizations are in the theme.

ok understood

but original topic was : how do i copy Shepherds site without contacting him
the web developer tool kit is the easiest way
it even saves the codes to a text file

basflt

printergirl wrote: »

Sorry, off topic, but Bas your macro shots are AMAZING!!!!

Why don't you have them "right click" protected, though? I wouldn't want anyone downloading them if I did that kind of work!

Good stuff.

thanks

1 > right-click protection alone is completely useless
you have to do a lot more then that to protect your work
i can blindly copy all your photo's !

2 > i am not a professional
i do this for fun , so not much use in protecting
he who copies my pics and claim them as their own is an idiot IMO

Ferguson

basflt wrote: »

it is just as easy to copy the content of entire CSS block to a text-file ( notepad )
besides that , backups are automatically made in the form of "copy of the name of your theme "

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=239541

basflt wrote: »

ok understood

but original topic was : how do i copy Shepherds site without contacting him
the web developer tool kit is the easiest way
it even saves the codes to a text file

Agreed. Though to be fair, while imitation is a form of flattery, some people don't appreciate it. The OP might consider asking first.

basflt

perhaps
but its not the photos he want to copy
just the layout

and IMO its not too special
left side menu on main page
standard landscape for the rest