Deleting a Web Site


If you have old Web sites lying around on your computer or network and taking up precious storage space, feel free to get rid of them. May we suggest, however, that you take a good look around first? You might have used a particularly nice combination of colors or a page layout that you want to hang on to for future reference.

REMEMBER 

Although you can delete a Web site by using Windows Explorer, we recommend doing all your Web site file cleanup from inside Expression Web. This way, Expression Web stays in the loop about your site's whereabouts.

Tip 

Okay, there's one advantage to using Windows Explorer to delete a Web site: The site's files get thrown into Recycle Bin, giving you a chance to retrieve them if you have a change of heart. But Expression Web gives you another option, which we explain in the following instructions.

To delete a Web site that's open in Expression Web, follow these steps:

  1. In the Folder List task pane, click the Web site's top-level folder and then press the Delete key.

    Alternatively, in the Folder List task pane, right-click the Web site's top-level folder and, from the pop-up menu, choose Delete.

    The Confirm Delete dialog box appears and warns you that deleting a Web site is a permanent action. It also gives you two options:

    • Delete only hidden metadata files from this Web site, preserving all other files and folders. This option tells Expression Web to pretend that the Web site doesn't exist when listing Web sites in the Open Site dialog box, but doesn't delete the files and folders. This choice is a good one if you think that the Web site contains some elements that you might want to use in the future.

    • Delete this Web site entirely. This option is a one-way street. After you select it and click OK, the Web site is toast.

  2. In the dialog box, select the Delete This Web Site Entirely option and then click OK.

    The dialog box closes, and Expression Web deletes the Web site.



Microsoft Expression Web for Dummies
Microsoft Expression Web For Dummies
ISBN: 0470115092
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 142

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