hey,

I just bought a site that I want to change the layout of. The site features 100's of articles in .html that are exact in terms of layout. How would you go about finding and replacing same blocks of code in every page as fast as possible (change the header on all of the pages, etc...

Thanks!

Dreamweaver has a find and replace function in it, and most editors should have a find and replace tool too. This is why includes are handy when it comes to developing sites. They save a lot of time

this is handy for mass search-and-replace

http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html

UltraEdit (great software) has a find and replace in files function that will search through all the files in a given directory and replace the code in them. Very useful.

If the webhoster you are on can support dynamic files (such as .php, .asp or .aspx) you may want to remove the existing headers/footers and dynamically include your headers/footers.

I think this is the best solution since if you again change your header at a later stage you'll have to go through the same process all over again.

PM me if you want any further help.

Micromedia HomeSite+ and Dreamweaver both have Search/Replace feature. Try it.. it is usefull.