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- Recovery Procedure
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- This document provides steps to be used on .nod files under the following
- conditions:
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- o 3.x .nod files migrated to 4.0, which are found to contain an instability
- o 4.x .nod files migrated to 4.0, which are found to contain an instability
- o 5.0 files which would benefit from file validation and compaction
-
- If your site file is returning errors or crashing, or the site file is
- excessively large for any reason, your site file could benefit from the
- recovery procedure. If you have a 3.x or 4.x file you must first convert
- it to 5.0 format using the procedure "Converting your 3.x or 4.x file to
- 5.0 format". If you already have a 5.0 file, or you have a 3.x or 4.x file
- that you wish to recover in the 3.x or 4.x versions respectively, use the
- procedure outlined in "Recovering a Site file."
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- Converting your 3.x or 4.x file to 5.0 format
-
- Please be aware of the following known issue:
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- Components - most will import. However, if some do not, or if some import
- and do not function correctly, you will be able to delete them and add them
- again.
-
- If your files are in a 3.x or 4.x format they must be opened in 5.0 first
- to be converted into the 5.0 file format. You cannot perform the recovery
- procedure in 5.0 without first converting to a 5.0 format. To convert a
- file to 5.0 format use the following procedure:
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- 1. Open NetObjects Fusion 5.0.
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- 2. From the File menu, choose Open Site, select your .nod file, and click
- Open.
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- 3. A warning dialog asks if you want to open a copy instead. Click Yes,
- enter a new name for the .nod file, and save it to the same folder as the
- original .nod.
- Your site opens in NetObjects Fusion 5.0. It is now in 5.0 format.
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- If your file will not open using this procedure, this means that the file
- is not in a state such that it can be properly converted and may benefit
- from the recovery procedure in the earlier version of the product before
- being converted. Substitute your previous version number for 5.0 in the
- recovery procedure. Once the file has been successfully recovered in the
- earlier version of NetObjects Fusion, attempt to convert your file to 5.0
- format.
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- Recovering a site file
-
- Please be aware of the following known issue:
-
- Components - most will import. However, if some do not, or if some import
- and do not function correctly, you will be able to delete them and add them
- again.
-
- To recover a 5.0 site file:
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- 1. Make a new blank site. From the File menu, choose New Site --> Blank,
- enter a new name, and click Save.
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- You are in Site View and have a single page called Home.
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- 2. In Site view, from the File menu, choose Insert Template (in 3.x Import
- Template, in 4.x Insert Template)
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- 3. To see .nod files in the Import Template dialog, change Files of Type
- option to All Files. Select the nod file which is reporting or
- exhibiting instability.
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- 4. Click Open. The file imports.
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- Your site is now recovered.
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- If your site experiences an error after step 4 and does not complete the
- import, this means that the file did not have enough valid information to
- be properly processed during the import.
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- If the file is migrated forward from a previous version of NetObjects
- Fusion, try steps 1-4 in the version from which the file is from before
- converting the file to the 5.0 format. Use the original copy of the file,
- not the converted 5.0 file, as 5.0 files cannot be opened in previous
- versions of NetObjects Fusion.
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- If the file was already a 5.0 file but still experienced this problem, try
- steps 1-4 on any backup files which were saved prior to the current file.
- NetObjects Fusion automatically saves backups of your site files every time
- you close your file, unless you have disabled this preference. By default
- these backups are kept in a directory called Backups located in the same
- folder as your site file.
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- If the import was successful, the new site now has two Home pages. The
- second Home page is your site's original Home page. The top Home page is a
- new, blank Home page, from the blank site template used to create the new
- site.
-
- The following steps show you how to copy the contents of the second Home
- page to the first Home page, move all the second Home page's child pages
- under the first Home page, and then delete the extra Home page. This
- restores your site's original structure.
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- 5. Click the second Home page from the top and go to Page view. Click in
- the MasterBorder to bring up General tab of the MasterBorder Properties
- palette. Note which MasterBorder was in use on this old Home page in the
- Name field, so that it can be assigned to the new Home page.
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- 6. Click the Layout area, and from the Edit menu, first choose Select All
- and then choose Copy to copy all the Layout's contents.
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- 7. Return to Site view, then double click on the top Home page to go to
- Page View. Click in the upper left corner of the Layout area (not in the
- MasterBorder area) and from the Edit menu, choose Paste. The content from
- the second Home page is pasted into the layout area of the top Home page.
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- 8. Assign the correct MasterBorder to your new Home page. Click in the
- MasterBorder and select the old Home page's MasterBorder from the drop down
- menu on the General tab.
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- 9. Return to Site view. Select one of the pages on the third level and
- drag and drop it next to the second Home page. A red outline with an arrow
- points to the left or right of the second Home page when the drag is to be
- successful. The page becomes the sibling of the second Home page, and a
- child of the top Home page. Repeat Step 9 for each page on the third level
- until all third level pages are at the second level.
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- 10. Once the second Home page has no children, click on it and press
- Delete, and confirm the deletion. Your original site structure is restored.
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- 11. Go to Style view and set the style you want to apply to this site. If
- the style does not appear in the list, choose Style --> Add Style to
- List..., find and open the style's .ssf file, and it will be imported into
- the current file.
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- 12. Click on the style you wish to assign and click "Set Style."
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- 13. You may now continue development on your site file.
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- More information about your recovered file:
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- The recovery procedure does not have the ability to repair all forms of
- file damage. If you have found it necessary to perform the recovery
- procedure more than once on any one site file, it is likely that the file
- is not able to be entirely repaired using this procedure.
-
- The best way to guarantee a restoration of your site file with no errors
- from previous problems is to create your site by importing HTML which has
- been published. For more information on importing a site from HTML, review
- the importing web sites chapter in our User Guide.
-
- If you find that site files are often reporting instabilities there are
- several techniques you can use to help prevent problems:
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- 1. Always run your site file from your local drive. Do not run the site
- file from a network drive or from a removable media drive. NetObjects
- Fusion was not designed to properly track errors which might be incurred
- under these conditions. If files are run under these conditions, the
- probability is increased that an error could be introduced.
-
- 2. Make sure that you have enough resources available for the program.
- This means not only physical RAM, but also free drive space for virtual
- memory and other system resources. The two largest contributors to reduced
- resources are multiple programs run at the same time, and resource leaks in
- the programs which are running. To help prevent low resource conditions,
- keep the total number of programs running at any one time to a minimum. If
- you are not really using a particular program, close it down. This frees
- up the resources it was using to be used by other programs. Periodically
- shut down large programs which use lots of resources. This includes most
- browsers, as well as NetObjects Fusion. Particularly resource intensive
- procedures include the following:
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- a. Previewing the entire site frequently
- b. Publishing frequently
- c. Copying and pasting many elements at once, particularly linked
- elements or components.
-
- If you have been doing any of these, it is good to close the program down
- to free up system resources.
-
- 3. Keep backups of your files. NetObjects Fusion automatically provides
- backups. These preferences are controlled in the Edit --> Preferences menu
- under the Backup tab. This allows you to set the total number of backups
- kept, as well as what naming convention to use and where to store the
- backups. The default number of backups is two; however, a recommended
- number of backups to keep is five. The total number of backups kept will
- depend on your available disk space and level of paranoia. Another method
- by which to keep backups as well as archive your site is to Export the site
- as a Template. This is covered under the exporting chapter of the User
- Guide.
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- 4. Make sure that compaction is left turned ON in your preferences. The
- compaction routine not only helps reduce site file size, but also performs
- an error check on the file. If you ever experience an error or crash
- during the compaction procedure revert to a backup immediately.
-