# Editing a website built by someone else **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [October 17, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767 "2017-10-17T21:45:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![garth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@garth](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/garth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767/1 "2017-10-17T21:45:06Z")
Hi Weavers, We have a client who has a static HTML website that was built in Dreamweaver. I know that there is no way to import and edit this static HTML site with RW…is there any other apps (besides Dreamweaver) that are able to import their current website so that we can edit it? I know it’s a longshot, but I just wanted to see if anyone else has ever encountered this problem before. ---
**Author:** ![Rovertek](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/rovertek/32/223_2.png) [@Rovertek](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Rovertek)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767/2 "2017-10-17T22:04:38Z")
You got three choices. 1. If you have some coding skills, you can open files in a dedicated text editor like Coda, BBEdit or TextWrangler to add, delete or edit the existing material. But this means that you would have to stay with this method forever. 2. Or, you could subscribe to Adobe’s cloud services and use Dreamweaver (certainly not something I would choose). 3. If I were you, I would bite the bullet and recreate the whole site in RapidWaver from scratch. In the long run, this method is easiest – in my opinion. More experienced members of this forum may want to propose a different approach… ---
**Author:** ![bobafifi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bobafifi/32/8125_2.png) [@bobafifi](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/bobafifi)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767/3 "2017-10-17T22:16:45Z")
There is a popular plugin for WordPress that does - > **[HTML Import 2](https://wordpress.org/plugins/import-html-pages/)** > > Imports well-formed HTML files into WordPress pages. ---
**Author:** ![garth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@garth](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/garth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767/4 "2017-10-18T00:15:31Z")
Just found this! Does Pulse allow me to edit an existing website? [https://www.pulsecms.com/add-any-site/](https://www.pulsecms.com/add-any-site/) Really??? @yuzool ---
**Author:** ![garth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@garth](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/garth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767/5 "2017-10-18T00:16:02Z")
@yuzool Here’s the website that we want to make editable: [http://churchschicken.ca](http://churchschicken.ca) ---
**Author:** ![robbeattie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/robbeattie/32/78_2.png) [@robbeattie](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/robbeattie)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767/6 "2017-10-18T07:20:14Z")
I think Pulse offers a way to edit the _content_ not change the structure, design and so forth. ---
**Author:** ![yuzool](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/yuzool/32/195_2.png) [@yuzool](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/yuzool)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767/7 "2017-10-18T08:08:16Z")
Thanks Garth @garth As @robbeattie kindly mentioned, yes it’s possible to edit an existing site. The content. As I see from that example it’s a hand coded site? It will work. As this isn’t really a RapidWeaver question I’d rather not go into too much detail here (Pulse forums it would work: [https://forum.pulsecms.com](https://forum.pulsecms.com)) but yes if you inherit a website made by another designer you can setup Pulse to edit the content and add new pages. But to change the design you’ll need to either play with the CSS stylesheets by hand or if you don’t fancy that, re work it from scratch in say RapidWeaver and use the Pulse stacks to make those parts editable. ---
**Author:** ![garth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@garth](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/garth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767/8 "2017-10-18T14:51:10Z")
Ok, thanks for the input everyone! Will check out those options and see which one works best 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bobafifi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bobafifi/32/8125_2.png) [@bobafifi](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/bobafifi)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767/9 "2017-10-18T15:49:09Z")
Hi Garth, I checked out your link - site looks good to me! Strong layout, responsive design and only a handful of pages. Not sure just what it is you’re wanting to edit, but if it’s just the content of the existing pages, you could easily do it using [server side includes](http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/free-cms-for-rapidweaver/14718). ---
**Author:** ![garth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@garth](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/garth)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767/10 "2017-10-19T05:50:16Z")
Thanks @bobafifi, will check it out! ---
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/aaron/32/12210_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767/11 "2017-10-19T17:37:33Z")
+1 for Church’s chicken! 😂 ---
**Author:** ![garth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@garth](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/garth)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767/12 "2017-10-19T18:32:36Z")
Amen to that @Aaron ! I drool every time I look at the website!! ---
**Author:** ![robbeattie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/robbeattie/32/78_2.png) [@robbeattie](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/robbeattie)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767/13 "2017-10-19T18:48:06Z")
Hmmm, when I first read that it came out as ‘here’s the website that I want to make edible…’ ---
**Author:** ![garth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@garth](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/garth)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767/14 "2017-10-19T19:30:21Z")
😆😆 ---
**Author:** ![DavidVdt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cab0a1/32.png) [@DavidVdt](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/DavidVdt)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767/15 "2017-10-20T19:22:49Z")
Coffeecup is a GREAT HTML Editor. I have used it for several years now . . . Under $30.00 > **[Responsive Design Software, HTML Editor & CSS Grid Builder](https://www.coffeecup.com/)** > > Leader in Responsive Web Design Tools and HTML Software. Try our CSS Grid App, HTML Editor, Responsive Prototyping & Design Software or innovative Email Designer today. ---
**Author:** ![tvalleau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/54ee81/32.png) [@tvalleau](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/tvalleau)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767/16 "2017-10-23T15:17:22Z")
FWIW, I use [Flux](http://theescapers.com/product.php?product=flux). Costs $100, tho. ---
**Author:** ![garth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@garth](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/garth)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767/17 "2017-10-23T15:28:15Z")
In Flux, can I import a static HTML website that was built with Dreamweaver? ---
**Author:** ![tvalleau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/54ee81/32.png) [@tvalleau](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/tvalleau)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767/18 "2017-10-23T15:48:17Z")
If you want to zip it up and send it to me, I’ll give it a go and report back. Tracy www.valleau.art ---
**Author:** ![tvalleau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/54ee81/32.png) [@tvalleau](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/tvalleau)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767/19 "2017-10-23T15:51:56Z")
On their website, I found this from the developer: "Yes, absolutely, Flux can edit pretty much any HTML/CSS website. You can edit it directly on FTP/SFTP, check out page 93 of the manual for this. Or, you can download the site to a local disk, and simply drag the website folder to the Flux icon" Tracy www.valleau.art ---
**Author:** ![garth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@garth](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/garth)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767/20 "2017-10-23T17:21:03Z")
Thanks @tvalleau! I found out that one of my co-workers is actually able to open it with Dreamweaver, so that is all taken care of for now. But it’s good to know that Flux can edit other websites too! Will keep that in mind if I ever need it [Next page](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/editing-a-website-built-by-someone-else/16767.md?page=2)