[SandraN]

Hello,

I have to update the design of an existing website that consists of 250 single html files and uses frames and tables for the layout. Only fonts and colors are defined in a css file. The content of this page won't change in the future.

I am searching for the easiest way now to give the page a new design. My ideas so far:

build it completely new with css

all the benefits of css + better accessibility
the way I did it (copying the text of the page and giving each headline, paragraph.. new tags) this will take me weeks

keep frames and tables and just make it look better from the outside

ok for the fonts and new pictures, much faster
accessibility low, I also want the content of the page to have a fixed width and the whole layout to be centered with white space left and right depending on the size of the browser window. From other forum entries I realized that's also not so great to do with frames.

Now I'm unsure what to do. I might have 10 days or so to work on this and I do have Dreamweaver if that helps. Any suggestions are welcome. Are there ways to automatize the process?

Thanks for your help and I would be happy to provide more detail if needed.

[00trav]

If you happened to use the Dreamweaver template functionality then you merely have to change the template.
I might also add a suggestion to your list: use a content management system with a database. That way you can always update how the content is viewed as well as the functionality of the site. Plus some CMS's allow exporting of content if you ever change CMS's.